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

Mada dictionary: Main text
Singular Plural PoS C English Hausa Examples, other information
kambàn kamban n. an ant sp. kwankwanbi
shi
Kàmə̀ p.n personal name lit. ‘reject local beer’
kan v. to burp nggə̄ là ywe tswē kan I cont. go place burp
kan v. to twist juya gu kan nggə̄ ngwɔn he twisted my hand
kǎn bishi v.p. not to recognise s.o easily wə̄ kan nggə̄ bishi I can’t recognise you
kan…gyɔ̄ v. to put down ajiye kan krì gyɔ̄ ə mə̀mē take yam put at ground
Kancānkī p.n personal name lit. ‘mixture of dirty things’
Kànē p.n personal name lit. ‘reject people’
kǎnjàr kanjar p.n. friendly but deluded spirit It comes to play with humans whenever a special music is played
for it. Kadɔn là ngwur kǎnjàr gə̀ntē Kadɔn cont. play deluded
spirit zither
kan kə̄ v. to fence danga bə là kan kə̄ they cont fencing house
Kànkə̄ p.n personal name lit. ‘fence’
kan ngàn v.p. to put together hada kan wə̀ndō ngàn bə̄ lə̀gā put together trousers and shirt
kān n. parts of an animal assigned to
the first person who spotted
it, after it is killed
cin rabo
nama
nggə̄ re kān yə I eat part it
kān n. v forest vine sp. used in making roofs
kǎn n. burp gyatse kǎn là te nggə̄ burp is doing me
kàn conj. then gu kàn dàn de he then said that
kàn kan n. rim, steering wheel sitiyari, kàn matò can gu ə dər steering vehicle fall at (his) heart
garegare
kancɔn n. sweet thing abu mai zaki
kànggǔ kanggu n. mi musical bow played solo by men to express sadness, at funerals, for example
kǎnggù n. cr crab (very big)
kan ngwɔn sà tu idiom Euphemistic way of saying a
lit. take hand put head. Cūnjə̀mǎkan ngwɔn sà tu Cūnjə̀mǎtake
person is dead
hand put head
kanjùn n. fr cashew kashu < English?
kankərɛ̄ v. to throw out cf. karε, gu kan mə̀sər kànkàrɛ̄ he threw water away
kankrè v. to stop tsaya gu kankrè jì nggə̀ he stopped wait (for) me
Kànzan p.n personal name lit. ‘refuse local appetising drink’
kaprɛ̄ kaprε n. b nightjar Caprimulgus sp.
kar mə̀kǎr n. p prostitute karuwa, cf. kilakī
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