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)
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