A dictionary of Manga, a Kanuri language of Eastern ... - Roger Blench
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kə̀lwú<br />
kəĺwù bə̀ssəŕ n.<br />
kəĺwù járàwù n. hard potash (from Kanem).<br />
kəĺwù kìmé n.<br />
kəĺwù shâm n.<br />
kə̀lwú adj. powdered.<br />
kəḿ ideo. see: dàðú, dúniâ.<br />
kǝ̂m n. handful.<br />
kǝ̂m fál n. fistful. kəm fal koljiye fistful <strong>of</strong> peanuts syn: ré?<br />
kə̀mâ n. 1) master; lord.<br />
Kə̀mândé p.n. God. 2) owner.<br />
kə̀mádà n. tree. (sclerocarya birrea).<br />
kə̀mágəǹ n. honey.<br />
kə̀mágəǹ n. elephant.<br />
kə̀málà n. wet nurse; woman who breast-feeds an orphaned child.<br />
kəḿángàr n. cruel or wicked person.<br />
kə̀mâr n. patience. syn: kánádí.<br />
kə̀máɽí n. small black ant.<br />
kə̀máskí n. neighbour.<br />
kə̀mátəǹ n. fresh tomato. syn: tə̀tə̀mbúl.<br />
kə̀mátkə̀m n. liver.<br />
kə̀máyí n. *dry wood (good for firewood).<br />
kə̀mbâ n. climb.<br />
kə̀mbàrám n. step(s); ladder.<br />
kə̀mbáfí ; kə̀mbáyí. n. supernatural power.<br />
kə̀mbô n. food; dish.<br />
kə̀mbòmá n. glutton.<br />
kə̀mbômá n.<br />
kə̀mbòrám n. right (opposite <strong>of</strong> left); eating place; dining room?<br />
kəḿbúrwómìn adv.<br />
kəḿðú ; kə̀mðà. nv2. shut; close (one's eyes)? clench (fist). kəḿmə̀kkì kəḿjì v.t.<br />
sîmnjú rəḿ kəḿjəńà ideo. he closed his eyes tightly. syn: kəǵəḿðú.<br />
kəḿəńé n. this year.<br />
kə̀mə́ɽí n. *mixture <strong>of</strong> small pieces <strong>of</strong> charcoal with hot cinders.<br />
kəḿəśtú ; kə̀mə̀stà. nv2. wipe hands together (to clean them). kəḿəśsə̀kkì kəḿəśsì v.t.<br />
kəḿə́ttúwú ; kəḿə́ttàà. nv2. tuck under arm? kəḿə́tkə̀kkì kəḿəćcìyì v.t. I<br />
kəḿə́t 1) ideo. see: tàsee: kəmdu. 2)<br />
— n. blink. kəmət simben kìdô in the twinkling <strong>of</strong> an eye<br />
kə̀míná n. rubbish hole within compound.<br />
kəḿkə̀m n. species <strong>of</strong> shrub. (combonia vitata). ; kùmkúm?<br />
kəḿó n. *calabash. (lagenaria siceraria).<br />
kə̀mòmá n. calabash seller.<br />
kə̀mówòmà n. bowl.<br />
kə̀múdò n. catfish.<br />
kə̀múlló n. illness which is caused by starvation.<br />
kə̀múmù n. stuttering.<br />
kə̀múrjò n. old woman.<br />
kə̀mùrjòðú nv2. grow old. kə̀mùrjǒkkì kə̀mùrjòjî v.intr.<br />
kə̀múwú n. sweat; sticky heat; humidity.<br />
kə̀mùwùmá n. s.o. who perspires freely.<br />
kə̀mùwùrám n.<br />
kəǹâ n. 1) hunger.<br />
kəǹânjú njéjò nv2. eat until hunger assuaged? 2) famine.<br />
kəǹâà adj. hungry; famished.<br />
kəǹâ<br />
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