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Zarma [synonym] (origin):

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


saba to come to an agreement, to agree, to be reconciled [tone from high to low] (verb; 21);
saba [deydey]: equal, even, same [tone from high to low, short last "a"] (adverb; 18p)

sabbese because of, on account of (conjunction; 13p)

sab'bize tall palm from which construction logs come from (noun; 16p)

sabu to thank, to be thankful (verb; 6p)

sabuyan thanking (noun; 7)

safar to treat medically, to apply medicine (verb; 16p)

safari, safaro medicien, magic, fetish charm (noun;4p)

safun (F): soap (noun; 21)

sagey do [do, do-ize]: locust, grasshopper [animal]
(noun; 5 list)

sahadin immediately, at once (adverb; 17p)

saji, sajo wilderness, “bush”, unfarmed area, dessert
(noun; 7p)

salan to speak, to utter words (verb; 9p);
salan … bon to talk about [not gossip however] (verb; 9p)

salati (F): lettuce (noun; 8)

samba to send [an object] (verb; 3p)

sambu to pick up, to take up, to take  (verb; 12p)

samey see "baani samey" (interjection; 1)

sana needle (noun; 23p)

sanda like, as, as though ["danga" and "sanda" often have the word "cine" after their object] (preposition, conjunction; 17p)

sandarku, sandarko wooden box, crate (noun; 13p)

sandi, sando hard [literally and figuratively], difficult
(adjective; 8p)

sanku much more [with positive]; much less, let alone [with negative] (adverb; 18p)

sanni, sanno [cine]: language; speech, words, remarks
(noun; 9, 16)

sanni yeriyan repetition (verb; 16p)

sara [hasara, te hasara]: to spoil [intransitive] ; to spoil, to ruin [transitive] (verb; 13)

sare, sara (used in bine sare) grief, sorrow (noun; 13p)

sayakan cine the kind of time that [in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)

se to, for [usually necessary for indirect object]
(preposition; 6p)

sey, sey, seyo [*] yellow (adjective; 9p)

sey-sey to scatter about, to scatter far and wide (verb; 18)

sibey to do not know (verb)

sigari, sigaro (F): cigarette (noun)

sikka si without doubt, doubtless (adverb; 18p)

silli, sillo thread, string (noun; 23p)

simberko lame person (noun; 16p)

sinda to be without, to not have [antonym of “gonda”] (verb; 8p)

sini, sino razor (noun; 12p)

sinji to make secure, to plant securely, to establish (verb; 22)

sintin ka to start to (verb; 15)

sintina first (ordinal number; 24); at first, first (adverb; 17p)

sobay see sobey

sobey [sobay] to continue, to go ahead [not physically necessarily], to keep going (verb; 10p)

soboro [sorbo] mosquito [animal]  (noun; 24, 5 list)

soguyan shapeliness (noun; 25)

sohon now, at once (adverb; 5p);
sohon tiliyo: immediately, this very instant (adverb; 17p);
sohon-sohon:
right now (adverb; 18)

sorbo [soboro] mosquito [animal]  (noun; 24p, 5 list)

soro [jidan bisa] second story (noun; 24p)
soro fo: once, one time (adverb; 12p)
soro hinka: twice (adverb; 12p)

suba tomorrow (noun; 4p)

suba susubey, suba susba tomorrow morning (noun; 4p)

suban to choose, to select, to elect (verb; 15p)

subasi day after tomorrow, or some other future day, not to far off (noun; 4p)

subu, subo grass, weeds (noun; 17p)

subu fu round one-room house [grass] (noun;24p)

sufurey to rent, to hire (verb; 15p)

sukar, sukaro (F): sugar (noun; 19p)

sukutu, [?] forehead (noun, 10)

sungari, sungaro heat rash (noun; 20p)

sungey to sweat, to perspire (verb; 20p)
sungey, sungeyo perspiration, sweat (noun; 20p)

suru to be patient, to go carefully, to take it easy [tone from high to low] (verb; 24p)
suru, suro patience [tone low] (noun; 24p)

susubey, susuba morning (noun; 4p)

susura to spear fish (verb; 23p)




last updates: 02 februari 2006