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'cord', unit of land equivalent to 700 x 700 meters.

kɨ̀lā

Catholic (see also ngè-kàdɨ̀-rō-tàa).

kàtòlíkɨ̀

Central Africa; Congo; {in general, regions to the south}.

Kòngō

Central African Republic.

Bàngí

Chad.

Sádɨ̀

Christian {lit: one who has promised}.

ngè-kùn-kɔ́ɔ́

Christian, believer {in a western religion}.

ngè-kàdɨ̄-rō-tàa

cable, wire.

ngɨ̀rà-bùnjɨ́

cajole, play with [a child] (see also ndòo). console, rock [a baby]. fool, trick, deceive. persuade. persuading; tricking; consoling.

gól̄

calf [of leg].

sɔ́l

call.

kɔ́r̄

calluses (in expression rō [dèē] lā à '[s.o.] to have calluses').

sòĺ

calm, quiet (normally with tò,ndì,ɗà).

kèkɨ̀kɨ̀

calm; quiet; placid.

ndìng

camel (jámàl is also possible).

jámbàl

can, be able ((1st pers. s., 2nd pers. of àsɨ̀)).

ásɨ́

can, tin can.

kópɨ̀

cancel (always būsɨ̄r tà).

būsɨ̄r

candy.

bɔ̀mbɔ́ḿ

cane rat [Thryonomys swinderianus].

yégɨ̄-wúr̄

cane {for walking}.

gɔ̀l-kɔ́pɨ̀

cane.

kāgɨ̄-tɔ́sɨ̄,kāgɨ̄-tɔ́sɨ́

canton {regional division}.

kàndó̰ò̰,kàndō̰o̰

canvas, canvas covering.

básɨ̀

cap of bottle {normally beer}.

tà-bìyér̀

capsize, cause to sink.

ndùy

captain.

kàbrḛ́ǹ

car.

ōtɨ̄rō

car.

hōtɨ̄rō

car.

wōtɨ̄rō

caracal.

jām

carcass, body.

hōkɨ̄r

card game (gùmár̀ also possible).

gùmbár̀

card game.

kósɨ̄

card game.

gùmár̀

cards (ɗɔ̄ɔ̄ kártē 'play cards').

kártē

carefully (aim).

sèw

carefully (brush).

páy

carefully (cut 'long sauce').

ɓátɨ́

carefully (examine,look at).

mbètɨ̀tɨ̀

carefully (fold).

rèpɨ̀

carefully (hide).

mbóo

carefully (hide).

yɔ́kɨ́

carefully (hide).

yúkɨ́

carefully (line up).

súlúng

carefully (listening).

síng

carefully (measure).

njírɨ́r

carefully (pour).

yórɨ́r

carefully (separate).

lándáng

carefully (support).

kéréng

carefully (tie).

jár

carefully search for.

ɓùr

carefully, quietly {walking}. peaceful; quiet (in expression sɔ̀l̄ à 'very peaceful'). at peace, not at war.

lóm

carefully, slowly.

lòm

carefully, tightly (take with fingers).

mbùr

carefully, without rushing.

kɨ̀-lòo-á

carefully; tightly (tie).

mír

caress [hair of s.o.].

tɔ́y

carpenter.

ngè-jà-kāgɨ̄

carry.

tō

carving tool for engraving gourds.

gìrè

cashew; cashew tree.

wúl̄-lò-nàsár̀-gɨ̄

cassava.

ngàrì

cast aluminum pot {locally made from melted aluminum roofing}.

jóo-sɨ̀mō̰o̰

cat.

bàtú

catch [s.t. in air].

gáw̄

catch {in air}.

láā

catch, grab, etc.

hɔ̀

catch, grab, seize (hɨ́wá - 1st person sing. and 2nd person). attack [s.o.] (a disease). perch. arrest. look good on (clothes).

hɨ̀wà

categorically (refuse s.o.) (desc. of ìbɨ̀).

mbḭ́ḭ

categorically (refuse) (in expression dàw dèē à 'categorically refuse to listen').

dá̰a̰

caterpillar blood, removed before preparing them to eat (see tàw̄).

bùtò-tàw̄

caterpillar with hair {inedible and destructive} (see also tàw̄).

njúwá

caterpillar with hair.

njɨ́ɓá

catfish [Clarias lazera].

ndèl̄

catfish [Synodontis schall, Hemisynodontis membranaceus].

gàgɨ̀

cattle raiser.

ngè-ngōm-màn̄g

cause craziness in (yá̰a̰ à [dèē] '[s.o.] to go crazy').

hán̄

caution, care.

àngérì

caution.

dɔ̀gɨ̀

cavity {in teeth}.

kūŕ-ngāng

caw {sound of crow}.

gá̰à̰-gá̰à̰

cement.

sɨ̀má̰à̰,sɨ̀mā̰a̰

census.

sānjɨ̄mā̰

center [of stalk].

ngàr-kàm

center of [s.t. round].

ngàw-dàn

centipede.

ndà̰rḭ̀

centipede.

ndò̰rḭ̀

chaff or husk from millet.

tɨ̀sá

chaff, shell [millet].

tìsá

chains {for prisoner}; metal hobble.

kángɨ́lɨ́

chains, chain.

jɨ̀njír̄

chains.

jùnjúr̄

chains.

pángɨ́r

chains; prison.

súl

chair with back, folding chair.

sìgī

chair.

séjɨ̀

chameleon.

kɨ́-lā̰y

champion, brave one.

gò̰o̰

change.

sānjē

changing position.

wó̰rḭ́

char exterior of.

tìlè

char, burn [food].

rùtō

char, burn; be charred, burned.

nùtō

character, personality.

ángàl

character.

hál

character; significance.

mà̰ӯ

charcoal.

kúl

chase away {fig.}.

sɔ́kɨ̄

chat at night.

ndàl̄

check [net/trap] {for catch}.

mbàtɨ̀

cheek.

ɓɔ́l

cheek.

mbóo

chest [of animal].

gɔ̀gɨ̀r

chest [of dog].

sìkɨ̀r

chest {with drawers or shelves}.

làrmɔ́r̀

chest.

gṵ́ṵ

chest.

ngòsɨ̀

chew.

ngòr

chick.

hṵ́r

chicken disease.

gà-gō̰o̰

chicken pox.

ngò-màndɨ̀

chicken pox; skin disease.

bìrɨ̀msì

chicken that cries at night {suggesting sorcery in the air}.

kīnjá-kàā-wày

chicken.

kɨ̄njá

chief of neighborhood.

sépɨ̀-dɨ̀-kàrēè

chief official of the government {normally the prefect or subprefect}.

kòmàndá

chief, head.

mbáӯ-ɓēe

chief, king (only in games; in Sar, mbàng = chief).

mbàngá

chief, king, head.

ngār̀

chief; boss.

bɨ̀rà-dɔ̀

chiefdom, area controlled by a chief (dà-kɔ̄r is also possible).

dɔ̀-kɔ̄r

child whose mother gets pregnant when he's still small.

ngōn-tètɨ̀

childbirth pains.

ndōo

childhood.

dūú

children (irreg. pl. of ngōn 'child').

ngón

children (irreg. pl. of ngōn).

ngán

children's name for small yellow bird {yellow white-eye}.

kíyū-kíyū

chin.

gír-bògɨ̀

chin; jaw.

bògɨ̀

chip of enamel or paint.

lámbā

chisel used in carving of pirogues.

sīgā

choose, select.

mbédɨ̄

chop up [meat with bones].

jágɨ̄

chop; cut up with a tool {as with an axe,sickle,etc.}

gà

cigarette.

sèkɨ̀rétɨ̀

circle (in expression lā à 'go around, circle').

bādōrī-gɨ̄

circle of, round formed [food].

kɔ̄ɔ̄r

civilian.

sùwɨ́l̀

claim [s.t. of s.o. else].

mbɨ́rā̰

clam, clamshell.

kó-kò̰ó̰

clarity; clearness; cleanliness (infinitive of àr̄).

kàr̄

clay pot for cooking.

kɨ́-mbḛ̄ḛ-sɨ̄

clean river sand.

sḭ̀yá̰kɨ̀

clean sand used for grilling nuts.

ngár̄-kɨ́-jīngām-jòý

clean, sweep.

tà

cleanliness, clearness, brightness (infinitive of ùnjɨ̄).

kùnjɨ̄

clear an area by removing grass and weeds.

tér

clear of day (in expression lòo à tīi à 'tomorrow in the clear of day, early tomorrow')

njóy

clearly (see).

wáng

clearly, carefully (see, understand, examine).

kɔ́y

cleverness, trickery.

tèr

cleverness, trickiness.

màyɨ́r̀

clicking noise {to show disapproval}.

njɔ́r̄

climb, climb up; go up.

àl̄

climbing, going up (infinitive form of àl̄).

kàl̄

clitoris.

ngīr

clod of mud, piece of mud brick.

bāng

close up.

ùtɨ̄

closed, blocked, stuck.

kákɨ́

closed, shut (infinitive of ùtɨ̄).

kùtɨ̄

closely (desc. of hɔ̀, hɨ̀wà). straight, direct.

sám

clothes.

kūbɨ̄

clothes.

yá̰a̰-rō

clouds, rain clouds.

kìl̄-ndīi

club with thick dried mud at top, formerly used as throwing weapon.

bējɨ̄

club {for fishing}.

bɨ̄ngāl

club.

gɔ̀l

clubs {suit in cards}.

sɨ̀nékɨ̀

cluck cluck {cry of hen}.

kɔ̀-kɔ̀-kɔ̀-kɔ́ɔ̀

cluttered.

bɔ̀tɨ̄-bò̰o̰o̰

co-wife.

nḭ̀ḭ

coagulate, get hard (liquid).

ɓīi

coat.

kàpótɨ̀

cock-a-doodle-do {sound of rooster}.

kōkōríyōkòoo

cockroach.

máríyàm-kàbìnéè

cockroach.

mḛ̀ḛ-tɔ̄ɔ̄-m̄-kāa

coffee.

kàpē

coffin.

késɨ̀

coin, coins.

sílē

coincidentally, by coincidence (gàkɨ̀ is also possible).

gákɨ́

coincidentally, by coincidence.

gákɨ̀

cold, coldness.

kūl

cold, flu.

ngàmō

collect {as a tax or right} (always followed by dɔ̀). steal {fig.}. gather together, put together.

tīŕ

collection of burned stalks used in the fabrication of salt.

búu-kàtɨ̄

collective fishing.

kānjɨ̄-tɔ̄l

collective hunt.

mbōo

colonel.

kɨ̀rònél̀

color, paint (always with kàm 'in').

bán̄g

color.

kɨ́rá

come down (rain).

èdɨ̀

come from

ɓày

come out in large groups (freq. of tèē).

téē

come, come to.

ɗèē

comfortably.

námsɨ́

comic person.

yòo-bàlà-gɨ̄

commerce, trade (ɗāa à 'conduct trade, be a trader').

kɨ̀mársɨ̀

commerce, trade.

kùmársɨ̀

common nightjar.

léw-kɨ́-bɔ̄gɨ̄-jōó

common or grey duiker [Cephalophus grimmia].

dùl

common waterbuck, defassa [Kobus ellipsiprymnus].

mbúr

companion of trip.

màdɨ̄-mbāa

compassion.

kùm-kàl̄

compensation, reward (dɔ̀-jī is also possible).

dà-jī

completely (astonish).

bìw

completely (bald).

pá̰a̰

completely (bare,bald).

gógí

completely (better, cured).

ngów

completely (black).

már

completely (broken).

kútɨ́m

completely (broken/cut through).

ɗúsɨ̀

completely (change, take s.t. out).

mbāl

completely (cold {food}).

njír-njír

completely (cold, cool {food}).

rítɨ́tɨ́

completely (cold, cool).

dírɨ́r

completely (come off).

mṵ́ró̰y

completely (cracked, split,torn).

búgɨ́gɨ́

completely (crushed).

púkɨ́m

completely (crushed).

rùtɨ̀tɨ̀

completely (crushed, pounded).

búgɨ́m

completely (cut {s.t. soft}).

bùrɨ̀r

completely (cut).

dáng

completely (dead) (desc. of òy).

síw

completely (dead).

kɨ́-nò-pár-gɨ̄-tɨ́

completely (dead).

bá̰rɨ́m

completely (dead).

bḛ́rɨ́m

completely (destroy, ruined) (desc. of yāngtɨ̄;).

yángtɨ́

completely (dried up).

mbérɨ́r

completely (dried up).

ndá̰a̰

completely (dry up).

sá̰a̰

completely (dry).

rúm

completely (dry).

ká̰rɨ́m

completely (dump on).

búgɨ́m

completely (enter, get in).

yál

completely (fall apart).

yígɨ́dɨ́

completely (fall).

wákɨ́

completely (filled).

ndíng

completely (foam up, rise up).

njùm

completely (full).

ngɔ́tɨ́

completely (full).

ngɨ́róy

completely (lifeless).

ngúnɨ́n

completely (melt).

mbétɨ́tɨ́

completely (off).

báláng

completely (overcome with anger) (in expression wōng tɔ̄l [dèē] à '[s.o.] be overcome with anger'). completely (out {fire}).

sɔ́kɨ́r

completely (overcome with sleep).

mbúrúng

completely (overcome) (desc. of dúdɨ̄).

rúgɨ́r-rúgɨ́r

completely (peeled) (desc. of tɔ́l).

pétɨ́-pétɨ́

completely (pierced).

dɨ́wíl

completely (pierced, with hole).

sóo

completely (pierced,cut,chopped, etc.).

njíkɨ̀

completely (pierced}.

dúwɨ́l

completely (pull off, come off).

ndátɨ̀

completely (red).

pérɨ́r

completely (red).

púr

completely (removed, broken, out of joint}.

ɓétɨ́l

completely (rolled up).

ngṵ́y

completely (rotten).

mbúkɨ́

completely (rotten).

lútí

completely (scaly).

wùkɨ̀

completely (scatter).

kúsɨ̀

completely (set) (in expression kàdɨ̀ ùdɨ̀ à 'the sun has completely gone down').

mbṵ́y

completely (soaked).

yɔ́kɨ́kɨ́

completely (split).

wákɨ́sɨ́

completely (split, broken up).

wàsɨ̀

completely (spoiled, obnoxious) (desc. of dùm̄).

bítɨ́

completely (squeeze, milk).

jár

completely (stopped up) (desc. of ɓā).

ná̰a̰-ná̰a̰

completely (stuck in s.t.) (desc. of ɓà 'get stuck in').

pír-pír

completely (stunned) (desc. of ndōgɨ̄).

wór-wór

completely (stunned) (in expression kùm [dèē] ndōgɨ̄ ndá̰a̰ '[s.o.] to be completely stunned, see stars').

ndá̰a̰

completely (tasteless).

dírɨ́r

completely (tear up, tear).

rápɨ̀,rápɨ́

completely (tear), badly (torn).

já̰ỳ

completely (twisted).

dúl

completely (uncooked, out of air).

síng

completely (untied, loose).

wɨ́ríng

completely (worm-eaten) (desc. of ndūsɨ̄).

búdɨ́-búdɨ́

completely gone, etc. (with verb ùdɨ̀).

mɔ́rɔ́kɨ́

completely, well (cooked).

yɔ́kɨ́

complex.

kɨ́-là-nà̰ā̰-tɨ́

compound.

kàm-ndògɨ̄

compulsion, fixed idea.

kàm-kɨ́rā

concern, be of concern to.

dùsɨ̄

concern, be of concern to.

ndètɨ̀

concerning, of concern to.

ɔ̀jɨ̀ dɔ̀

confidence, trust.

àmáǹ

congratulate, praise.

hítɨ̄

congratulations (in expression ɔ̀sɨ̀ à 'to congratulate; encourage').

gòn

congratulations; encouragement; praise.

gɔ̀n

conjunctivitis.

kùm-kò̰o̰

conserve [fruit] until ripe.

nōm

constantly, continually.

pár-pár

continuously but in small amounts or numbers {spill, fall down}.

pùl

contract [one's body] in preparation for action (in expression à rō-ǹ).

sūm

cook (by boiling).

ndīr

cook ['boule'] quickly.

gāmsɨ̄

cook [sauce containing gummy texture {with okra or gúm}].

kúl̄

cook quickly.

pāngsɨ̄

cooked crushed peanuts {after oil has been removed}.

wìlì-wílì

cool by swishing in container.

līyā

cool off {by tossing [liquid] up in a gourd and catching it}.

hól̄

coop, pen.

bɨ̀là

cormorant.

kɨ́-ndūbɨ̄-màn̄

corn silk.

búy-kɨ́-mbéré

corn with only a few good kernels on ear.

ngà-bɨ̀rà-dàng

corn.

másàr

corn.

kɨ́-mbéré

corner of field.

sɔ́ɔ́-ndɔ̀ɔ̄

corner of winnowing basket.

kúm-kèē

corner.

mùndɨ̄

corporal.

kàpèrál̀

corpse, body.

nīń

correct.

gōtɨ́

correctly, truthfully. exactly.

njáng

cotton [Gossypium sp.].

bùĺ

cotton buyer, agent from cotton company.

mìsē-bùĺ

cotton tree seeds in cotton like clusters.

búy-kɨ̄rā̰

cotton tree {normally called kapok tree} [Ceiba pentandra].

kɨ̄rā̰

cough.

késɨ̄

counsel, advice.

gɔ̀r̄

counsel, advise.

ɔ̀jɨ̄

count.

tídá

count.

tɨ́dá

countless, millions of.

mbà-mbòo

court, shady area where chief holds court.

ndíl-sèrī

cove, section of river, bend.

kāa

cover with dirt [a hole made for planting.

tíw

cover with dirt [a hole made for planting] {Kan dialect}.

túbɨ́

cover with dirt [a hole made for planting].

túw

cover, lid (búgɨ̀ḿ tà [yá̰a̰] '[s.t.'s] cover').

búgɨ̀ḿ

cover, lid.

búgɨ̀ŕ

covered porch.

bɨ̀ràndáà,bɨ̀ràndā

covered with mud.

pókɨ́r

covet, desire.

ndīngā

covetousness, greed.

kùm-ndàa

cow, cattle, ox.

màn̄g

cracked (broken).

yékɨ́

cracker, biscuit.

bòskíì,bòskwíì

crackle, pop (many times).

ndɔ́w̄

crackle, pop.

ndɔ̄w

crawl.

àgɨ̀

crawling, creeping (infinitive of àgɨ̀).

kàgɨ̀

creator.

ngè-ndā

creditor.

ngè-gɨ̄rā

cripple.

ngè-ndīyā-sétɨ́

crippled person.

ngè-njà-mòtɨ̀

crocodile, caiman.

màr

cross (see also gāng).

dēr

cross {of Christ}.

kāgɨ̄-dōsɨ́

cross, go across.

dōsɨ́

cross-legged.

mbáӯ-gìŕ

crossroad.

sɔ́ɔ́-ɗóbɨ́

crossroad.

tɔ̄ɔ̄-jī-ɗóo

crotch, between legs.

bár

crotch, space between legs.

bɔ̄tɨ̄

crouch down.

nèdɨ̀

crouching tensely {before physical effort} (in expression gɔ̀jɨ̀ mɨ̀là à).

ngòy

crowd of people.

bár-dèē-kɨ́-bòo-gɨ̄

crowd, crowd about.

ɓā

crowd.

bàa-kàdɨ̀

crowned crane [Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis].

dāng

crush [s.t. dry].

dúdɨ̄

crush [s.t. living, fruit, etc.].

rīgɨ̄jɨ̄

crush {with hand}.

dùdɨ̄

crushed peanuts formed in a ball and cooked in oil.

wùrì-wúrì

cry for no reason, be a crier.

yɨ̄ngā

cry made by eagle.

kùróò

cry of bird (ndā-ndīi-kɨ̀-sīŕ).

gúr̀-wìý

cry of bird called kɨ́-ndōm-sèý.

tùwíỳ

cry of chicks, peep peep.

kḭ́yō̰-kḭ́yō̰

cry of finch.

mbítḛ̀ḛ́

cry of kingfisher.

jíkɨ́jɨ́rrr

cry of nìḿ rat.

njṵ́y-njṵ́y

cry of weaver kɨ́lē-kàsɨ̀.

móo-kɔ́sɨ̀

cucumber [Cucumis sativus].

kòsɨ́

cure (medicine).

yòtɨ́

cure [craziness].

túy

cure [disease, person] (medicine).

yètɨ́

cure [s.o., disease].

mátɨ̄

cure, heal.

àjɨ̀

curl up [limb,finger].

gōmɨ̄r

curl; huddle.

gōngɨ̄r

curse (ndà bɨ̄lā-gɨ̄ dɔ̀ [dèē] tɨ́ 'to curse [s.o.]).

bɨ̄lā-gɨ̄

curse (only in expression òy tóo 'curse (subj.)').

tóo

curse, put a curse on.

ndɔ̄ĺ

curse, put a curse on.

ɓàr̄

curtains made of reeds.

pár-pàr

custom, tradition.

gír-kàa

customs, traditions.

kùtúḿ

customs, traditions.

dà-jī-ɓēe

customs, traditions.

bēl-ɓēe

customs.

yá̰a̰-gír-ɓēe

cut [bushes, weeds].

séē

cut through {in sev. places}. winnow [flour]. break through {in sev. places}. be broken {divided in several places}. criticize. be all torn up, in shreds. stop (rain), break off.

gán̄g

cut through.

gāng

cut up in pieces {with tool}, chop up (freq. of gà).

tɨ́gā

cut up in several pieces (freq. of jà).

tɨ́jā

cut up {into little pieces} (freq. of jà).

tíjā

cut up {into many pieces}.

njár̄

cut, break [s.t. soft].

jà

cut, sore, wound.

dòo

cyst, external cyst.

gɨ́lá

scabies.

ngɔ́kɨ̄

scale for weighing cotton.

kɨ̀lóò

scars, scar.

ndījá

scatter about; search through scattering about.

ndúū

scatter, disperse; break up [disturbance].

tḭ̄ḭ

scatter.

sál̄

scent of, smell of.

sēe

school.

lòkól̀

scissors.

yá̰a̰-jà-dɔ̀

scooper for water in pirogue.

hàlán̄g

scops owl [Otus scops].

kɔ̀ӯ-bāá-ɗōr

scorn, despise.

sókɨ̄

scorn, despise; heap scorn upon.

kídɨ̄

scorpion tail (see also gɨ́ná 'scorpion').

bá̰y

scorpion.

gɨ́ná

scrape {with s.t. sharp}.

kūsɨ̄

scratch up, dig up with claws or nails.

tēgɨ́

scratch.

rúӯ

scrub hard (freq. of kūsɨ̄). hide, keep secret.

kúsɨ̄

scrubbing, pounding, scratching, etc. (infinitive of ùsɨ̀).

kùsɨ̀

scum (on river water).

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