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

Mada dictionary: Main text
Singular Plural PoS C English Hausa Examples, other information
kəji n. bs box, covered basket
kə̄ jī — n. money kudi
kə̀jì — n. love potion asirin mata bə ban kə̀jì te və̄ nggə̄ mē they take love potion make girl this
kə̀kə̄ kə̄ kə̄ n. da fowl, hen kaza
kə̀kə̄ gbù kə̄ kə̄ gbu n. black birds that move in fives
lit. ‘chicken of hills’
found around the hills
kə̄ kla a. white fari cf. tsa. kə̀kə̄ nggə̄ sē kə̄ kla hen my is white
kələ n. age mate
kə̀lànzər — n. kerosine kalanzer < English
kə̀mbə̄ kə̄ mbə̄ n. calabash kwarya
kəmù pron. myself kaina
kə̀mvrè ngwɔ̀n kə̄ mvrè ngwɔn n. bp finger yatsan hannu
kə̀mvrè ngwɔ̀n
nggɔ̀n
n. bp thumb babar yatsar
hannu
kə̄ nfə̀ — n. bp claw, finger nails kumba
kə̀ndà adv. maybe kə̀ndà gu lə nyə̄ ə mbrɛ maybe he would come tomorrow
kə̀nggān kə̄ nggān n. mi barrel-drum ganga cf. gə̀nggān
kə̄ nkā v. to make a mistake kuskuri nggə̄ can wə̄ zə kə̄ nkā I march your feet by mistake
kənvər n. d disease that cuts the nose
(caused by man)
kəgyə̄ r adv. once sau daya Likita nyə sə̄ kànmē kəgyə̄ r Likita was here once. N.B. different
prefixes indicate the number of times s.t. happened. cf. -gyə̄ r.
kəkə̀rɛ̄ kə́kə̀rɛ̄ v. to pour out kyɛn pre là kəkərɛ look kunu cont. pouring out
kəkan…də̄ — v.p. to forget manta kəkan nggə̄ də̄ I have forgotten
kəklà — n. f small fish farin kifi
kəklàmfu n. f fish sp. Heterotis niloticus
kəkrɛ̄ — n. fireplace
kə̀mbə̀ mə̀sər kəmbə mə̀sər n. h water-lettuce Pistia stratiotes
kəmē adv. this time also kəyə̄ mē. sē nggə̄ wān lə nan kəmē nān it-is I who will do-it
this time around
kəmù pron. I, myself 1 st singular reflexive pronoun. nggə̄ n kəmù me nggə̄ lə ywē
hwan sε mē, I myself only, I will go-to farm this year
kənàn a. many, much dayawa kə̄ kə̄ nggə̄ sē kənàn chickens my are many
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