saba [sasabandi] to come to an agreement,
to agree, to be reconciled;
to be equal, - identical, - just (verb; 21);
saba sorghum (Sorghum bicolour var.)
saba [deydey]: equal, even, same (adverb; 18p)
sabbese because of, on account of
(conjunction; 13p)
sab'bize tall palm from which construction
logs come from (noun; 16p)
sabu {saabu} to thank, to be thankful (verb; 6p)
sabuyan, sabuyaŋo {saabuyan} thanking (noun; 7)
sabyan, sabyaŋo justice, reconciliation
(noun)
safar to treat medically, to apply
medicine (verb; 16p)
safari, safaro medicine, magic, fetish
charm (noun;4p)
safun (F): soap (noun; 21)
sagey do [do, do-ize]: locust, grasshopper [animal]
(noun; 5 list)
sahadin immediately, at once (adverb; 17p)
saji, sajo wilderness, “bush”, unfarmed
area, dessert
(noun; 7p)
salan to speak, to utter words (verb; 9p);
salan … boŋ to talk about [not gossip
however] (verb; 9p)
salati (F): lettuce (noun; 8)
samba to send [an object] (verb; 3p)
sambu to pick up, to take up, to take (verb; 12p)
samey see "baani samey" (interjection; 1)
sana needle (noun; 23p)
sanda like, as, as though ["danga" and "sanda"
often have the word "cine" after their object]
(preposition, conjunction; 17p)
sandarku, sandarko wooden box, crate
(noun; 13p)
sandi, sando hard [literally and
figuratively], difficult
(adjective; 8p)
sanku [sankufa] especially, particularly,
specially, specifically, chiefly; much more [with positive]; much
less, let alone [with negative] (adverb; 18p)
sankufa {sanku fa} see sanku
sanni, sanno [cine]: language; speech,
words, remarks
(noun; 9, 16)
sanni yeriyan repetition (verb; 16p)
saŋ to slap (verb;
music sheets)
saŋiri, saŋiro slap, cuff on the ears
(noun)
saŋyaŋ, saŋaŋo the action of slapping
(noun)
sara [hasara, te hasara]: to spoil
[intransitive] ; to spoil, to ruin [transitive]
(verb; 13)
bina sara: to be sad (verb; 15)
bine sare, bine sara: grief, sorrow (noun; 13p)
sare see sara
sasaba catch fish with small manually
operated net at the edge of river (verb)
sasabandi [sabandi, saba] to smooth, to
level out, to adjust; to agree, to reconcile (verb)
sasabante average (noun)
sasabay to be average, - medium (verb)
sasabu to crush millet (verb)
sasabu, sasaba 'beard' (rachilla)
of millet or sorghum connecting grain to stalk
(noun)
sasabubeene upload [of computer file to
the internet] (verb)
sasabuganda download [of computer file
from
the internet] (verb)
satumba (F) September [Zarma normally use
Muslim, lunar, calendar instead of Roman calendar]
(noun; grammar/time)
sayakan cine the kind of time that [in
indirect question] (pronoun; 19)
saye, sayo [saaye, saayo] luck [for
oneself] (noun; 15)
se to, for [usually necessary for indirect
object]
(preposition; 6p)
seeku (A) sheikh (noun)
sey, sey, seyo [*] yellow (adjective; 9p)
sey-sey to scatter about, to scatter far
and wide (verb; 18)
si [s'] ~ [verb auxiliary to indicate
negative imperfect, i.e. present and future tense]
(auxiliary; 8)
sibey to do not know (verb; music pages)
sigari, sigaro (F): cigarette (noun)
sikka si without doubt, doubtless (adverb;
18p)
silli, sillo thread, string (noun; 23p)
simberko lame person (noun; 16p)
sinaadar link, connection (noun)
sinda to be without, to not have [antonym
of “gonda”] (verb; 8p)
sini, sino razor (noun; 12p)
sinji to make secure, to plant securely,
to establish (verb; 22)
sintin ka to start to (verb; 15)
sintina first (ordinal number; 24); at
first, first (adverb; 17p)
so, sa bucket (noun;
music sheets)
sobay see sobey
sobey [sobay] to continue, to go ahead [not
physically necessarily], to keep going (verb; 10p)
soboro [sorbo] mosquito [animal]
(noun; 24, 5 list)
soguyan shapeliness (noun; 25)
sohon now, at once (adverb; 5p);
sohon tiliyo: immediately, this very instant
(adverb; 17p);
sohon-sohon: right now (adverb; 18)
sooje, soojo soldier (noun; 13)
soolu to make preparations (verb; 13)
soolu, soolo preparation (noun; 13)
sorbo [soboro] mosquito [animal] (noun;
24p, 5 list)
sorko, sorka descendant of Faran Maka Bote;
praise-singers to spirits; ethnic group of fishers
(noun; culture pages)
sooro, soora [jidan bisa] {soro, sora}
second story (noun; 24p)
sorro [ce] times
sorro fo: once, one time (adverb; 12p)
sorro hinka: twice (adverb; 12p)
suba tomorrow (noun; 4p)
suba susubey, suba susba tomorrow morning
(noun; 4p)
suban to choose, to select, to elect
(verb; 15p)
subasi day after tomorrow, or some other
future day, not to far off (noun; 4p)
subu, subo grass, weeds (noun; 17p)
subu fu round one-room house [grass]
(noun;24p)
sufurey to rent, to hire (verb; 15p)
sukar, sukaro (F): sugar (noun; 19p)
sukutu, [?] forehead (noun, 10)
sundu to absorb, infiltrate; to sink, to
go down into water;
to drain; take snuff (verb, 15)
sungari, sungaro heat rash (noun; 20p)
sungey to sweat, to perspire (verb; 20p)
sungey, sungeyo perspiration, sweat (noun;
20p)
suru to be patient, to go carefully, to
take it easy [tone from high to low] (verb; 24p)
suru, suro patience [tone low] (noun; 24p)
susubey, susuba morning (noun; 4p)
susura to spear fish (verb; 23p) |
