Adele – English
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ŋaba v yawn, to be weak, lazy, disgracing
ŋala v warm up, drive away with fire (i.e. scare away animals/people with fire)
ŋalagɩ fr. var. ŋalaŋɩ v shine, reflect
ŋalʋ adv shortly, just as Na we kofi ŋalʋ/ŋaru bɛnɩ dɩtɩnpan fɔ baanɩ. I caught a glimpse of Kofi in the crowd.
ŋan v swell, expand, increase
ŋanɩ-ŋanɩ adj shining, smooth, shaved, anointed bɛ wɔrɔ wo duyu ŋalɩŋalɩ anlɛ parantʋwa He was shaved and so his head now looks as shiny as the bottle.
ŋasɩ fr. var. ŋaasɩ v smoke, grill, broil
ŋawʋ ɛkpɛɛ fɔ ɛ dʋn wɔ ŋawʋ
ŋebeŋebe adj making too many mistakes due to impatience bee wùlà wɔ ade fɔ è we lɛ ŋebeŋebe okoro ɛn taa nyɩnla ade yɩɩ gɛmɛ She can't do anything well because she is impatient in learning.
ŋere v cut off a small part
ŋìnì-ŋìnì adv making laugh by tickling ɛ sa mɩ ŋìnì-ŋìnì He tickled me.
ŋoŋonson fr. var. ŋwonŋwonson adj uncovered kara tirima anyandilɛ sɩ ŋoŋonson, wʋ̀ kɔlɔ gɛtɛ àà tin yɩ Do not uncover the food.
ŋɔlan 1 fr. var. ŋwalan * v crawl
ŋɔrɔ-ŋɔrɔ adv dirty, unusable
ŋunuŋunu fr. var. hunuhunu v murmuring anʋn ade gɛ à yela aa ŋunuŋunu dʋkɔ dɔ̀ fɔ, an dɔ̀ kinkin na nun? Stop murmuring and speak so that I can hear.