| ha {hã} to ask, to
inquire, to request (verb; 19p)
haabu to sweep [high
tone] (verb; 24p);
haabu, haabo cotton
[low tone] (noun; 24p)
hab’ize, hab’izo
trader, small gift from market, items purchased in
market (noun; 4p)
Haba? exclamation of
doubt, incredulity: "Oh, yeah?", "Is that right?",
"Is that so?", "Not really?" (interjection; 15)
habante swept
(adjective; 21)
habirji, habirjo
broom (noun; 24p, 23)
habu, habo market,
week [high tone, short vowel] (noun; 4p)
haggoy to be careful,
to be careful of, to look out for, to watch out
(verb; 10p);
Haggoy fa!: Be
careful!, Watch out! (interjection; 18)
hako, hakowa {haakow, haakowa} questioner
, inquirer, requestor (noun)
hal {hal'} [see hala, hal form is
usually used in expressions]
hala [hal] until, till, to
the time that, as far as; whether; so that, in order
that - hal a m' a safar: so that I treat her [prepositional use;
precedes object] (preposition; 10p);
hala abada: forever, eternally [literally:
until never; like French: a
jamais] (adverb; 11p, 17p);
hala hon: until the
present, up to this moment, still
(adverb; 17p);
hal' a ma bori: very, well [to express that an
action is well done] (adverb; 16);
hala manti mosso: not a little, considerably,
quite a lot
(adverb; 16);
hal' a ma si: lest
(adverb; 18p);
hala sohon: until now,
still (adverb; 17p)
haali, haalo [naamu] attitude, demeanour; habit,
custum (noun; 16)
ham, hamo meat (noun;
6p)
hama grand child
(noun; 26p)
hambara possibly,
perhaps, maybe, probably (adverb; 18p)
haame, haama liver
(noun; 10, 20p)
hamisa fish
[literally "river meat"] (noun; 23p, 5 list)
hamkardji african crested porcupine
[mammal] (noun; 5 list)
hamni bi, hamni biyo
common housefly (noun; 23p, 5 list)
hamni, hamno hair,
feather, fur; small winged insect of any sort [high
tone] [see boŋ hamni]; flour, powder [low
tone]
(noun; 15p, 23p)
haamo guinea corn
[Sorghum vulgare] (noun; 8p)
han, hano {hane}
[jirbi] day
[limited use] (noun; 3p)
han fo {hanfo}: some day [literally:
one day] (adverb; 4)
han fo bara: maybe [literally: one
day exist] (adverb)
han din hane: that day (adverb)
han kaη hane: the day that (adverb)
han kulu: always (adverb)
hanodin hane: in that day (adverb; 17p)
han beeri [alzuma]
Friday [from being the Moslem Sabbath] (noun; 17p)
han kan thing that
[in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)
han kan se thing for
which [in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)
hanan clean [always
predicate adjective never attribute] (adjective; 21)
hanante cleansed,
sanctified, saint (adjective; 21)
handay calf (noun; 5)
handu, hando
moon; month (noun; 15p)
handu kwaaray full moon, moon light (noun;
23p)
handarayize, handarayizo {handarayze,
handariyayze, handariize,
handariye} star (noun; 16)
hane, hano {han,
~o; hani, hano} [jirbi] day
(noun; 17p)
han din hane: that day
han kaη hane: the day that
hanodin hane: in that day (adverb; 17p)
hanga ear (noun;
10, 20p)
hangan [maa] to listen, to
give ear; to wait for, to await, to expect [high tone]; to stay
with, to be with, to keep company with [tone ?]
(verb; 20p, 26)
hangasine, hangasino
companion, housemate [from hangan = to stay with,
to be with, to keep company with] (noun; 26)
hanji, [?] [alborotaray, bande] penis
[offensive] (noun; 10)
hanna to pass the
night (verb; 7p)
hanno pure, good,
beautiful, fine, holy [it is never a predicate
adjective; accent on quality rather than appearance]
(adjective; 6p)
hanodin hane in that
day (adverb; 17p)
hanse to fix, to
repair, to arrange (verb; 12p)
hansi, hanso dog
[mammal] (noun; 1p, 5 list);
hansi daŋ: he-dog
(noun; 5);
hansi nya: bitch
[has given birth] (noun; 5);
hansi way: bitch
[has not given birth] (noun; 5)
hantum [#](~): to write
(verb; 7p)
hantum, hantumo [hantumyan] writing [words
that are written, or the art of writing] (noun)
hantumandi {hantumendi} (~) to
make write (verb)
hantumanto, hantumanta (~)
written, that what is written (adjective)
hantumko,
hantumkwa
(~) writer,
a person who writes
(noun; 11)
hantumyan,
hantumyaŋo
(~) {hantumyoŋ}
action of writing; writing
[words that are written, or the art of writing]
(noun; 7)
hantumyan do
(~) writing
place (noun; 7)
haŋ
{hang}: to drink; by
extension: to undergo; to experience (verb; 5p, 16,
24);
taba haŋ: to smoke tobacco, to dip snuff
(verb; 24p)
haŋ’a
[aha] {hang'a}: no (adverb; 2p)
haŋandi
{hangandi}: to give
drink, to water (verb; 19p)
haŋyan, haŋyaŋo
{hangyan}:
drinking (the act of) ; a drink (noun; 7);
haŋyan hari: drinking
water (noun; 7)
haraŋ
[jiiri wo] {harang}: this year
(noun; 17)
hare to be
hungry [low tone] (verb 12p); towards, in the
direction of, in the neighbourhood
(adverb; 20)
haray {harey}
hunger, famine
(noun; 12p); to be hungry (verb)
ya haray {ya harey}: over there (pronoun; 9)
hargu, hargo cold
weather or season, cold [dry not moist]; cold, dry
season (noun; 13, 25)
hari, haro water,
liquid [high tone]; thing [low tone, short "a"]
(noun; 2p, 5p);
bene hari: rain (noun; 2p, 5p)
hari hansi [hari-ra-hansi] (spotted necked) otter;
seal [mammal]
(noun; 5 list)
hariji, harijo
{harji, harjo} two- or three-pronged
fish spear; harpoon (noun; 23p)
hari kan thing that
[in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)
harikuna common moorhen [bird] (noun; 5
list)
hari kwaaray much
diluted "kawi" (noun; 24p)
hari mun urinate, go (have a) pee (verb;
13)
harji see hariji
haro-boŋ curo African jacana [bird] (noun;
5 list)
harta [hatta] to
miss, to form from time to time, sometimes (verb; 18)
haru to smile, to
laugh, to laugh at (verb; 20p)
hasara [sara, te
hasara] to spoil [intransitive] ; to spoil, to ruin
[transitive] (verb; 13p)
hasaraw ruin,
spoilage; damage, accident (noun; 13p, 23)
has'ize child of
one's "hassey" (noun; 26p)
hassey brother of
one's mother (noun; 26p)
hatta [harta] to
miss, to form from time to time, sometimes (verb;
18p)
hatta ka te to do
occasionally (verb; 18)
hatta-hatta
infrequently, now and then, from time to time,
sometimes
(adverb; 18)
Hauka spirits of colonization; spirits of
force (noun; culture pages)
haw [ho, in some
cases] to tie, to tie up [high tone, short "a"]; to
put on [as a woman tucks her cloth about her; high
tone, normal "a"]; to intend, to plan, to think, to
expect, to purpose [high tone; also pronounced as
"ho"]; to be ashamed [high tone] (verb; 4p, 11p, 15p,
22p);
haw, hawo: cow [short
"a"; “bovine”, generic, not gender]; wind,
odour [normal "a"] (noun; 1p, 22p)
haw bi (Cape) buffalo [mammal] (noun; 5
list)
haw ji, haw jiyo
butter (noun; 10p)
hawey sister of one's
father (noun; 26p)
hawi shame, shyness,
bashfulness, modesty (noun; 22)
haw'ize child of
one's "hawey" (noun; 26p)
hawlondi paper wasps [animal] (noun; 5
list)
hawrey evening meal
(noun; 24p)
hawru mush made of
any cereal grains, etc. main dish
(noun; 24p)
hay to bear [young],
to give birth to, to produce [fruit], to rust [high
tone]; to shoot [with weapon: bow, gun, spear], to
aim at, to hit [large object aimed at] [tone from
high to low]
(verb; 6p, 13p);
hay, hayo thing [low
tone] (noun; 5p);
hay fo: something
[tone high - low] (noun; 5p);
hay kulu: everything; nothing; anything
(depending on context)
(pronoun; 9)
hay, hayyante,
hayyanta [*] [high tone] open, wide
(adjective; 5p)
Hay fo! Say you!, Hey
there! (interjection; 15)
hay jine, hay jina
first born (noun; 26p)
hayaŋ, hayaŋo {hãyaŋ; haayoŋ} question,
request, inquiry (noun)
hayci to
bargain (verb; 8)
hayfun lazy, to be
lazy (verb; 25p)
hayfuno, hawfuna lazy
person (noun; 25p)
hayni, hayno millet
[also applied to cereal grain of any kind; low
tone]; hot dry season [tone from high to low]
(noun; 6p, 25p)
hayra parent (noun;
26p)
hayyan width,
wideness (noun; 25)
hay-zaŋey birth pangs
(noun; 19p)
hemar, hemaro harvest
[season] (noun; 6p, 26)
hen to cry, to weep
[aloud], by extension: to roar [lion], to bray
[donkey], to moo [cow], to bellow [bull] (verb; 3p)
hen-daw pintail (duck) [bird] (noun; 5
list)
hendi [ya
haray] beyond, the
other side, over there (adverb; 7p)
bi fo hendi [bi fo yongo]: three days ago
(adverb; 17)
ne hendi: just over there (adjective)
suba si hendi [suba si yongo]: three days
hence (adverb; 17)
wo hendi {wohendi}: the one beyond, that one
over there (adjective; 7)
wo hendiyaη {wohendiyan}: those beyond, those
over beyond there (adjective; 7)
hendow knob-billed goose [bird] (noun; 5
list)
hi to lend, to borrow
[high tone] [same object to be returned] (verb; 15p);
hi .. ga: to borrow
from (verb; 15);
hi .. se: to lend to
(verb; 15);
hi, hiyo {hi,
hio}
[meele; abaara]: pirogue,
(small) boat [low tone]
(noun; 17p);
bene hi: airplane (noun; 17p)
ganda hi: train
hiiji to marry; to impregnate, to mate
(with); to be soaked, to be moisten (verb; 13)
hiji ce ga: to mate (with), to couple (verb;
13)
hima [#] to resemble,
to be fitting (verb; 10p)
hima ka out to be
(verb; 15)
himakasina person
resembling another (noun; 26)
himbouka oribi [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
himfa usefulness,
utility, worth (noun; 21)
hin [#] to be able to
[with compound verb, "can"] (verb; 15p)
hin ka <verb>: can <verb> (verb; 15)
Hin suru! Just be
patient! (interjection; 24p)
hina to cook,
to prepare a meal [emphasis on first syllable] (verb;
10p);
hin-hina: tto cook by turns, to prepare a
meal in turns (verb)
hina ability, to have the means; the
authorities, the government [emphasis on last syllable] (noun; 15p)
hinako, hinakwa cook, someone who cooks (noun; 11)
hinante cooked
(adjective; 21)
hinyan, hinjaŋo {hinyoŋ, /o} cooking,
preparation of a meal
hincin, hincino goat
[mammal]
(noun; 6p, 5 list)
hinji, hinjo
tooth; pestle for mortar (noun; 10, 20p, 23p)
hinka [= ihinka] two
[2] [in combination with noun]
(cardinal number; 3)
hinne only, alone,
solely (adverb; 6p)
hinni, hinno pus,
suppuration
(noun; 16p)
te hinni: fester, suppurate, run, discharge
pus, matter
(verb, 16)
hiino next, next time
[precedes object] (adverb; 17p);
examples:
i kaa a do koyne hiino jiiro ra: they came to
him the next year
hiino i ga ne ...: next time they will say
...
hinza [= ihinza]
three [3] [in combination with noun]
(cardinal
number; 3)
hire to pass the
early evening; dusk until suppertime [used in
greetings] (verb; 4p, 7p)
hiri, hiro neckless,
string of beads [tone is low] (noun; 23p)
hirri clouding of sky
before rain (verb; 23p);
hirri, hirro border
of field [tone goes down] (noun; 23p)
ho [fo; haw] to hunt
[game] [when also pronounced as "fo"] ;
to intend,
to plan, to think, to expect, to purpose [also
pronounced as "haw"] (verb; 13p, 15p);
ho ka: to plan to (verb;
15)
hoisa grey heron [bird] (noun; 5 list)
hoyan [foyan] hunting
(noun; 13)
hu, huwo [fu,
fuwo] house,
home (noun; 1p)
humburandi to
frighten, to make afraid, to scare (verb; 19p)
humburu [#] to fear, to
be afraid [high tone] (verb; 19p);
humburu, humburo
mortar for pounding grain or spices [tone from low
to high] (noun; 23p)
humburukumey fear,
fright (noun; 19p)
hunkuna today (adverb;
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