k' [kan, g', watokan, watikan] when; which, that, who (conjunction;
7p);
[ka] [verb link auxiliary] (auxiliary; 15)kaa to come; by extension: to arrive,
to fall on - kubay bambata humburkumay kaa a gaa:
terror and great darkness fell on him [low
tone, long "a"];
to remove, to take away
[high tone] (verb; 2p, 6, 8p)
kaabe, kaaba chin, beard
(noun; 10, 20p)
kaabi (long nosed) mongoose [mammal]
(noun; 5 list)
kaan, kaan, kaana [*]: sharp [low tone]
(adjective; 12p)
kaan, kaano, kaana [*]: agreeable,
pleasing, good tasting [tone from high to low]
(adjective; 9p);
kaan .. se pleases (9p)
kaani to be happy (verb; 12);
sweetness, happiness (noun; 12)
kaarey wandey pink-backed pelican [bird]
(noun; 5 list)
kaati to wail, to cry out in distress
(verb; 21)
kaatiyan, kaatiyaŋo wailing, yelling,
shouting (noun; 12)
kaayan, kaayaŋo arrival, coming; return
(noun; 7p)
kabaru, kabaro [labari,
baru]: news, information, story, history
(noun; 13p)
kabu to count, to number (verb; 7p)
kagi to itch, to scratch (verb; 22)
kaïdiya ize red velvet mite [animal]
(noun; 5 list)
kaji, kajo nerve, root, sinew (noun; 10, 20p)
kala until; unless, except; then, so, and
[connection between clauses] (conjunction; 7p, 24)
Kala me! Of course!; Only just!; Nothing
but! (interjection; 18)
kalam, kalamo pen, pencil (noun; 7p)
kali garden; vegetable garden (noun; 7)
kalima a formal accusation, indictment
(noun; 24p)
kalma hoe [agricultural tool] (noun; 8)
kamba [see kambe]: to turn aside,
to leave the path, to wander, to go astray [by one's
own fault] [tone from high to low] (verb; 22)
kambe, kamba arm [tone from high to low]
(noun; 10, 20p)
kamba ga sandi to be tight fisted
(expression; 8p)
kamba ŋwaro ga on the right hand site
(adverb; 20)
kamba waw ga on the left hand site (adverb;
20)
kambe gollo elbow (noun, 10)
kamb'ize, kamb'izo finger (noun; 10, 20p)
kan {kaŋ} [k', g', watokan, watikan] when; which, that, who (conjunction;
7p)
kaŋ to fall - a fuula kaη nuune:
his hat fell in the fire
(verb; 1p);
kaη
banda-banda:
to fall backwards - a kaarukwa ma kaŋ banda-banda:
his rider falls backward;
kaη ga fun ... ra: to fall out of - ni
hangawey mo ma kaŋ ka fun ni kambe ŋwaaro ra:
and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right
hand;
fun gaa ga kaη:
to fall from, to fall out of - handariyayzey ga fun beena gaa ka
kaŋ: the stars shall fall from/out of heaven;
kaη ... boη: to fall on - a kaη ay tira
boη: it fell on my book;
~ to fall from off - a kaŋ banda-banda nga
goray haro boŋ:
(s)he fell from off his seat backward;
kaη ganda: to fall to the ground, to fall
down - tamo binde kaŋ ganda: The
servant therefore fell down;
kaη ... ra: to fall in, into, among - feejo kaŋ guusu ra:
the sheep fell into a pit
kaŋyaŋ, kaŋyaŋo fall; collapse (noun)
kanandi, kanando pile, heap [one of
several similar]
(noun; 11p)
kande [#] to bring [literally: to come
with]; to give (verb; 4p)
kangaw, kankawa {kaηgow, / a} smaller
Doum palm, has semi-edible nuts [Hyphaene
thebaica] (noun; 16);
kankaw-ize, ~-izo: doum date (fruit of doum
palm)
kange, kanga knee (noun; 10, 20p)
kangay, kangayo {kangey, kangeyo} horse picket,
horse stall [or for any
domestic animal] [high tone]; three stones for
cooking tripod [tone goes down] (noun; 22)
kani [jirbi] to lie down, to rest, to go to bed
(verb; 1p)
kaniyan do sleeping place (noun; 7)
kankam, kankamante, kankamanta [*]:
narrow, squeezed (adjective; 5p)
kanu [kaan]: good, favourable (adjective;
8); to please (verb)
kar to strike, to hit (verb; 2p)
karay crocodile [reptile] (noun; 5 list)
karé (Nile) crocodile [reptile] (noun; 5
list)
karga chair, wooden chair, by extension:
throne [as only chiefs had a wooden seat with a
back; others had stools]
(noun; 9p, 24)
kari, karo light, brightness (noun; 23p)
karre, karra throat not neck (noun; 10, 20p)
kaaru {karu} to climb, to mount [intransitive];
to ride [domestic animal, bike, etc.] (verb; 2p)
kaaruko, kaarukwa {karuko, karukwa} rider
(noun)
kaaruku phlegm, mucus, sputum (noun)
kasu, kaso jail (noun; 15p)
katawa [tawa]: native ball made of stripes
of cloth or of string (noun; 22)
katibi unit of 5 francs in counting money
unit of 5 francs in counting money (noun; 8p)
kawi "donu" dissolved in water and milk
(noun; 24p)
kawye, kawya group of houses out of village, hamlet [may
be larger or small] (noun; 17p)
kay to stop [motion], to halt, to cease,
to stand [not to rise], be upright and stationary,
to wait; to weave, to braid, to plait [tone from
high to low]
(verb; 13p, 23p)
Kay! exclamation of disgust, surprise,
warning, disapproval; Stop! (interjection; 15)
kay, kayo grandparents [sometimes refers
to more remote ancesters] [low tone] (noun; 26p)
kay alboro grandfather (noun; 26p)
kay wayboro grandmother (noun; 26p)
kayandi to cause to stop, to cause to
stand; put / place something on end / upright, raise
(up), set up (right); to assure, to affirm (verb; 19p)
kaydiya rainy season, farming season
(noun; 25p)
kaymi art or trade, art of of weaving
(noun; 23p)
kayna {keyna} to be small (verb)
kayna, kayniyo, kayna [*]: little, small
(adjective; 5p)
kayna-kayna very small amount, very little
(adverb; 18)
kaynandi {keynendi} to make small;
underestimate, not take somebody seriously; to
humiliate, to offend (verb)
kaynandi, kaynando {keynendi} person who
humiliates somebody (noun)
kaynanta {keynanta} person who is not
taken seriously, is humiliated (noun)
kaynayan smallness (noun; 25)
kayne, kayno younger brother or sister [or
other close relative] (noun; 7p)
kayn'ize child of one's younger sister or
brother (noun; 26p)
kmbiti spurred tortoise [reptile] (noun; 5
list)
kociya small child, baby [may be relative
to older person, not strictly according to size]
(noun; 21)
koda youngest child [when no more
expected] (noun; 26p)
kogné [kuregé] squirrel [mammal] (noun; 5
list)
kokor to do last, to do recently; to do
subsequently (verb; 24, grammar) [used in verb link constructions to give an
adverbial flavour]; examples:
A kokor ga kaa. He wound up coming.
A kokor ga ci ay se. He finally told me.
Ay kokor ga di a. I saw it at last.
kokorante last, final (adjective)
kokoro last, final (adverb; 17p)
kokoro banda {kokor banda} in the last place, last of all,
at last
(adverb; 17p, 24)
kokoro banda wanta [bananta, banda wane] last
(ordinal; number 24)
kokoro, kokora 1. end, ending;
examples:
zama baani boro gonda kokora hanno: for there
is a happy end to the man of peace;
ni kokora ga ciya haŋ kaŋ ga humburandi: your
ending is to become something that will frighten;
2. wooden shuttle [for weaver's loom]; reel of
cotton (noun)
kolkoti, kolkoto corn, maize (noun; 8p)
kollo cricket [animal] (noun; 5 list)
kolnay [tantabal] pigeon [bird] (noun; 5
list)
kolwen vinaceous dove [bird] (noun; 5
list)
kolwen gubba touraco [bird] (noun; 5 list)
kolwen kirya speckled pigeon [bird] (noun;
5 list)
koma hump (noun; 16p)
komakoni hump backer, hunch back person
(noun; 16p)
komni savannah monitor [reptile] (noun; 5
list)
konda [#] (~): to take [literally: to go with;
tone from high to low] (verb; 5p)
konde stepmother (noun; 26p)
kondjandjé millipede [animal] (noun; 5
list)
kondo, konda back of skull, occiput [high
tone]
(noun; 10, 20p)
kongu, kongo leaf of "kangaw" palm tree
(noun; 23p)
konjiri railway, train tracks (noun)
konkayzeboŋlondikoy computer (noun)
konkayzemiimandakomo [talfon, guuru sisiri]
telephone (noun)
konku, konko {koŋku, koŋko} tin, can, box
(noun)
konkoize {koŋki-ize, konkayze} small box
(noun)
konni, konno [koroŋ] warmth, heat; fever;
malaria (noun)
konnu [koroŋ] to be warm; to have a
fever (verb)
koonu {konu} naked, empty, alone (adjective; 25p)
kopto, kopta leaf ; traditional salad
based on leaves; peeling, vegetal skin (noun; 15)
korbe, korbo ring for finger or ear or
nose; circle (noun; 21)
korboto {koroboto} frog [reptile] (noun; 5 list)
korfo, korfa rope (noun; 23p)
koroboto {korboto} frog [reptile] (noun; 5 list)
koroŋ [konni, konnu] to burn, to be hot;
to have a fever (verb; 13); hot, warm
(predicative adjective; 13p)
korsol, korsolo [korsalo; korselo] hot
period (April - June)[Ducroz]; period spanning from
after harvest, till when winter fodder is about to
become exhausted [Bornand] (noun;15)
kortu [kottu] to tear, to rip (verb; 11p)
kortu-kortu to rip to pieces, to rend
repeatedly (verb; 18)
kosandi [salanga] shower; toilet (noun)
kosongu, kosongo commotion, racket (noun;
21)
kotikoti (northern red-billed) hornbill
[bird] (noun; 5 list)
koto [toko] to cough [tone from low to
high] (verb; 16p)
koto, kota cough [tone from low to high]
(noun;16p)
koto beeri: cough with phlegm, throw up
phlegm, expectorate (noun)
kottu [kortu] to tear, to rip (verb; 11p)
kottu-kottu to rip to pieces, to rend
repeatedly (verb; 18)
kourkour ball python [reptile] (noun; 5
list)
koy to go [high tone] (verb; 1p)
Koy fa! Get out of here!; Scram!
(interjection; 18)
koy ce ga: to walk, to go on foot (verb; 12)
koy, koyo chief, master; owner, possessor
[high tone]
(noun; 6p, 11p)
koyne again, once more [with negative: no more]
(adverb; 7p)
koysa great egret [bird] (noun; 5 list)
koytarey, koytara chieftaincy, kingdom,
ruler ship (noun; 22)
ku become big [waist] (verb)
ku, kuku, kuko [*]: tall, long (adjective;
5p)
kubanda to encounter, to meet by change
(verb; 12p)
kubay {kubey} to meet, to encounter;
accompany a young woman to her groom for the first
time [tone from low
to high] (verb; 9p)
kubay, kubayo {kubey} 1. darkness [high tone];
2. meeting, encounter; the action of going to a
meeting with an important person; the action of
taking a young woman to her groom for the first time
[low tone] (noun; 4p)
kubayandi {kubeyendi} to make the troops
march and move up to the combat or battle (verb)
kubayanto, kubayanta {kubeyanto, kubeyanta}
bride-to-be, young woman brought to her groom for
the first time (noun)
kubayko, kubayka {kubeykow, kubeyka}
escort, companion of young woman to her groom (noun)
kubaynda {kubey-nda} to meet with (verb;
17)
kubayni {kubeyni} welcome [greeting];
felicitous encounter (interjection;
9)
kubayyaη, kubayyaηo {kubeyyoη, /o}
reception; hospitality (noun)
kubu gorwa stone partridge [bird] (noun; 5
list)
kudaku, kaduko sweet potato (noun)
kufu, [?] lung (noun, 10)
kuku owl [bird] (noun; 5 list)
see also ku
kulu each, every [with singular nouns],
all [with plural nouns] (adverb; 7p, 12)
hay kulu:
everything; nothing; anything (depending on context)
(pronoun; 9)
kulu nda yadin: nevertheless, in spite
of that, anyhow' (conjunction; 16)
kumbakumba flea [animal] (noun; 5 list)
kumbu to weed (verb, -)
kumbu, kumbo weeder, hoe for weeding
(noun; -)
kuna inside, within [use sparingly; high
tone] [see bine kuna] (preposition; 4p);
within, inside (adverb; 20)
kuna [dafe, wayborotaray] vagina [offensive]
(noun, 10)
kuna divide, order, class, group, arrange
(verb)
kungu to be full, satisfied [food]
[French: "rassasier"]
(verb; 18p)
kunta blanket, coverlet (noun; 15p)
kunu hedgehog [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
kurba to row [a boat] [to] (verb; 5)
kuregé [kogné] squirrel [mammal] (noun; 5
list)
kuri, kuro blood (noun; 10, 20p)
kurnye, kurnyo husband (noun; 26p)
kuru to pasture, to shepherd (verb; 18p)
kusa [pointi] hand forged nail, any large nail
(noun; 16p)
kusu, kuso pan, cooking pot (noun; 9);
taba kusu: pipe [literally: tobacco cooking
pot] (noun 24p)
Kutubi [ŋwa ka kungu] first day on new
lunar year (noun; 25)
kuuru, kuuro skin, leather (noun; 10, 20p)
kuyan depth; height, length; waist-size
(noun; 7, 25)
kwaari, kwaaro millet stalk(s); drought (noun; 15)
kwaara {kwara} [see kware] village, town;
city ;
compound [of several houses; high tone] (noun; 1p)
kwaara boro, ~ bora: villager, town-dweller,
city-dweller
kwaare, kwaare, kwaara {kware; kwaaray} [*]: white [tone from
high to low] (adjective; 9p)
handu kwaaray: full moon, moon light (noun;
23p)
hari kwaaray: much diluted "kawi" (noun; 24p)
guuru kwaaray: aluminium, any shiny metal
(noun; 23p)
kwaaray {kwarey} da gabi kwaaray: with a
strong hand (adverb; 18)
kwataku, kwatako board, plank (noun; 12p)
kway, kwayo upper garment, sewed [as
shirt, dress, blouse, jacket, etc.] (noun; 6p) |