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Akoose–English Dictionary
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sɔ́ké
n
9
drunkenness
Sɔ́ké edé mə́ á yə̌l bwâmbwam.
He is very drunk.
sɔ́mbé
n
9
bride
sɔ́mɛn
sɔ́mɛn
English
summon
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âsɔ́mɛn
n
9/10
convocation
sɔ́n
sɔ́n
n
9/10
choice nut (first one to be ripe on a palm tree)
sɔ́n e mbíí
sɔ́n é mbíí
n
9/10
choice palm nut
sɔ̂ndé
sɔ̂ndé
English
n
9/10
week
Abɛlé nsɔ́n sɔ̂ndé pɔ́g.
He worked for one week.
Sɔ̂ndé
Sɔ̂ndé
English
n
9/10
Sunday
sɔndɔ́mm
ideo
depicting sound of falling into water
Ahúné á edib-tê sɔndɔ́mm.
He fell into the water, splash.
sɔ́ɔ́
sɔ́ɔ́
n
9/10
bay duiker, black striped duiker, black-backed duiker
Cephalophus dorsalis
sɔ́pe
sɔ́pe
English
n
9/10
soap
nkɔ́ké ń sɔ́pe
nkɔ́ké ń sɔ́pe
n
3/4
bar of soap
sɔ́pe e byaá
sɔ́pe e byaá
n
9/10
swamp morning glory
Ipomoea aquatica
sɔ́te
sɔ́te
English
n
9/10
shirt
sss sss
1
ideo
be quiet
2
excl
sound used to drive animals
stíma
stíma
English
steamer
n
9/10
boat, ship
sú
sú, mesú
n
9/10~6
1
day
ḿmé mesú,
those days.
Syn.
bǐn
2
epun
1
mbwɛ
2
time
súkə̄lɛ̄
n
nickname ?
súléd
súléd
n
9/10
reed, kind of grass
Súléd édé á ebwóge.
Súléd
grass grows in the crater plain.
Sumedyaŋ
n.pr
wife of Ngoe, the mythical ancestor
súmə̄
pro
we two, pronoun first plus third person dual exclusive
súmə̄ baábɛ,
we two people/the two of us.
súnsúnɛ́ɛ́
besúnsúnɛ́ɛ́
n
1/2
tadpole almost developed into a frog (
“
hands
”
and legs are fully developed, but still has a small tail)
súpe
German
Suppe
n
9
kind of
“
soup,” sauce with salt
súte
súte
English
n
9/10
suit, coat
súu
súu
n
9/10
fish
sáá a súu
besáá bé súu
n
1/2
kind of large fish
swáb
ideo
ideophone depicting cutting action
Asɛ́lé ntâŋ awě prîse embáá etúu swáb.
He cut off the ear of the high priest’s slave, swap!
swáŋŋ
ideo
1
far
Akií á ahín-tê swáŋŋ.
He went far in the bush.
2
expressive of sound of broom
syáā
pro
we, pronoun, first person plural inclusive
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