da behaviour;
person's character (noun; 18);
da anniya:
diligently, zealously (adverb;
18p)
da cahanyan:
hastily, with haste (adverb;
18p)
da cat: with difficulty, hardly (adverb;
18p)
da gabi kwaaray: with a strong hand (adverb;
18p)
da lakal: carefully, intelligently, wisely (adverb;
18)
da wasi: quickly (adverb;
18p)da [d', nd', nda] and, with [low tone]; if, when [also
rising tone]
(conjunction; 2p, 7p)
daabu
to cover, to close, to shut (verb;
15p)
dabbe, dabbo [alman, almano] animal (noun;
13)
dabina
date [palm] (noun)
dabirji, darbijo
cover, lid >noun;
15p>, 23)
dada Abyssinian roller [bird] (noun; 5 list)
dadab beri
{dadabu beeri}
first month of lunar year
(noun;
25p)
dadab kayna
{dadabu kayna}
second month of lunar year (noun;
25p)
dadar purple swamp hen [bird] (noun; 5 list)
dadaara {dadara} spider; banded-legged golden orb-web spider
[animal]
(noun; 5 list)
dadaarataaru, dadaarataaro internet;
spider web (noun)
dadaarataaru hinda web page (noun)
dadaarataaru kabarey, - kabareyo web site
(noun)
dafe [kuna, wayborotaray] vagina
[offensive] (noun; 10)
dagara
platform, gate (noun)
dagu
to pull out of socket, to uproot, to wrench out
(verb;
22)
dahir
surely, necessarily; truly, of a truth
(adverb;
18p, 15)
dake
to place, to set, to put (verb;
11p); dake .. bon:
to put on [not clothing] (verb;
11p); dake .. ga:
to put by, to put next to (verb;
11p)
dala [dela]:
unit of 5 francs in counting money (noun;
8)
dama (H):
refers to heath & time (noun;
13p)
dama
s'ay se: I don't have time (noun;
13p);
du dama: get a change,
have an opportunity (verb; 13p);
te dama: to become better, improved
(verb; 13p)
dama-dama
a little better, somewhat better (adverb;
18)
dambe
better, preferable [precedes its clause]
(adverb;
18p)
damé (African) chameleon [reptile] (noun;
5 list)
damsi, damso
peanut (noun;
24p); damsi kuku:
peanut
(noun;
24p)
dan
to forge, to do small metal work (verb;
23p)
dan, dano
scorpion [animal] (noun; 5 list)
dan beri 'waltzing' spider [animal] (noun;
5 list)
dan bi African emperor scorpion [animal]
(noun; 5 list)
danaw
to be blind [low tone] (verb;
16p);
danaw, danawo {danow, danowa} blind person [low tone] (noun;
16p)
dandan [dondon]:
to learn, to imitate (verb;
19p)
dandanandi
to teach by showing, to teach to imitate
(verb; 19p)
dandi to go
down river (verb, 22)
dandi borey
the people down river from the Zarma [as dandi
means to go down river, and the river flows
south.] (noun;
22)
dandi kambe, dandi
kambo south
(noun; 22)
danfane, danfano
small common lizard (noun<;
15p, 5 list)
danga like,
as, as though [danga and sanda often have
the word cine after their object]
(preposition, conjunction;
17p)
danga {danza} Acacia spp., especially A.
senegal, A. laeta,
A. chrembergiana. (noun)
danga ji Arabic gum [literally: oil of the
Acacia] (noun)
dangey
to be quiet, to be still, to hush (verb;
15p)
danji, danjo
fire (noun;
17p)
danji-bi, danji-biyo
charcoal (noun;
17p)
daŋ
to put, to put on [clothing only] (verb;
11p);
daŋ .. ra:
to put into, to place (verb;
11p)
daŋandi
to cross over, to go across [usually the river, but
may be a road, etc.; possibly literally "to put (the
boat) over"]
(verb; 19)
darbe
to fish with hook and line (verb; 23p)
darb'ize, darb'izo
fish hook (noun; 23p)
darbu, darbo
hook and line for fishing (noun; 23p)
darey
to get lost, to go astray, to be mistaken (verb; 8p)
darfanda francolin [bird] (noun; 5 list)
dari, daro
bed, bed frame (noun; 4p)
dasi, daso ox,
bullock (noun; 5)
dasu
steer (noun; 5)
dawa
native ink (noun; 24p)
day
to buy (verb;
1p)
day, dayo
[dey, deyo]
well [of water; see dey for related words] [low tone] (noun;
17p)
dayko, daykoy buyer (noun, 11)
daymi, daymo purchase (noun; 23)
dela [dala]:
unit of 5 francs in counting money (noun;
8p)
dene, dena
tongue [anatomy], language (noun;
10, 20p)
deni to scold,
to rebuke
(verb; 20p);
a deni ay ga: he scolded me
desi
to fly [tone from high to low] (verb;
19p);
desi, deso
hatchet, axe [high tone] (noun;
19p)
dey, deyo
[day, dayo]
well [of water] [low tone] (noun;
17p)
dey fansiko [fansiko]:
digger of wells (noun; 6)
dey; dey no: just
(adverb; 18)
deydey [saba] (H):
equal, even, same (adverb; 18p)
di: to catch,
to lay hold of, to seize; by extension: to fall on -
jirbi tiŋo fo n' a di: a deep sleep fell on
her [low tone]; to be lit, to
be burning [tone goes down] (verb; 15p, 19p);
di [#] to see [high tone]
(verb; 3p)
diana freshwater mussel [animal] (noun; 5 list)
dibi to mix [usually
a liquid with a dry ingredient] (verb; 24p)
diko, dika
headscarf (noun)
dinyan # [diryan]: to
forget (verb; 17p, 21p)
dira to walk, to go
away, to set out, to leave (verb; 5p)
diraw, dirawo
walking; trip, travel, journey, departure
(noun; 9, 23)
diryan [#] [dinyan]: to
forget (verb; 21)
disamba (F) December [Zarma normally use
Muslim, lunar, calendar instead of Roman calendar]
(noun; grammar/time)
diyan sight (noun; 9)
diyandi to light
[fire, lamp] (verb; 19p)
djere half [0.5]
(cardinal number)
do to, at, by means of, at the place of, “chez”
[French] [tone from high to low] ; by means of, through (preposition; 4,
10)
do [#] to go down hill
[high tone] (verb; 22)
do, da [sagey do; do-ize]: grasshopper, locust, cricket
(noun;
9p, 5 list)
doobu bran (noun; 11)
dobu-dobu, dobu-dobo
measles, any illness is seen as "on" ["ga"] one
(noun;
23p)
dogon, dogono, dogona
[*]: lightweight (adjective; 17p)
dogonandi to make
light (verb; 19)
don [doni te;
doonu] (K) to sing
[any song] (verb; 13p)
doona [#]
{dona} to be
accustomed to, to be used to, to do habitually
(verb;
22)
doonandi {donandi} to tame, to
make one used to (verb; 22)
dondon [dandan] to
learn, to imitate (verb; 19)
doney habit (noun; 22)
dooni, doono {doni} song,
singing; poem (noun;
13p);
dooni te [don, doonu]: to sing [any song] (verb; 13)
doonu [don,
dooni te] to sing [any song] (verb; 13p)
doonu, doono {donu} ball of cracked
millet, parboiled and repounded; porridge, drink comprised of
millet and (goat) milk
(noun; 24p)
donton to send [a
person] (verb; 3p)
doŋ then [in that
case], therefore [rarely] [tone from high to low]
(conjunction; 10p); of old, formerly
[tone from high to low] [see also conjunction: then,
in that case] (adverb; 15p)
doorandi, {dorendi; doorandi} to make
someone suffer, to hurt someone (verb)
doorandi, doorando {dorendi, /o;doorandi, /o}
to make someone suffer, to hurt someone (verb)
dooranto, dooranta poured out, empty,
emptied (adjective)
doori [dooru]
to pour out carefully or slowly, to run out or down,
to trickle (verb; 13p)
doori, dooro [jante] {dori,
/o} pain,
suffering, sickness (noun; 22)
dooriize, dooriizo {doriize, /o} microbe,
parasite
(noun)
dooriko, doorikwa {doorikow, /a} person
who empties, who pours out (noun)
doorikom, doorikomo [doorikoni, doorikono] {dorikom, /o}
patient, ill person, one in pain (noun; 11)
doorikoni, doorikono [doorikom, doorikomo
] {dorikoni, /o, dorkoyni, /o} patient, ill person,
one in pain (noun; 11);
sickly, ailing,
unhealthy (adjective)
doorimi, doorimo emptying, pouring out
(noun)
dooru [doori]
{doru} to hurt, to be painful; to be in
pain, to be ill; to regret (verb; 12);
to pour out carefully or slowly, to run out or down,
to trickle (verb; 13p);
dortijo, dortija
[dottijo, /a] old
person, aged person (noun; 25p)
dooryan, dooryaŋ
[doryoŋ, /o] suffering, being ill; action of
pouring out, emptying (noun)
dottijo, dottija [dortijo, /a] old person (noun)
du [#]: to get, to
obtain, to acquire (verb; 7p);
du dama: get a change,
have an opportunity (verb; 13p);
du ga {du ka}: get to (verb; 15)
ifo ga du (ifo ka du}: what is the matter
with, what ails; what happened to
(verb; 16)
dubu fo (H): thousand
[1000] (cardinal number)
dum to accompany (verb;16)
duma to sow, to plant
[not transplant] (verb; 23p)
dumari planted field,
planting (noun; 23)
dumi, dumo kind,
sort; colour; tribe (noun; 9p)
dum'ize, dum'izo
kidney (noun; 10, 20p)
dundu, dundo yam
(noun)
dungu, dunguruo [*]:
short, hot (adjective; 13p)
dungu-dungu lukewarm
(adjective; 18)
dunguri, dunguro bean
(noun; 8p)
dunguriyo, dunguriyo,
dunguriya [*]: short (adjective; 5p)
duru to reduce to
powder by pounding (verb: 23p) dusu
termite [animal] (noun; 5 list) |
