D
Zarma [synonym] (origin):

English [remark] (word type; nr of lesson)

 
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 kwarey: 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)

dabab beri first month of lunar year (noun; 25p)

dabab kayna second month of lunar year (noun; 25p)

dabina date [palm] (noun)

dabirji, darbijo cover, lid >noun; 15p>, 23)

dada Abyssinian roller [bird] (noun; 5 list)

dadar purple swamp hen [bird] (noun; 5 list)

dadara banded-legged golden orb-web spider [animal]
(noun; 5 list)

dafe [kuna, wayborotaray] vagina [offensive] (noun; 10)

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); 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)

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 (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)

dasu steer (noun; 5)

dawa native ink (noun; 24p)

day to buy (verb; 1p)

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 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 [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)

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)

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] to sing [any song] (verb; 13p)

dona [#] to be accustomed to, to be used to, to do habitually
(verb; 22)

donandi to tame, to make one used to (verb; 22)

dondon [dandan] to learn, to imitate (verb; 19)

doney habit (noun; 22)

doni, dono song (noun; 13p);
doni te [don]: to sing [any song] (verb; 13)

donton to send [a person] (verb; 3p)

donu ball of cracked millet, parboiled and repounded
(noun; 24p)

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)

doobu bran (noun; 11)

dooru to pour out carefully or slowly, to run out or down, to trickle (verb; 13p); see also doru

dori, doro pain, suffering, sickness (noun; 22)

dortijo, dortija old person, aged person (noun; 25p)

doru to hurt, to be painful (verb; 12)

du [#]: to get, to obtain, to acquire (verb; 7p);
du dama: get a change, have an opportunity (verb; 13p);
du ka: get to (verb; 15)

dubu fo (H): thousand [1000] (cardinal number)

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)





last updates: 02 februari 2006