A DICTIONARY OF MADA, A PLATEAU LANGUAGE ... - Roger Blench
A DICTIONARY OF MADA, A PLATEAU LANGUAGE ... - Roger Blench
A DICTIONARY OF MADA, A PLATEAU LANGUAGE ... - Roger Blench
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Mada dictionary: Main text<br />
Singular Plural PoS C English Hausa Examples, other information<br />
gbī mə̀gbī n. hi arrow kibiya<br />
Gbìn p.n. Rija town<br />
gbla mə̀gblā n. bm tribal mark zane gu sē bə̄ gbla ə ngà he is with tribal marks on the face<br />
gbla — v. to weed shema tə̄ là gbla we cont. weed<br />
gblà v. to announce death<br />
gu kan gblà he then ‘disappear’ (death), i.e. he is dead<br />
euphemistically<br />
gblǎ — n. weeding tə̄ gbla lan yə krɛ nānrɛ̄ n we weed farm it finished yesterday<br />
gbm̄ mə̀gbm̄ n. canoe jirgi mə̀sər ban gbm̄ water took canoe<br />
gbm̌ gbm n. sound màtò là gbm car cont. make sound<br />
gbò v. to remove cire nggə̄ là ywe tswē gbo tər gəga mù I am going place remove tree<br />
grass that<br />
gbō te nkɔ̀n v.p. to see somebody off rekiya tə̄ là gbo gu te nkɔ̀n we cont. see him off<br />
gbō ywe ngə̄ v.p. to marry aure lit. ‘to carry into marriage’ bə là gbo mbə ywe ngə̄ they cont.<br />
carrying woman to be married<br />
gbōjūn v. to escape kubuta gu klwe gbojun he ran escape<br />
gbō rɔ̄ v. to play with s.o as playmate,<br />
to have a joking relationship<br />
wə̄ là gbō rɔ̄ you cont. play<br />
with<br />
gbōtsū gbotsu v. to break suddenly tsunke mgbənrīn gbotsu rope (is) broken suddenly<br />
gbɔ̄ n gbə̄ gbɔ̀n n. chunk of wood, log, billet gungumi<br />
gbɔ̄ nkì gbə̄ gbɔ̀nkī n. log kututuri<br />
gbɔ̀n gbə̄ gbɔ̀n n. k family na dangi<br />
daya<br />
tə̄ sē bān gbɔ̀n gyə̄ r we are of the same family<br />
gbɔ̀ngbɔ̀ngbɔ̀n id. the sound of a big drum kə̀nggān nggɔ̀n là gì de gbɔ̀ngbɔ̀ngbɔ̀n drum big cont. cry that<br />
gbɔ̀ngbɔ̀ngbɔ̀n<br />
gblàkə̀ntsà gblākə̄ ntsà n. f tilapia spp.<br />
gbre — v. to shiver rawan jiki nggə̄ là gbrě I am shivering<br />
gbre — v. to ripen mənggə̀rō mē gbre these mangoes are ripe<br />
gbre — v. to be cooked nuna krī nggə̄ gbre ə glo mbε? yam my be-cooked at fire yet<br />
gbrē n. shivering kpə nggə̄ ban gbrē te body mine take shivering make<br />
gbrε mə̀gbrε n. r agama lizard (female) kadangare cf. kpə̄<br />
gbrɛ̌ v. to flaunt, show off və̄ nggə̄ mē là gbrɛ̌ tə̄ bə̄ nggwɔ̌ ? who is this girl showing herself<br />
off with?<br />
gbrɛ̄ n v. to cut into two snappily gu sar kə̀kə̄ tə̄ gbrɛ̄ n he cut chicken neck snappily<br />
16
Change language