A DICTIONARY OF MADA, A PLATEAU LANGUAGE ... - Roger Blench

Mada dictionary: Main text
Singular Plural PoS C English Hausa Examples, other information
bwɛ̂ v. to be gentle
bwɛ̂ bwɛ̀ a. slow and steady a hankali bwɛ̂ bwɛ̀ me nggə̄ lə kəsū slow and steady only I will reach
bwə̀
bwə,
n. t fig tree baure used to make arrowheads
mə̀tərbwə
bwər — p.n. dc dance of rejoicing tə̄ là bwər we cont. dance of rejoicing
bwi — n. tr witchcraft maita Nē là te bwi. The persons cont. make witchcraft.
bwɔ̌ bə̄ bwɔ n. dr pocket aljuhu
bwɔ̂ bwɔ̄ v. to parboil tafasarwa Mbə̄ do là te nan bwɔ̂ bwɔ̄ Mbə̄ do cont. make meat parboil
bwɔkì bə̄ bwɔkī n. dr pocket < English?
C.
câ conj. together with tare tə̄ sə̄ sē câ kəywə̀… we were together with….
cā — n. unfermented wine, sweet
nggə̄ là sə cā I cont. drink unfermented sweet wine
wine
cā — v. to learn koyi nggə̄ là ca blā I cont. learning to write
Cā ngrɛ̄ n p.n personal name lit. ‘see for the first time’
cà — v. to bring to te mə̀sər cà nggə̄ mān fetch water bring to me
càn can, cān v. to pound or crush (yams or daka Və̄ nggə̄ rin là càn krī Vənggərin cont. pound yam
palm nuts), pound, mash with
foot
càn nyū v.p. Describes s.o about to cry Mgbǔn là càn nyū yə̄ gu gì menān Mgbǔn is about to cry
Cànkyū p.n personal name lit. ‘press down death’
car — v. to write rubuta Swɛ̌ nyū là car Swɛ̌ nyū cont. write
cā…zu v. to spoil lallacewa rɛn cazu matter spoil
cε — v. to be mature, grow girma wə̄ cɛ tè vənzɛ̀ you (‘ve) grown to a youth
cɛ̌ cε n. old age tsufa
cə̄ cə n. m leopard damisa dim. vəcə̄
cə̄ car a. colourful kì mē sē cə̄ car thing this is colourful
cər v. to stand alone wə̄ là krè cər me mūn? you cont. stand alone only why?
cə̄ r cər, mə̀cə̀r n. stranger bako cə̄ r nyə bə̄ nggə̀ stranger come with me
cə̄ r v. to despise s.o., to refuse to wə̄ là cə̄ r mənē kənàn mwɔ̄ n you cont. despising people so
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