G
Zarma [synonym] (origin):

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

 
g' [kan, k', watokan, watikan] when; which, that, who (conjunction; 7p);
[ga] [verb auxiliary to indicate imperfect, i.e. present and future tense] (auxiliary; 3, 5)

ga to help, to aid [low tone] (verb; 21);
[g']
[verb auxiliary to indicate imperfect, i.e. present and future tense] (auxiliary; 3, 5)

ga ti (~) to be [linking verbs; identifiers] (verb; 9p)

gaa against, on, by, from, at [long vowel, high tone] (preposition; 6p);  (ga) by, next to, upon, against usually indicates contact (adverb; 20)

gaari saddle (noun; 5)

gabi, gabo strength (noun; 13p, 18);
da gabi kwarey:
with a strong hand (adverb; 18)

gabikom [kabikoni] powerful person, strong person (noun; 11)

gabikoni [gabikom] powerful person, strong person (noun; 11)

gabou [noori guyya]: sacred ibis [bird] (noun; 5 list)

gaham, gahamo body, flesh [literally: body meat] (noun; 6p)

gakasine help afforded by a person (noun; 26)

gamagie flying fox [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

game between, in the midst [will nearly always be]
(conjunction; 21)

gana to follow, to obey [idiom "to be owed"] (verb; 7p, 21p)

ganda lower, under [tone from high to low] (adjective; 9p);
below, down (adverb; 9p)

gandafarkey common ant-lions (doodle bugs) [animal]
(noun; 5 list)

gande, ganda chest [anatomy] [low tone] (noun; 10, 20p)

gangamize parasite / insect [animal] (noun; 5 list)

gangare, gangara slope, incline (noun; 22)

gani third month of lunar year (noun; 25p);
gani, gani, gano [*]: fresh, uncooked, raw (adjective; 13p)

gani banda fourth month of lunar year (noun; 25p)

ganji, ganjo uninhabited area, “bush” (noun; 7p)

ganji-farka waterbuck [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

ganji-yo girafe [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

gar [sometimes garu] to find, to come upon, to happen across by appointment (verb; 12p)

garasa tanner; also shoemaker (noun; 11p)

garaw to loan [high tone] [something which will be repaid in equal value, not an object which itself will return] (verb; 15p);
garaw bana: to repay a loan (verb; 15p);
garaw sambu: to borrow money, take up a loan (verb; 15p);
garaw, garawo a loan, a debt [high tone] (noun; 15p)

garawkoni debtor (noun, 11)

garbe, garba cheek [fleshy portion] (noun; 10, 320p)

garey to chase, to chase away (verb; 12p)

gari flour of cassava [manioc] (noun)

garu, garo mud house, mud wall [tone from low to high] (noun; 24p); garu [gar] to find, to come upon, to happen across by appointment [low tone] (verb; 12p)

Gasa! Brother!; For crying out loud! [rare] (interjection; 15)

gasama salamander [reptile] (noun; 5 list)

gasu, gaso half gourd in form of a bowl (noun; 19p)

gawey hunting as a profession (noun; 13p)

gay to be a long time [low tone]; to stay a long time, to delay, to linger [intransitive] [low tone]; to hold back, to delay, to stop [transitive] [high tone] (verb; 8p);
a gay:
it's been a while [low tone] (adverb; 17p);
a gay kayniyo: just a little while ago [low tone] (adverb; 17p)

gisi to lay down; to depose (verb; 11)

goboro widow, widower [add alboro or wayboro to precise]
(noun; 26p)

gobu cane, stick, rod (noun; 24p)

gomni, gomno grace, free gift [no return expected] (noun; 3p)

gonda [#] to have [literally: to be with] (verb; 5p)

gondi, gondo (~) snake [reptile]  (noun; 8p, 5 list)

goro to sit, to dwell, to reside, to remain [low tone] (verb; 3p);
goro, gora  cola nut [tone from high to low; Cola acuminata] (noun; 12p)

gorokasine, gorokasino neighbour (noun; 26)

gorokoy, gorokoyo retailer of cola nuts [see goro] (noun; 11)

goroŋgari, goroŋgaro rooster (noun; 5)

goroŋo, goroŋa chicken [bird] (noun; 5p, list);
goroŋo nya: hen [has laid eggs] (noun; 5);
goroŋo way: hen [has not laid eggs] (noun; 5)

goy to work [high tone] (verb; 4p);
goy, goyo: work  [high tone] (noun; 4p)

goykasine, koygasino work-partner, fellow-laborer (noun; 26)

goytarey, goytara state of work (noun; 22)

gu [= igu] five [5] [in combination with noun]
(cardinal number; 3)

gula (noun)

gumo very, very much (adjective; 13p);
gumo-gumo very much, a great deal (adverb; 18)

guna to look, to look at, to watch (verb; 3p)

gunde, gunda abdomen, belly; stomach (noun; 10, 20p);
baba gunde: real father (noun; 26);
te gunde: to become pregnant (verb; 20p)

gungu, gongo island (noun; 22)

gunguri, gunguro [guri] egg (noun; 8p)

guri, guro [short form of gunguri] egg (noun; 8p)

guru to fetch [water] (verb; 23p)

gusu to be deep (verb; 9)
gusu, guso hole, pit [high tone] (noun; 21);
gusu, gusu, guso [*] deep [tone from high to low]
(adjective; 21)

guuru, guuro metal, iron, etc. (noun; 23p)

guuru bi, guuru biyo iron, steel (noun; 23p)

guuru cirey, guuru cira copper (noun; 23p)

guuru kwarey, guuru kwara aluminum, any shiny metal (noun; 23p)

guuru sey, guuru seyo brass, bronze (noun; 23p)

 




last updates: 02 februari 2006