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túm<br />

úwù<br />

túm ideo. see: fúðú.<br />

tùmbú adj. rest <strong>of</strong> s.t. cut. bir tumbu<br />

˜tùmbùðú nv2. *cut completely.<br />

tùmòðúwú nv2. cause to finish. see: tàmòðúwú. < A. tùmògəḱkì tùmòjíyì v.t.<br />

túndúk ideo. see: cúró.<br />

tùngùrùmðú nv2. kneel down. tùngùrùmməḱkì tùngùrùmjî v.intr.<br />

túnó n. sore; abcess; ulcer.<br />

túnó kàngúwù n. chronic tropical ulcer that doesn't heal.<br />

túnó kàrwî n. stye.<br />

túnó kúrà n. cancer; normally kills. syn: kànnúwásí.<br />

túnó ngúdò n. abcess <strong>of</strong> horse.<br />

túntú n. tassle. tuntu jawaye<br />

tùnùsíyà n. type <strong>of</strong> hat (from Tunisia?).<br />

túr ideo. see: léðú.<br />

tùrðú nv2. stop; halt (animals). syn: kàlðú. tùrnəḱkì tùrjî v.t.<br />

túrì adj. 1) lean meat. 2) lean person. 3) poor person. syn: dérì, ngʌ̂mdù.<br />

tùrîs n. tourist.<br />

túrjè n. metal ring or rope through bull's nose.<br />

tùrjèrám n. septum <strong>of</strong> bull.<br />

tùrnə̀bîs n. screwdriver.<br />

túrnò n. fire-blackened deposit on outside <strong>of</strong> pot.<br />

tùròktùròk n. mixture <strong>of</strong> colours (on animals, cloth).<br />

túrúrú adj. *little (hole).<br />

túrúrúwú ; túrárá? n. ant hill.<br />

tùrúrúwù n. epileptic fit.<br />

tùrùrùwùmá n. epileptic person.<br />

túɽú n. rebellion.<br />

túɽúmà n. rebel.<br />

tùɽú n. 1) small mouthed clay water jar. 2) pink ball protruding from camel's mouth. 3) round black 'spot'<br />

on cola-nut (small 'cyst' on cola-nut).<br />

túsà n. fart; "break wind". syn: káríyí. from: (vulg).<br />

tùssáðú ; tùssàðà. nv2. mix together. tùssâkkì tùssájì v.t.<br />

tùssànó n. mixture.<br />

tústú ; tústà. nv2. pound (in mortar) to separate bran from grain. syn: bà. tússə̀kkì tússì v.t.<br />

dîm dîm dîm tústú ideo. noise <strong>of</strong> pestle.<br />

məŕəḱ məŕəḱ tústú ideo.<br />

tùstú nv2. tùssəḱkì tùssî v.intr. 1) rest; remain.<br />

sái tùssíyà expr. see you later! 2)<br />

túsù n. dot indicating pause (Koran).<br />

túßà n. repentance.<br />

túwál n. beach.<br />

túwótùwò n. learning by heart through repetition.<br />

tùwùlwúlà n. kidney.<br />

ú see: wú. pron.<br />

úwù num. five.<br />

U - u<br />

21/11/2007 <strong>Manga</strong> — English Dictionary 153

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