T
Zarma [synonym] (origin):

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


ta to receive, to accept, to take [low tone]; to sew [high tone] (verb; 10p, 11p)

tako, takwa tailor (noun; 11)

taatagay ostrich [bird] (noun; 5 list)

taba tobacco (noun; 24p)

taba haŋ to smoke tobacco, to dip snuff (verb; 24p)

taba kusu pipe [literally: tobacco cooking pot] (noun; 24p)

tabal, tablo [F] table (noun; 4p)

tabante folded (adjective; 21)

tabbat sure, certain (adjective; 9)

tabi to suffer, to struggle, to have a hard time of it, to travail, to labor [tone from high to low] (verb; 19p, 24p);
tabi, tabo struggle, difficult, travail, trouble [tone from high to low] (noun; 19p, 24p)

tabu to fold, to fold up (verb; 21)

taci [= itaci]: four [4] [in combination with noun]
(cardinal number; 3)

tafarnuwa [H]: garlic (noun; 16p)

tafe, tafa cloth (about two meters of fabric, usually very colourful, French: "pagne"), blanket (noun; 11p)

tafey, tafey, tafo [*]: broad, wide (adjective; 5p)

tafeyan breadth, broadness (noun; 25)

taka to create (verb; 22)

tako, takwa tailor (noun; 11p)

takuba sabre, sword (noun; 23p)

tali, talo wrong, error, mistake, fault [blameworthy]
(noun; 10p)

talibize, talibizo (A): pupil of Koran school (noun)

talifi to entrust [high tone] (verb; 23p)
ay g'a talifi ni ga: I will entrust you;
talifi, talifo object or objects entrusted to one [tone from high to low] (noun; 23p)

tam to fish [generally with net] (verb; 23p)

tamaha to suppose, to think (verb; 15p)

tamu, tamo shoe (noun; 11p)

tamu teka, tamu takwa shoemaker (noun; 11p)

tangara grassmat, grass rug made of kongo leaves
(noun; 19p)

tangari, tangaro [tari]: lie, falsehood (noun; 21)

tantabal [kolnay]: pigeon [bird] (noun; 5 list)

tara soon, quickly, early (adverb; 18p)
tara ka ban: to be finished soon (verb; 18)

tarey outside, openly (adverb; 13p, 19p, 20)

tari to lie [high tone] (verb; 21)
tari, taro [tangari]: lie, falsehood [high tone] (noun; 21)

taru, taro fishnet [usually the square gill net] [high tone]
(noun; 23p)

tasa [F]: dish, usually of enamelled tin (noun; 4p)

tasi, taso sand (noun; 22)

tata sweet pepper (noun)

tawa [katawa]: native ball made of stripes of cloth or of string (noun; 22)

tay [malankasi] pancreas (noun, 10)

tayla (E): sewing machine [from English "tailor"] (noun; 11p)

tchimbiti helmeted tortoise [reptile] (noun; 5 list)

te to make, to do, to happen (verb; 3p);
te adduwa (H): to pray [in general] (verb; 9p);
te bine: to become angry (verb; 23p);
te boŋfutey: to be unlucky (verb; 16);
te boŋkaney: to be lucky  (verb; 16);
te dama: to become better, improved (verb; 13p);
te gunde: to become pregnant (verb; 20p);
te hasara: [sara, hasara] to spoil [intransitive] ; to spoil, to ruin [transitive] (verb;13)

teji, tejo new (adjective; 7p)

teko, tekwa maker (noun; 11); (also definite of) teku

teku, teko sea, lake, ocean (noun; 22)

teli, telo intestines, entrails (noun; 10, 20p)

tilas necessity, must, should [usually used with subjunctive] (adverb/noun; 10p)

tin, tino [*] [tiŋ]: heavy (adjective; 17p)

tinyan [tiŋyan] weight (noun; 7)

tiŋ, tiŋo [*] [tin]: heavy (adjective; 17p)

tiŋyan [tinyan] weight (noun; 7)

tira letter, book, paper with writing or printing (noun; 7p)

tita stool (noun; 24p)

to [#]: to come up to, to equal, to overtake, to arrive at, to catch up to, to be full, to be worthy, to deserve (verb; 7p)
to ga: [abbreviation of watodin ga] next, after that, then
(adjective; 11p)
To! "O.K.", expression of attention, agreement, satisfaction: "Check!", "Well!" (interjection; 8, 15)

tobey hare [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

toboy, toboyo rabbit [mammal] (noun; 25p, 5 list)

toka white-bellied bustard [bird] (noun; 5 list)

toko [koto] to cough [Dandis for "koto"] (verb; 16p)

tomati, tomato (F); tomato (noun; 8)

ton to burn [transitive] (verb; 18p)

tonandi to fill up, to fulfil (verb; 19p)

tondi, tondo stone, rock (noun; 22)

tondi beri, tondi bero mountain, hill (noun; 22)

tonko, tonkwa red hot pepper (noun; 16p)

tonton to add, to increase, to make more (verb; 6p, 15)

tsourbela Sudan bustard [bird] (noun; 5 list)

tu to reply, to answer (verb; 18p)

tufa to spit, to spit out (verb; 20p)

tugu to hide, to conceal (verb; 21)

tun to get up, to stand up [not "to be standing"], to rise; to begin [work action] (verb; 9p, 19p)
tun jirbi: wake up (verb; 12)

tunandi to awaken, to stand something up that is lying down, to stir something that has settled or is cooking, to lift upright (verb; 19p)

tundu, [?] buttocks (noun; 10)

tuntungari bushbuck [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

turare, turaro perfume (noun)

turi, turo tree; wood; plant of any kind (noun; 6, 13p)
turi nya: fruit tree (noun; 13)

turu to dress hair (verb; 15p)




last updates: 02 februari 2006