A dictionary of Manga, a Kanuri language of Eastern ... - Roger Blench
A dictionary of Manga, a Kanuri language of Eastern ... - Roger Blench
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kày<br />
kəǵə́ttú<br />
kàyámbàrmà n.<br />
kàyʌû n. Sodom Apple. (Calotropis procera).<br />
káyé n. grass sp. (tribulus terrestris).<br />
kàyéðú ; kàyéðà. nv2. fry. kàyékkì kàyéjì v.t.<br />
kàyên n. fishing.<br />
kédí n. work.<br />
kédímà n. worker. syn: kídà.<br />
kéðú nv2. get sand <strong>of</strong>f. kékkì kéjî v.t.<br />
kégəŕá see: kéyérá. n. rain-storm.<br />
kék 1) ideo. see: dàðú. 2)<br />
— ideo. see: yìmbə̀ɽò.<br />
kèké n. < H. 1) sewing machine.<br />
kèkémà n. tailor. 2) bicycle.<br />
kèkèmàrí n. tailor's.<br />
kêl 1) n. metal trap. 2)<br />
— ideo. see: yìmbə̀ɽò.<br />
kél búrwù n. reptile with poisonous bite?<br />
kéllám n. *parasitic plant which grows on the roots <strong>of</strong> trees.<br />
kéllé n. remnant piece <strong>of</strong> cloth.<br />
kéllèn ngoða nv2. tripping s.o. with the foot. syn: sàllá.<br />
kéllè n.<br />
kéllú p.n. name given to girl born between two boys.<br />
kémì n. 1) co-wife. 2) opponent; enemy. syn: dòwùmá.<br />
kéng 1) ideo. see: fúðú, gérò, súðú. 2)<br />
— ideo. see: yà.<br />
kénzâ n. pension for old soldier.<br />
kér ideo. see: kááðú.<br />
kérà adj. black (horse).<br />
kéɽé n. walking stick with crooked end.<br />
kéɽè n. livestock watering hole.<br />
kèɽìwó n. little green bee-eater.<br />
késà n. fine white sand.<br />
késà tás fíyáðà ideo.<br />
kèsá adj. sandy colour.<br />
késàðú nv2. worked out; exhausted (soil). késàjî v.intr.<br />
kèsàkésá n. orangey-brown colour (horse). syn: álgàs.<br />
késò n. rag; cloth.<br />
kèsòkèsó n. rag.<br />
kèwúlú n. shrub. (lannea humilis); (chrozophora plicata). syn: búlú káskásí.<br />
kéyé n. *bird's nest for laying eggs.<br />
kèyènó n. place where one can obtain water by digging with hand.<br />
kéyérá ; kégəŕá. n. rain-storm.<br />
kə́dák ; kə́dəḱ. ideo. silently. kədak ngoyeno kəla siyen kədak kədak guwatkeno cinəm kədak jʌkkəne<br />
nʌmme shut up and sit quietly ; without noise.<br />
kə́dəḱ ideo. see: làptúwú.<br />
kəǵəḿðú ; kə̀gə̀mðà. nv2. grasp s.t.; clasp tightly. syn: kəḿðú. kəǵəḿmə̀kkì kəǵəḿjì v.t.<br />
kə̀gəńdò n. tie/put on back.<br />
kə̀gəńdòà n. woman with child on her back.<br />
kə̀gəǹðú nv2. stutter; stammer. kə̀gəǹnəḱkì kə̀gəǹjî v.intr.<br />
kə̀gəǹdúmà n. stutterer.<br />
kəǵəŕðú ; kə̀gə̀rðà. nv2. screw s.t. up in gown to carry it; huddle o.s. up under s.t. kəǵəŕnə̀kkì; kəǵəŕðə̀kkì<br />
kəǵəŕjì v.t.; kəǵəŕðì v.intr. III<br />
kəǵə́ttú ; kə̀gə̀ttà. nv2. *form a pact to take s.t. kəǵə́ddə̀kkì kəǵəćcì v.t.<br />
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