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Zarma [synonym] (origin):

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


Na'am used as a man's answer on being called
(interjection; 15)

nagu kan place which [in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)

nama to bite (verb; 10p)

naney [#] to trust, to have confidence [high tone] (verb; 10p)
naney .. ga
to trust in, to rely on (verb; 10p)
naney, naneyo trustworthiness [high tone, long "a"]
(noun; 10p)

nango [contraction of nangu wo] here, in this place
(adverb; 20); [definite of nangu] the place

nangu, nango place (noun; 8, 15p);
nangu kan: where (adverb; 20);
nangu kulu [nankulu]: anywhere (adverb; 15)

nankulu [nangu kulu] anywhere (adverb; 15)

naŋ to permit, to let, to let alone, to leave, to leave off, to quit, to cease (verb; 10p, 13p)

naŋ kan place which [in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)

naru to go on a journey, to take a trip, to travel (verb; 11p)

narukoy, narukoyo traveller (noun, 11)

naruyan, naruyaŋo journey, trip (noun, 11)

nda [nd', da, d'] and, with [low tone]; if, when [also rising tone]
(conjunction; 2p, 7p)

nda hiney at an early hour, early, soon [sometimes]
(adverb; 16p)

ndunya [undunya, nduɲa] world, universe (noun; 13)

nduɲa [undunya, ndunya] world, universe (noun)

ne to say [never “to tell”; tone from high to low] (verb; 3p)
ne … se to call (verb; 6)
ne, ne wo here, right here [tone from low to high]
(adverb; 7p, 20)

nehare over here, over this way (adverb; 20)

nera to sell (verb; 1p)

nerante for sale [literally: to be sold] (adjective; 21)

neya [ne ya]: right here [Nga neya = Here it is] (adverb; 15p)

nga [a]: he, she, it; his, her, it; his, her, its
(personal pronoun; 1, 4)

ngey [i; ey]: they, them, their (personal pronoun; 1, 4)

ngoya [untranslatable, used to reply "fo" or "fonda" greeting] (interjection; 1)

ni [nin] you, you, your; thou, thee, thy [singular]
(personal pronoun; 1)

nin to be ripe, to be cooked (verb; 15p);
nin [ni] you, you, your; thou, thee, thy [ emphatic form of singular] (personal pronoun; 8)

nine, nina nose (noun; 10, 20p)

Nirlandese Dutch (adjective; 6)

nkaago black crowned-crane [bird] (noun; 5)

no to give (verb; 6p)

no garaw to loan money, to grant a loan (verb; 15)

no nda to give outright (verb; 6p)

no ... ya is, are [emphatic] (verb; 15p)

nodin there in that place (adverb; 12p)

norizé cyprea shell [animal] (noun; 5)

noru, noro money (noun; 6p, 8p)

noru guya whistling-duck (fulvous & white-faced) [bird]
(noun; 5)

norujaŋko a pauper [moneyless person] (noun; 22)

norukoni a rich person [moneyed person] (noun; 22)

noyan, noyaŋo gift [gerund] (noun; 11p)

ny [ɲ] word with ny see separate page

nzarfu, nzarfo silver (noun; 17p)




last updates: 06 maart 2006