daam-kparih h hdaam-kpanidaam-kpaweeding in a group of workers who do not receive any payment in cash or food except millet-beer and millet-waterNindoa bilisanga boro á kpa ká daam kpari.The young men are weeding for millet beer (lit. ...are weeding the beer-weeding).
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daam-sirih h hdaam-sinidaam-siesp. wasp (likes pito)Daam siri an diem dom mu nya-ya.A daam-siri wasp has not yet bitten me.
daan-kaalungl l mdaan-kaalungkudaan-kaalimsoot (from a stove)Ta biika a cheng beni ga so ka nyingka daan-kaalungku basi.Take the child to the river and wash off the soot from his body.
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daani11to draw, to mark, to measure outFi baga daani logri-a?Can you draw a car?daani dokuto draw the circumference of a house (dok) with one's right foot on the ground (done before building a house)daani tiimuto take a tree as a mark (to find one's way)daani samoansato decorate ceramic vessels after burningsyndoaring1maaki2to form, to take shape (esp. used for embryos), to contain an embryoJenanga a bora daani.The eggs have (already) embryos.Kpiaka bora daani.The hen is hatching eggs with embryos.biik-daanikacontaining a human embryo
daaningl mdaaningkadaanisacooking place (consisting of three stones or clay mounds, on which the cooking pot is placed), kitchen (room), stovePa bimbini a dig daaningka zuk.Take the bimbili-pot and cook on the cooking place.Zuk ase daaning ning buntain!A head like the front stone of a cooking place (insult!).daan(ing)-tain [l l m] or daan(ing)-buntain [l l l m]stone of cooking place (the big stone in front is called daan-tain kpieng, the two smaller stones daan-tain-nina, lit. ‘eyes of the stove’)
daanungl ldaanungkudaanungta1form, shapeTeng dan sobri fi kan ming nur, faa nya ka wa daanung nyini.If it is dark you cannot recognize a person, you only see his shape.2drawing, sketchBiika duisi ka suoku logni daanungku siaka zuk.The boy erased his brother's drawing of a car from the wall.
daasi1to push, to nudge, to correct (e.g. a wet wall by pressing it to one side)(Prov.) Fi le kaa se, fi laa daasi.You do not build, you (only) correct (you are not the most important person).daasi lonsito push down2to urgeBa daasi sukuuri bisanga ayen ba nag gbeni.They urged the students to play (the) ball.3to repress (psychologically, lit. to push out of the mind; cf. goadaasim n., dream), to subdue (in one's mind), to try to forgetN daasi fi bas.I repress the idea of you. I try to forget you.daasi kpai(lit. to push the occiput) to encourageBiika mawa alaa daasi wa kpai, dila ale soa ate wa kan zuli.The child's mother encourages him (to be disrespectful), therefore he does not respect (other people).
dabiakl mhdabiakadabaasa [l m l]inner compound yard surrounded by living-quarters, courtyardNi pooma a dan boraa piisi fi mawa dabiaka, siini ba ale buuk.If your women are plastering your mother's courtyard, reward them with a goat.dabiak sungsungcentre of the dabiak marked by a mosaic circle in the floor (potsherds or small stones), place for sacrificing to particular shrines and for preparing particular medicinesYeri-nyonowa a kaabi a te tengka bagni dabiaka sungsung po.The landlord offered a sacrifice to the teng-horn in the middle of the courtyard. - kpilima dabiak, ancestors’ courtyard (with dalong)
nangkpieng n. cattle yard
Daboai miikDaboai miika(dark) blue woven strip as used for making Bulsa smocksBa pa Daboai miik a yog mi gaanka.They used blue strips to weave my smock.
dacharil l ldachaani or dacharinidacharingenmity, hostility, animosity, antagonism(Prov.) Ba kan ta dachaani ale nichaanoa tiirim-oa.They never refuse a stranger's gift (lit. have no enmity with a stranger's gift).
dacharinidacharinienemy relationshipNi kaa faari chaab poba, ku ta ka dachrini. Do not marry other persons' wives, it causes (lit. has) enmity.
dachiakl mdachiakadachaasaenemy, adversary, foe, opponent, rival (e.g. two men courting the same girl)(Prov.) Ba kan bu zom ale dachiak-a.They do not drink millet water with an enemy.
dachientam m mdachientangafirewoodNipooma a yaa da chienta goani po.The women are collecting firewood in the bush.
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dadidaim h hdadiira1one day, once (referring to future), in days to come (cf. dandidai adv., referring to the past)Wa daa yaa ain wa kuli dadidai n poi le pienti.If one day she wants to go home, I will be happy.chum dadidai (dadiira)one future day2perhaps, possibly, maybeDadidai chum ku le ni.Perhaps it will rain tomorrow.Dadidai Weni a ta ka chaab ale ba.Perhaps God is angry with them.
dafaatam m mdafaatanga pl.1logs and branches in one row; e.g. used to cover a room of the compound after the roof has been discarded in the wet season2sticks and logs closing the main entrance (similar meaning as ta-paga)3also used if somebody has been sacked from a compoundPiuku a daasi yeni dafaatanga a lonsi ale jo yig posuku.The hyena pushed down the logs of the house-entrance and entered (the house) and caught the sheep.(rare) da-fiok, def. dafioku
dagi1m mdagni or dakadanga (def. and indef.)dangi, daktype of clay (not as whitish as yak, used for mending small cracks in houses and for making smaller pots), pl. transl. clay-ballsDakai ane kan nala a me samoansa ane nna.This is the clay that is not good for making (big) pots.Ta danga jam.Bring the clay-balls.
dagi2dag1to show, to teach, to revealKikiriku vienti vari yiri jam, ate nurwa dagi dungsanga a sagi ku.At daybreak the fairy got up, and the man showed him the animals.(Prov.) Su-puurim kan dagi zom ate faa pai.Anger will not show you how to get millet flour (lit. flour that you take); meaning: If you are annoyed you will not be successful.2to point at(Prov.) Ba kan pa gala a dagi ngesi yeri ya.They do not take the left hand to point to their (maternal) uncle's house.dag goai or dag pieluk(lit. to show bush) to call people for huntingAwaab dag goai sag Gbinaansa.Awaab called the Gbinaansa people for hunting.dagroa n.a.guide, navigator
dagimto be (get) dirty, to make dirty, to dirty, to soilKu dagim ya.It is dirty.Kan te fi garuk pieluku dagim.Do not soil your white smock.popola dagimto be confused, to be perplexedN popoloa dagim.I am confused (lit. my thoughts are dirty).daung n., dangtik adj.
dagsagroal l ldagsagroawadagsagroabaguide (e.g. for tourists, foreigners etc.)Felisanga dagsagroawa ka taa yeni biik.The guide of the Europeans is a child of our house.
daguungdaguungkudaguuntadagoongiron tube for firing gun-salutes, e.g. at funerals and other big ritual eventsBa nag daguunta tita kuumu zuk.They fired three daguunta-shots at the funeral.daguung nakaa shot from this tube
dakarih m mdakanidakabox, carton, case, trunk, suitcase (esp. containers that can be closed or locked, cf. foruk n., trad. bag)Dueni ni ngantanga dakani po.Put your things into the box.
dakiril m mdakini [l m h]dakie [da'kie:, l m]Sa.: single room with a flat roof, not situated near cattle-yard; Wi. and SB: hut (dok) with a straw roof, often used as a kitchenTi yok-nyiengka a doa ka dakini po.Our sick person is lying in the dakiri.
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