c
cow, cattle, ox
cockroach
corn
chip of enamel or paint
creator
crazy person {fig.}
choose, select
claim [s.t. of s.o. else]
come together under skin (infection, poison)
club with thick dried mud at top, formerly used as throwing weapon
collective hunt
countless, millions of
clam, clamshell
chicken
chief official of the government {normally the prefect or subprefect}
prefect or subprefect
can, tin can
chicken that cries at night {suggesting sorcery in the air}
lit: chicken that goes to war
corner of winnowing basket
lit: the basket's belly-button
commerce, trade
cold season {December, January}
cook [sauce containing gummy texture {with okra or ^^}]
conjunctivitis
coil [rope]
completely, to the point where it needs be gotten rid of
cripple
cattle raiser
Christian {lit: one who has promised}
corn with only a few good kernels on ear
carpenter
cavity {in teeth}
Christian, believer {in a western religion}
creditor
clean sand used for grilling nuts
chief, king, head
cassava
center of [s.t. round]
caterpillar with hair
caterpillar with hair {inedible and destructive}
see also 'tàw̄'
call
cook lightly over a fire
chest
chest
chase after
craving for [food]
crawl {without legs}
customs
close up [s.t.] {on s.t.}
chat at night
catch up to
corpse, body
cause to become lost, stuck, left behind
crouch down
centipede
cause itchiness, result in itchiness
curse
compete with
close {by piling up logs}
close [s.t.] {on/over s.t.}
crack [one knuckle]
crack [knuckles]
concern, be of concern to
catfish [Clarias lazera]
clouds
crowned crane
customs, traditions
coincidentally, by coincidence
cock-a-doodle-do {sound of rooster}
completely (cut)
coil (snake)
cool weather caused by clouds in rainy season
children's game called 'hyena'
concern, be of concern to
normally negative
common or grey duiker [Cephalophus grimmia]
small antelope; males have short spikelike horns
catfish [Synodontis schall, Hemisynodontis membranaceus]
cook ['boule'] quickly
caution
cross
cross, go across
cross {of Christ}
clod of mud, piece of mud brick
customs, traditions
cat
caution, care
chest disease
said to be caused by eating dried fish
completely (off)
crowd
cover, lid
'búgɨ̀ḿ tà [yá̰a̰]' '[s.t.'s] cover'
cover, lid
cotton [Gossypium sp.]
candy
cancel
always 'būsɨ̄r tà'
covered porch
curse
'ndà bɨ̄lā-gɨ̄ dɔ̀ [dèē] tɨ́' 'to curse [s.o.]
chin; jaw
collective fishing
canton capital
coffee
imported principally from Cameroon
compound
cards
'ɗɔ̄ɔ̄ kártē' 'play cards'
chains, chain
'cord', unit of land equivalent to 700 x 700 meters
chameleon
correct
clean, take out dirt from
chin
custom, tradition
club
catch {meaning of} [words]
carving tool for engraving gourds
car
come out (new leaves)
compete with, be a rival to
clumsily (walk)
chop up [meat with bones]
camel
card game
card game
circle
counsel, advise
congratulate, praise
cause blister to
character
cause craziness in
'yá̰a̰ ^MB^ [dèē]' '[s.o.] to go crazy'
come falling down on (fine particles or small things)
cure (medicine)
subj. cannot be person
cry for no reason, be a crier
circle
in expression 'lā ^MB^' 'go around, circle'
completely (forgot)
calluses
in expression 'rō [dèē] lā ^MB^' '[s.o.] to have calluses'
choke [plants]
obj. always 'dɔ̀ [yá̰a̰]'
contract [one's body] in preparation for action
in expression '^MB^ rō-ǹ'
carefully (aim)
chisel used in carving of pirogues
completely (tangled)
completely (stuffed)
desc. of 'sɨ̄rā'
categorically (refuse)
in expression 'dàw dèē ^MB^' 'categorically refuse to listen'
chiefdom, area controlled by a chief
children
irreg. pl. of 'ngōn' 'child'
cotton tree seeds in cotton like clusters
completely (change, take s.t. out)
chief, head
childbirth pains
clay from river bank
commerce, trade
'ɗāa ^MB^' 'conduct trade, be a trader'
cry made by eagle
catch {in air}
completely (rotten)
carefully, checking it out
cut [weeds]
completely (stuck in s.t.)
desc. of 'ɓà' 'get stuck in'
clitoris
crouching tensely {before physical effort}
in expression 'gɔ̀jɨ̀ mɨ̀là ^MB^'
chief of neighborhood
crowd of people
chains
completely (bald)
cry of ^^ rat
crack [knuckles]
completely (cold {food})
constantly, continually
clicking noise {to show disapproval}
carefully (measure)
cable, wire
completely (fall apart)
completely (dead)
completely (dead)
cry of kingfisher
chicken disease
clothes
lit: 'things of body'
clean river sand
corner of field
crossroad
chains {for prisoner}; metal hobble
colonel
carcass, body
congratulations; encouragement; praise
corporal
carefully
cane
captain
cross-legged
common waterbuck, defassa [Kobus ellipsiprymnus]
large antelope with corkscrew-like horns
carefully (examine)
chicken thief {fig.}
cure [s.o., disease]
continuously but in small amounts or numbers {spill, fall down}
chair with back, folding chair
chains; prison
chase away {fig.}
calf [of leg]
cover with dirt [a hole made for planting]
cover with dirt [a hole made for planting] {Kan dialect}
cover with dirt [a hole made for planting
crossroad
caution
completely (rolled up)
chaff or husk from millet
count
cause to swell
count
char, burn; be charred, burned
curtains made of reeds
carefully (brush)
completely
cut [bushes, weeds]
court, shady area where chief holds court
lit: shade of justice
change
census
city, town
chest [of dog]
coin, coins
Chad
carefully search for (many people) {over and over}
corn silk
collection of burned stalks used in the fabrication of salt
closed, blocked, stuck
cove, section of river, bend
cast aluminum pot {locally made from melted aluminum roofing}
completely (squeeze, milk)
caracal
completely (overrun,invaded)
cement
cooked crushed peanuts {after oil has been removed}
cook over fire [millet]
cut up into pieces; dismember
cane rat [Thryonomys swinderianus]
comic person
cannibal
chains
completely (pluck, take out)
completely (dead)
char exterior of
chest {with drawers or shelves}
clean [fingernails]
carefully, evenly
with 'kàm nà̰ā̰ tɨ́' 'in each other'
clubs {suit in cards}
cool by swishing in container
cry of finch
cry of bird called ^^
cracker, biscuit
children's name for this bird
Central African people; people from the south
cry of chicks, peep peep
cluck cluck {cry of hen}
caw {sound of crow}
chief; boss
cap of bottle {normally beer}
chick
confidence, trust
centipede
crush {with rock}
club {for fishing}
cotton tree {normally called kapok tree} [Ceiba pentandra]
complex
customs, traditions
cockroach
coat
companion of trip
chicken pox
cry of weaver ^^
clay pot for cooking
completely (dried up)
canvas, canvas covering
civilian
cigarette
cleverness, trickiness
cotton buyer, agent from cotton company
carefully search for
corn
cucumber [Cucumis sativus]
child whose mother gets pregnant when he's still small
cane, staff
completely (set)
in expression 'kàdɨ̀ ùdɨ̀ ^MB^' 'the sun has completely gone down'
cook quickly
cane {for walking}
children's name for small yellow bird {yellow white-eye}
common nightjar
lit: nightjar with two wings
cormorant
completely (tasteless)
Central African Republic
crushed peanuts formed in a ball and cooked in oil
car
completely (out {fire})
clouds, rain clouds
covetousness, greed
Catholic
see also 'ngè-kàdɨ̀-rō-tàa'
concerning, of concern to
completely (red)
char; burn
can, be able
(1st pers. s., 2nd pers. of 'àsɨ̀')
crippled person
cashew; cashew tree
car
chair
chaff, shell [millet]
creep up to, stalk
carving tool for engraving gourds.
coffin.
chicken.
coin, coins.
char exterior of.
caution, care.