M
Zarma [synonym] (origin):

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


maa name [low tone] (noun; 19p)
maa [#]: to hear; by extension, to understand [high tone]
(verb; 3p)

maan to approach, to come near (verb; 18p)

maanu near, nearly, about, almost (adverb; 18p)

Madala! Praise the lord!; That's wonderful (interjection; 15)

madam [F]: Madame, lady (noun; 3, 6)

mafey meat and vegetable stew (noun; 16p)

malafa gun (noun; 13p)

malam [alfa, alfaga] [H]: religious teacher; by extension a priest [marabou] (noun; 3p)

malankasi [tay] pancreas (noun, 10)

man where (adverb; 9p)

mana not in some constructions (adverb; 8)

manan [manaŋ] last year (adverb; 15p)

mangu, mango mango (noun)

manti not [in some constructions] (adverb; 8p)

manu (see mare)

mare to injure, to be wounded, to be hurt, to be injured [not to feel pain] (verb; 15p);
manu ka mare: to almost be hurt (verb; 18)

marge how much, how many [always singular noun]
(adverb; adjective; 8p, 9)
marge no how much is it [price] (adverb; 8p)

margu to gather together, to assemble, to mix (verb; 19p)

mari cheeta [mammal] (noun; 5)

masa panecake [may be made of millet, corn, flour, rice] (noun; 24p)

mate how [interrogative only; rarely equivalent to what]
(adverb; 6p, 9)

matekan the way that [in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)

may who; whose, which (pronoun; 9p)

me, meyo opening, mouth, doorway; end, edge, limit
(noun; 6p, 10)
me [untranslatable, used to emphasize an affirmative; example: "Kala me!"= Of course!, Only just!] (interjection; 18)

me bene, me bena upper lip (noun; 10, 20p)

me feri tenth month of lunar year [literally: untie the mouth], 1ste day end of fast (noun; 25p)

me fo together, simultaneously, at the same time, at first, first (adverb; 17p)

me ganda lower lip (noun; 10, 20p)

me hamni, me hamno moustache (noun; 10, 20p)

me kwaraï Roan antelope [mammal] (noun; 5)

mehaw ninth month of lunar year, fast month, 1st day is beginning of the fast (noun; 25p)

mekidimbo spur-winged goose [bird] (noun; 5)

me-mundi, me-mundo tear drop, tear (noun; 10, 20p)

meri, meri, mero [*]: ugly (adjective; 12p)

mimandi to gossip (verb; 24p)
mimandi,  mimando
gossip (noun; 24p)

mo too, also [see grammar] (conjunction; 5p)
mo, mwa [mowa] rice [tone from low to high]; eye [low tone]
(noun; 8p, 16p)

mo hamni eye brow; eyelash (noun, 10)

mobo, moboyan dawn, earliest light, crack of day (noun; 17p)

mo-fo-koy one-eyed person (noun; 16p)

mongu to be too hard, to be too difficult (verb; 19p)

monsieur [F]: gentleman, lordship (noun; 3)

montr, montro (F): watch, clock (noun)

moru far (adverb; 20);
moru, moro [*]: sour (adjective; 13p)

moso slowly (adverb; 18p)
ma te moso take it easy (adverb; 18)

moso-moso very slowly (adverb; 18)

moto, mota car (noun; 5p)

motokoy, motokoyo driver; owner of a car (noun; 6)

Mouloud (F): 12th day, birth of Mohammed (noun; 25)

mudun, muduno trousers (noun; 11p)

mun to pour out, to spill [also in the sense of to drop unintentionally] (verb; 12p)

musu beri, musu bero lion [literally: big cat]  [mammal]
(noun; 3p)

musu, muso cat [usually domestic, but sometimes lion]
(noun; 1p);
musu aru tomcat (noun; 5)
musu nya puss [has given birth] (noun; 5)
musu way puss [has not given birth] (noun; 5)




last updates: 02 februari 2006