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

Mada dictionary: Main text
Singular Plural PoS C English Hausa Examples, other information
kìkɔ̀n kīkɔ̄ n n. weapon kayan yaki
kìkyε kīkyε n. bicycle kyekye < Hausa
kilakī — n. prostitute, prostitution karuwa, cf. kar, te cucu. < Hausa
karuwanci
kīnɛ̀n — n. guts kayan ciki
kìnkyɛ̀n n. skewer
kīnzɛ̀ n. clothes for masquerade
kìrē kīrē n. food
kìyə̀wɔ̀ kīyə̄ wɔ̀ n. domestic animals, livestock kayan kiwo
klǎ kla n. m monkey biri
klā kla v. to fry tuya Tìti là klā krī Titi is frying yams
klà…bàn v. to grab fyauce nggə̄ kla yə̄ ban I grabbed it
klà…doglò v.a To get up hastily gu kàn klà…doglò he got-up hastily
klàmkpā adv. a young person tries to do
what older people do
vɛ̄ n mē là klàmkpā kənànme this boy is always trying to do
things as elders
klə̄ klə n. fruit
klə̄ v. to hang gu lwe kəywə kə̄ klə̄ ə shū he carry himself hang on tree
klò nywεn klo n. m bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus
klwe v. to run gudu gyə̄ vu klwe nyə̀ you (people) should run come here
kɔ̀mitì — n. committee < English
kɔn n. corpse gawa
kɔ̄ n mə̀kɔn n. war yaki bə là ta kɔ̄ n ə Lebano there is a war in Lebanon
kɔ̄ n vɛ̄ n kɔ̄ n nywεn n.p. bp umbilical cord na cibi
kpǎ kpa n. roof tanka
kpā n. shout of joy tə̄ là ta krī də̀ te kpā we cont. make yam heaps and make shout
kpà a. dot
kpàcɔ̀ n. d sickness like smallpox
kpàgə̄ kpāgə̄ n. long hooked stick for getting
down fruits such as mangoes
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also known in NE as ‘go to hell’
Kpakə̀ p.n. personal name lit. ‘roof of house’
kpaki — n. necessity lalura sē kpaki nggə̄ re lā? is it a necessity I fut. eat food?
kpàkì kpākì n. stick sanda
kpakiki v.aux you must abin da an sa kpakiki wə̄ lə rē lā it is necessary you fut. eat food