H
Zarma [synonym] (origin):

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

 
ha to ask, to inquire (verb; 19p)

haabu to sweep [high tone] (verb; 24p);
haabu, haabo
cotton [low tone] (noun; 24p)

haame, haama liver (noun; 10, 20p)

haamo guinea corn [Sorghum vulgare] (noun; 8p)

hab’ize, hab’izo trader, small gift from market, items purchased in market (noun; 4p)

Haba? exclamation of doubt, incredulity: "Oh, yeah?", "Is that right?", "Is that so?", "Not really?" (interjection; 15)

habante swept (adjective; 21)

habirji, habirjo broom (noun; 24p, 23)

habu, habo market, week [high tone, short vowel] (noun; 4p)

haggoy to be careful, to be careful of, to look out for, to watch out (verb; 10p);
Haggoy fa!: Be careful!, Watch out! (interjection; 18)

hal a ma si lest (adverb; 18p)

hala until, till, to the time that, as far as [prepositional use; precedes object] (preposition; 10p);
hala abada: forever, eternally [literally: until never; like French: "a jamais"] (adverb; 11p, 17p);
hala sohon: until now, still (adverb; 17p);
hale hon: until the present, up to this moment, still (adverb; 17p)

ham, hamo meat (noun; 6p)

hama grand child (noun; 26p)

hambara possibly, perhaps, maybe, probably (adverb; 18p)

hamisa fish [literally "river meat"] (noun; 23p, 5 list)

hamkardji african crested porcupine [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

hamni bi, hamni biyo common housefly (noun; 23p, 5 list)

hamni, hamno hair, feather, fur; small winged insect of any sort [high tone] [see boŋ hamni]; flour, powder [low tone]
(noun; 15p, 23p)

han, hano day [limited use] (noun; 3p)

Han Beri [Alzuma] Friday [from being the Moslem Sabbath] (noun; 17p)

han kan thing that [in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)

han kan se thing for which [in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)

hanan clean [always predicate adjective never attribute] (adjective; 21)

hanante cleansed, sanctified, saint (adjective; 21)

handay calf (noun; 5)

handu, hando moon, by extension; a lunar month (noun; 15p)

hane, hano the day of (noun; 17p)

hanga ear (noun; 10, 20p)

hangan to listen, to give ear, to await, to expect [high tone]; to stay with, to be with, to keep company with [tone ?]
(verb; 20p, 26)

hangasine, hangasino companion, housemate [from hangan = to stay with, to be with, to keep company with] (noun; 26)

hanji, [?] [alborotaray, bande] penis [offensive] (noun; 10)

hanna to pass the night (verb; 7p)

hanno pure, good, beautiful, fine, holy [it is never a predicate adjective; accent on quality rather than appearance]
(adjective; 6p)

hanodin hane in that day (adverb; 17p)

hanse to fix, to repair, to arrange (verb; 12p)

hansi, hanso dog [mammal] (noun; 1p, 5 list);
hansi daŋ: he-dog (noun; 5);
hansi nya: bitch [has given birth] (noun; 5);
hansi way: bitch [has not given birth] (noun; 5)

hantum [#](~): to write (verb; 7p)

hantumko, hantumkwa (~) writer (noun; 11)

hantumyan (~) writing [words that are written, or the art of writing] (noun; 7)

hantumyan do (~) writing place (noun; 7)

haŋ to drink; by extension: to undergo; to experience (verb; 5p, 16, 24);
taba haŋ: to smoke tobacco, to dip snuff (verb; 24p)

haŋ’a no (adverb; 2p)

haŋandi to give drink, to water (verb; 19p)

haŋyan drinking (the act of) ; a drink (noun; 7);
haŋyan hari: drinking water (noun; 7)

haraŋ this year (noun)

hare to be hungry [low tone] (verb 12p); towards, in the direction of, in the neighbourhood (adverb; 20)

harey [haray] hunger, famine (noun; 12p); to be hungry (verb)
ya harey: over there (pronoun; 9)

hargu, hargo cold weather or season, cold [dry not moist]; cold, dry season (noun; 13, 25)

hari, haro water, liquid [high tone]; thing [low tone, short "a"] (noun; 2p, 5p);
bene hari
: rain (noun; 2p, 5p)

hari hansi (spotted necked) otter [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

hari kan thing that [in indirect question] (pronoun; 19)

harikuna common moorhen [bird] (noun; 5 list)

hari kwarey much diluted "kawi" (noun; 24p)

hariji, harijo three-pringed fish spear (noun; 23p)

haro-boŋ curo African jacana [bird] (noun; 5 list)

harta [hatta] to miss, to form from time to time, sometimes (verb; 18)

haru to smile, to laugh, to laugh at (verb; 20p)

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

hasaraw ruin, spoilage; damage, accident (noun; 13p, 23)

has'ize child of one's "hassey" (noun; 26p)

hassey brother of one's mother (noun; 26p)

hatta [harta] to miss, to form from time to time, sometimes (verb; 18p)

hatta ka te to do occasionally (verb; 18)

hatta-hatta infrequently, now and then, from time to time (adverb; 18)

haw [ho, in some cases] to tie, to tie up [high tone, short "a"]; to put on [as a woman tucks her cloth about her; high tone, normal "a"]; to intend, to plan, to think, to expect, to purpose [high tone; also pronounced as "ho"]; to be ashamed [high tone] (verb; 4p, 11p, 15p, 22p);
haw, hawo: cow [short "a"; “bovine”, generic, not gender]; wind, odour [normal "a"] (noun; 1p, 22p)

haw bi (Cape) buffalo [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

haw ji, haw jiyo butter (noun; 10p)

hawey sister of one's father (noun; 26p)

hawi shame, shyness, bashfulness, modesty (noun; 22)

haw'ize child of one's "hawey" (noun; 26p)

hawlondi paper wasps [animal] (noun; 5 list)

hawrey evening meal (noun; 24p)

hawru mush made of any cereal grains, etc. main dish
(noun; 24p)

hay to bear [young], to give birth to, to produce [fruit], to rust [high tone]; to shoot [with weapon: bow, gun, spear], to aim at, to hit [large object aimed at] [tone from high to low]
(verb; 6p, 13p);
hay, hayo thing [low tone] (noun; 5p);
hay fo:
something [tone high - low] (noun; 5p);
hay kulu: everything; nothing; anything (depending on context)
(pronoun; 9)
hay, hayyante, hayyanta [*] [high tone] open, wide
(adjective; 5p)

Hay fo! Say you!, Hey there! (interjection; 15)

hay jine, hay jina first born (noun; 26p)

hayci to bargain (verb; 8)

hayfun lazy, to be lazy (verb; 25p)

hayfuno, hawfuna lazy person (noun; 25p)

hayni, hayno millet [also applied to cereal grain of any kind; low tone]; hot dry season [tone from high to low]
(noun; 6p, 25p)

hayra parent (noun; 26p)

hayyan width, wideness (noun; 25)

hay-zaŋey birth pangs (noun; 19p)

hemar, hemaro harvest [season] (noun; 6p, 26)

hen to cry, to weep [aloud], by extension: to roar [lion], to bray [donkey], to moo [cow], to bellow [bull] (verb; 3p)

hen-daw pintail (duck) [bird] (noun; 5 list)

hendi beyond, the other side (adverb; 7p)

hendow knob-billed goose [bird] (noun; 5 list)

hi to lend, to borrow [high tone] [same object to be returned] (verb; 15p);
hi .. ga: to borrow from (verb; 15);
hi .. se: to lend to (verb; 15);
hi, hiyo piroque, boat [low tone] (noun; 17p);
bene hi
: airplane (noun; 17p)

him ka can (verb; 15)

hima [#] to resemble, to be fitting (verb; 10p)

hima ka out to be (verb; 15)

himakasina person resembling another (noun; 26)

himbouka oribi [mammal] (noun; 5 list)

himfa usefulness, utility, worth (noun; 21)

hin [#] to be able to [with compound verb, "can"] (verb; 15p)

Hin suru! Just be patient! (interjection; 24p)

hina to cook [tone from low to high, emphasis on first syllable] (verb; 10p);
hina ability, the authorities or the government [tone from low to high, emphasis on last syllable] (noun; 15p)

hinako cook, someone who cooks (noun; 11)

hinante cooked (adjective; 21)

hincin, hincino goat [mammal] (noun; 6p, 5 list)

hinji, hinjo tooth; pestle for mortar (noun; 10, 20p, 23p)

hinka [= ihinka] two [2] [in combination with noun]
(cardinal number; 3)

hinne only, alone, solely (adverb; 6p)

hinni, hinno pus (noun; 16p)

hino next, next time [precedes object] (adverb; 17p)

hinza [= ihinza] three [3] [in combination with noun]
(cardinal number; 3)

hire to pass the early evening; dusk until suppertime [used in greetings] (verb; 4p, 7p)

hiri, hiro neckless, string of beads [tone is low] (noun; 23p)

hirri clouding of sky before rain (verb; 23p);
hirri, hirro border of field [tone goes down] (noun; 23p)

ho [fo; haw] to hunt [game] [when also pronounced as "fo"] ; to intend, to plan, to think, to expect, to purpose [also pronounced as "haw"] (verb; 13p, 15p);
ho ka: to plan to (verb; 15)

hoisa grey heron [bird] (noun; 5 list)

hoyan [foyan] hunting (noun; 13)

hu, huwo [fu] house, home (noun; 1p)

humburandi to frighten, to make afraid, to scare (verb; 19p)

humburu [#] to fear, to be afraid [high tone] (verb; 19p);
humburu, humburo mortar for pounding grain or spices [tone from low to high] (noun; 23p)

humburukumey fear, fright (noun; 19p)

hunkuna today (adverb; 3p)




last updates: 02 februari 2006