jahannama hell, tempory place of
judgments (noun; 17p) Jam! usually means:
"That's to bad!", "How awful!" [remonstrance]
(interjection; 15)
jamburu bachelor, spinster, old maid
(noun; 26p)
jan to lack, to fail (verb; 22)
jandi [janti]: to tell a fable (verb; 9)
jandi-jandi: to retell a fable (verb;9)
jandi, jando [janti, janto] fable,
fairy tale, riddle (noun, 9p)
jante to be ill, to be sick [tone from
high to low] (verb; 16p)
jante, janta illness [tone from high to low]
(noun; 16p)
janti, janto see jandi
jaŋ to lack (verb; 22)
jaŋey a lack of (noun; 22)
jaŋko one who lacks (noun; 22)
jara extra stuff given to a buyer in the
market, gift (noun; 8)
jaraw a load, a burden (noun; 20p)
jare, jara half, fraction (noun; 22)
jase [jesse] shoulder (noun, 10)
jaw [high tone] to be thirsty (verb; 12p);
jaw, jawo thirst, drought [low tone] (noun;
12p); season [tone from high to low] (noun; 25p)
jere to carry, to carry a load (verb; 20p,
22p)
jere [djere] half [0.5] (cardinal number)
jerga beside, alongside (preposition 10p)
jeri, jero antelope; gazelle [dorcas /
red-fronted gazelle; mammal] (noun; 12p, 5 list)
jesse, jessa [jase] shoulder, upper arm (noun;
10, 20p)
ji, jiyo grease, oil, rendered fat (noun;
10p)
jidan bisa [H] [soro]: second story
[literally: house up above] (noun; 24p)
jidan sorbo mosquito net ["gidan" is Hausa
for house]
(noun; 24p)
jiji to stutter, to stammer (verb; 16p)
jijiri to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to
hesitate (verb; 16p)
jin to precede, to be first, to go before
(verb; 11p)
jina yet, in front, already; in front of,
before (adverb; 7, 11p, 20)
jinde, jinda neck [not throat]; voice; cry
(noun 5p, 10, 20p)
jiney belongings, baggage, things
[collective], stuff (noun; 4p);
goy jiney: tools (noun; 4)
jinga [jina] in front of, before (adverb;
20)
jingam freshwater mussels [mammal] (noun;
5 list)
jingar to pray (verb, 9p)
jingar, jingaro Moslem recited “prayers”, Moslem
religious holiday; by extension any holiday (noun;
9p)
jingarey, jingara mosque, Moslem place of
prayer (noun; 9p)
jingina a while ago, just previously
(adverb; 17p)
jirbandi make to sleep (verb; 19)
jirbi to sleep [tone from low to high]
(verb; 6p)
jirbi, jirbo sleep [used also for counting
days; tone from low to high] (noun; 6p)
jiri, jiro year (noun; 17p)
jisi to set, to place, to put carefully,
to put in a safe place [used more than preceding]
(verb; 11p) |