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

Mada dictionary: Main text
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Singular Plural PoS C English Hausa Examples, other information
kpm̄ v. to thresh with sticks buga dawa nggə̄ là kpm kpu I cont. threshing guinea-corn
kpm̄ v. to fold cloth, fold nade kaya vu kī mē kpm nggə̄ yə carry clothes this fold me them
kpm̀ kpm n. t kapok tree rimi Ceiba pentandra
kpm̀ kpm v. to turn over soil in the rufe zaga (na gu là ngār ryə də̀ bān kə̀ gu là kpm zwe gu mān he cont. make
process of making ridges, noma) ridges and those of his house are covering following him
ridge
kpɔ̄ kpɔ n. bag jaka
kpɔ̀cūn kpɔcun n. grove, cluster of trees
kpɔ̄ gbru kpɔgbru n. b vulture angulu also gbrǔ, kpɔ̄ mkpan
Kpɔ̄ kə̀ p.n personal name lit. ‘big house’
kpɔ̀mgbukpɔ̀n kpɔ̄ mgbukpɔ̀n n. m large male patas monkey jan biri Erythrocebus patas. also bɛ̄
kpɔ̄ mkpan kpɔmkpan b b vulture angulu archaic
kpɔ̌ n a. stylish gu là kpɔ̌ n kəywə he cont stylish himself
kprɛ̄ kpə̄ kprɛ̀ n. bp lower leg, calf kafa
kpǔ kpu n. c guinea-corn, sorghum dawa
kpukpà n. b grey plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
kpùkpə kpukpə n. t tree sp. tààkàlmín cf. təkpə̄
biri
kpūmkpār — n. m fruit-bat jamage Epomophorus gambianus
kpūr kpur n. m giant rat Cricetomys gambianus
krè v. to stand, stay, stop krè jì nggə̄ mān stay wait for me, kan krè stop
krè gɔ̄ n v.p. to support nggə̄ là kre gu gɔ̄ n I cont. stand him back
krè nɛ̄ n n.p. d swollen stomach kumburi ciki gu là lə lələ krè nɛ̄ n he is sick the sickness of swollen stomach
krɛ̌ mə̄ krε n. k uncle kawu wān̄ mē sē krɛ̌ nggə̄ he (one-this) is my uncle bānmē sē mə̄ krε
nggə̄ they (those-this) are my uncles
krɛ̀ krε v. to finish ya kare tə̄ nan ndu krɛ we do work finish
krε nyər v.p. to be short ngwɔn gu krɛ nyər his hands are short
kri v. to be clean abu mara nggə̄ kri I am clean
deti
krì kə̄ krì n. c yam doya Dioscorea rotundata
krǐ kri v. to gleam, shine as a result of jiki na
rubbing lotion in the skin walkiya
nggə̄ gba mə̀nyɛ̀n də̀ kri I rub pomade and (am) shining
kru — n. p barren woman bakarare
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