kújɨ́

house, home

Expressions:

  • kújɨ́-kátɨ́-pá̰ỳ (=kátɨ́-pá̰ỳ)

    rectangular house with thatched roof

  • kújɨ́-bɔ̀r

    mud house

  • kújɨ́-mbōgɨ̄

    house with woven grass walls

    Exemple:

    Kújɨ́-mbōgɨ̄ ì kújɨ́ kɨ́ à ɗāa-n̄ kànjɨ́ bɔ̀r.

    A straw house is a house built without mud.

  • kújɨ́-tól̀

    rectangular house with aluminum roof

  • kújɨ́-ɓīi-mbāa-gɨ̄

    guest house

    Exemple:

    à ɗāa-n̄ kújɨ́-ɓīi-mbāa-gɨ̄ sá̰y ngōn-sḭ́ḭ kɨ̀ kújɨ́ lò kíyɨ̄ ɓēe-gɨ̄.

    A guest house is built a little bit away from the houses of the hosts.

  • kújɨ́-làmsó̰ò̰

    church [lit: house of the mission]

  • kújɨ́-kàsɨ̀

    local bar, house where millet beer is sold

    Exemple:

    Nèl̄-m̄ kùdɨ̀ kújɨ́-kàsɨ̀ tɨ́ àĺ.

    I don't like entering the local bars.

  • kújɨ́-tòr

    nuptual house, house for married couple

  • kújɨ́-ndɔ́ɔ́

    house used by lion men in preparing potions and fetishes

  • kújɨ́-ndɔ̄y

    church

  • kújɨ́ kɨ́ dà gɔ̀r-gɔ̀jɔ̄-gɨ̄

    round house

  • kàm kújɨ́

    room of house; interior of a house

  • kújɨ́-sɨ̀wà (=kújɨ́-sùwà)

    separate house for husband

Exemples d'usage:

  • Kújɨ́ lò-ḿ ì kɨ́rā bè, àsɨ̀ nḛ̄ḛ́-ḿ-gɨ̄ jōó àĺ.

    I have only one house, not enough for two wives.