ba even, even
though [precedes object when preposition] [high
tone] (preposition or conjunction; 8p); portion
[low tone] (noun 11p); to be abundant,
numerous, a lot [low tone] (verb; 13p);
ba [#] to like, to love, to desire, to want
[tone from high to low] (verb; 5p)
baani, baano
health [of the body]; peace [of the mind or
personality] (noun; 2p)
baani samey just
fine [reply to greeting questions]
(interjection; 1)
baanijaŋko sick
person (noun; 22)
baanikoni well
person (noun; 22)
baba [bab'o;
demonstrative]: father (noun; 6p, 26p)
baba fumba: stepfather (noun; 26p)
baba gunde: real father (noun; 26p)
bagu to break,
to burst [as a bag, bottle or dish does] (verb;
16p)
baji, bajo
alcoholic liquor, spirit[s] (noun; 12)
bakar to feel
pity, to pity; to have compassion (verb; 17p)
bakaraw mercy,
pity, compassion (noun; 17p)
bakasine emotion
of love; romantic love, affection among members
of a family, friendship's affection (noun; 26)
bambana sixth
month of lunar year (noun; 25p)
bambata, bambata
[*]: very large, very big, huge
(adjective, not predicative adjective; 13p)
bambu, bambo
round one-room, mud wall, grass roof
(noun; 24p)
ban to finish,
to end (verb; 15)
bana to pay, to
repay, to avenge (verb; 11p)
banako, banakwa runner (noun; 11)
bananta [kokoro
banda wanta, banda wane] last
(ordinal number; 24)
banda after,
with [accompanying, not by means of] [low tone]
(preposition; 11p); back [anatomy] [high tone]
(noun; 10, 20p);
behind, exterior of (adverb; 20);
banda fo
levelled out, even [high tone] (adverb; 18p);
banda follon levelled out, even (adverb; 18);
banda wane [bananta,
kokoro banda wanta]: last
(ordinal number; 24)
bande, bando [alborotaray, hanji]
penis [offensive] (noun, 10)
bandu kwarey
full moon, moon light (noun; 23p)
bangandi to
reveal (verb; 19p)
bangey to appear
[be manifest] (verb; 19p)
bangu, bango
pond, pool (noun; 21)
bank, banko (F):
bank [institute] (noun)
bankarey
clothing (noun; 13p)
banya male
slave, servant (noun; 22)
baŋa
hippopotame [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
baou Nile monitor [reptile] (noun; 5 list)
bara to be [form
of "to be", implies a state or quality of
existence; in many case can be replaced by "go"
and sometimes by "gonda"] (verb; 20); to turn,
to turn over, to turn around
(verb; 21)
bare ka te to
change into, to change and become, to be change
into (verb; 21)
bare-bare to
travel from place to place, from town to town
(verb; 18)
bargalu fire fly [animal] (noun; 5 list)
bari, bariyo
horse (noun; 1p)
bari gu: stallion
(noun; 5)
bari tafa: mare
(noun; 5)
Barka!: Blessings!
(interjection; 10)
Barka nda jire
bareyan.: Blessings at the turn of the year. (interjection; 17)
barkar to beg
[professionally] (verb; 17p)
barma granary
(noun; 5)
barmey to change,
to exchange [high tone] (verb; 21);
money
change [high tone] (noun; 21)
baru, baro [labari,
labaro] (H): news, information, story, history
(noun; 13p)
baru si [labari
si]: suddenly, without warning (adverb; 18p)
batame, batama
space, field, open area (noun; 24p)
batu to wait, to
wait for, to guard, to lie in wait (verb; 16p)
bay to know [both
"savoir" and
"connaître"] (verb; 8p)
bayrey knowledge
(noun; 23)
bebe mute person
[generally deaf as well] (noun; 16p)
bene, bena sky,
heavens (noun; 2p); (bene) above, up
(preposition; 2p);
bene hari, bene
haro rain (noun; 2p)
bene hi airplane
[low tone] (noun; 17p)
bere, bero older
brother or sister [or other close relative]
(noun;
7p)
beri big [see "musu
beri"] (adjective; 3)
beri beri praying mantis [animal]
(noun; 5 list)
beriyan bigness,
size (noun; 25)
ber'ize child of
one's older sister or brother (noun; 26p)
bessa senegal kob [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
beytu [beytu te]:
to sing a hymn [tone from high to low]
(verb; 13p);
beytu, beyto
hymn, religious song [high tone]
(noun; 13p)
beytu te [beytu]:
to sing a hymn [tone from high to low] (verb; 13)
bi yesterday
[tone from low to high] (adverb; 3p); to spin
[thread or yarn; tone high] (verb; 22p);
bi, bi, biyo
[*]: black [tone from high to low]
(adjective; 9p);
bi, biyo shade, shadow [low tone]; sore, ulcer,
wound [where the skin is broken] [low tone]
(noun; 22p)
bi fo before
yesterday [usually two days ago, but may be some
recent day] (adverb; 3p)
bi fo hendi [bi
fo yonge]: the day before "bi fo", that is three
day ago (adverb; 17)
bibandi: to make
black (verb; 19)
bindi, bindo
middle, centre (noun; 7p)
bine, bina heart;
anger, wrath [low tone] (noun; 10, 20p, 23p)
te bine: to become angry (verb;
23p)
bine kuna fifth
month of lunar year (noun; 25p)
bine sare, bine
sara grief, sorrow (noun; 13p)
binja irritation,
annoyance (noun; 23p)
binya to be
irritated, to be annoyed (verb; 23p)
biri to raise, to
bring up [as child, animal] [low tone] (verb; 20p);
blackness
[tone from high to low] (noun; 25p);
biri, biriyo bone
[tone from low to high] (noun; 10, 20p)
birji, birjo
circular net with leaded edges [tone low to
high]; manure, fertiliser [high tone] (noun; 23p)
birkibirki cece Egyptian goose [bird]
(noun; 5 list)
birnya see birŋa
birŋa [see also: alada] desert warthog [mammal];
probably used as well for domestic pig (noun;
5 list)
bisa [#]: to go
past, to be better than, to be preferable, to
exceed
(verb; 10p)
bita millet grain
[may apply to any gruel] (noun; 24p)
bo
[untranslatable, used to emphasize a
contradiction or an argument for the opposite
view; example: Manti yadin no bo: That is not
the way it is either] (adverb; 18)
bobo much, many
[always used with singular noun], a lot
(adjective; 8p)
bogu, bogu, boga
[*]: blue, green (adjective; 9p)
bogobogo cattle egret [bird] (noun; 5 list)
bogoto, bogota mud, clay for building
or pottery (noun; 12p)
bogoto mud, clay (adjective; 12)
boŋ on, upon, on
the top (preposition; 2p);
boŋ, boŋo head (noun; 6, 10)
boŋ se, boŋ oneself,
i.e. myself, yourself, him/herself, our self,
ourselves, yourselves, themselves [added to
personal pronoun or any noun; way of expression
the reflexive idea, example: Ma wo dandan ni
boŋ se: Learn that for yourself; When
the "self" is the direct object of a verb, just
boŋ is added to the personal pronoun, before
the verb.] (reflexive pronoun; 19)
nda .. boŋ oneself, i.e. myself,
yourself, him/herself, our self, ourselves,
yourselves, themselves [added to personal
pronoun or any noun to indicate personally; way
of expression the reflexive idea, example: Ay nd'ay boŋ g'a te ni
se =
I
will do it for you myself [personally]]
(reflexive pronoun; 19);
boŋ dake [furu
kange] cushion, pillow [literally: place the
head]
(noun; 24p)
boŋ hamni, boŋ hamno hair of head (noun; 5,
10)
boŋde, boŋdo wave
on water (noun; 22)
boŋfutey bad luck, misfortune (noun)
te boŋfutey: to be unlucky (verb; 16)
boŋfuto unlucky
person (noun; 16)
boŋkaney luck (noun)
te boŋkaney: to be lucky (verb; 16)
boŋkano lucky
person (noun; 16)
boosu to
flower (verb; 8)
bori nice, good
looking, pretty; beautiful [always a predicate
adj. m. never attribute of a noun] (adjective; 4p)
boro, bora
person, human, individual (noun; 4p);
fu borey members of
one's immediate family (noun; 26)
boro bi native of
Africa, Negroid type [literally: black person]
(noun; 8p)
boro fo someone,
somebody, a certain person (noun; 4p)
botogo, botoga
mud, clay for building or pottery (noun; 12p)
bu to die (verb; 3p)
bugdari striped polecat / zorilla
[mammal] (noun; 5 list)
buka common duiker [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
buko, bukwa dead person, corpse (noun;
11)
bumbey
him/herself, themselves [added to personal
pronoun or any noun, third person only; way of
expression the reflexive idea, example: A cindi
kayna ngey bumbey ga kaa: In a little while
they themselves will come] (reflexive pronoun; 19)
bumbo
oneself, i.e. myself, yourself, our self,
ourselves, yourselves [added to personal pronoun
or any noun, third person using bumbey; way of expression the reflexive
idea, example: Ay bumbo n 'a tunandi: I
myself woke him]
(reflexive pronoun; 19)
bundu, dundo
stick, wood (noun; 11p)
burtakoy namaqua dove [bird] (noun; 5 list)
burtu northern ground hornbill [bird]
(noun; 5 list)
buru, buro bread
(noun; 10p)
buru-ize,
buru-izo [bread] roll, bun; slice of bread (noun)
butel, butelo
bottle [substance, not vessel] (noun; 12p)
butik, butiko
shop (noun; 6)
butikkoy,
butikkoyo shopkeeper, retailer (noun; 6)
buyan hane dying
day (noun; 7)
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