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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 />

21/11/2007 <strong>Manga</strong> — English Dictionary 77

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