gunggongh mgunggongku [h m h]gunggona [h m m]armpit- or hourglass-drum, waisted double membrane drumNurwa a jam a nag gunggong.The man came beating an armpit-drum.
ginggaung n.
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gunggong doarih m m hgunggong doani [h m m h]gunggong doa [h m m]curved drumstick (for gunggong)Gunggong nagroawa a pai wa gunggong doani a nag biika ate di we.The drummer took his drumstick and beat the child and it (the stick) broke.
gunggong nagroah m m mgunggong nagroawagunggong nagroabadrummer of an armpit-drumYi-yiilama po gunggong nagroa wanyi ale wie pierisa siye ale boro.In the band were one drummer and two whistlers (flutists).
gunggungl lgunggungkugungguntacotton (of kapok tree or of cotton plant), cotton-wool, waddingWa pa gunggunta nye dafieluk.He took cotton and made a pillow.Mi ta gunggunta talim.I have a cotton farm.gunggung bie or gunggum bie [l l m] (sing. gunggung biri)seeds of kapok fruitBa pa gunggung bie a dig ká porung.They take kapok-seeds to cook a porung-soup.
gumgum (fresh cottontree fruit)
gurim1gurum, gurumu1to bend, to curve, to fold, to clench, (restr.:) to pull in (one’s legs)Gurim fi nisanga.Bend your fingers (halfways, making a fist)Biika a gurumu wa nangsanga kala.The child pulled in his legs for sitting.2to curl, to be curledMi gurim n zuisanga kama.I curl my hair.Wa zuisanga gurim.His hair is curled.gurim gilimto coil (syn. vili v.)Waamu gurum gilim taini.The snake coiled around the stone.gurim digto cook sth. (e.g. a fowl) whole without cutting the bones (legs are put in the body)Ba gurum kpiakade kama a yaa ba dig.They want to cook this hen whole (Lit.: They fold this hen, and they want to cook).Agoalie, maa yaa ka fi gurum kpiaka.Agoalie, I want the hen in one piece (I want you to "fold" the hen).
gurung2m mgurungkugurinsa, guruntacoiled, bentzu-guruntacoiled hairjuik gurung, pl. juik-guruntaa coiled or bent tailmiik guring [h l l], pl. miik-gurinsaa coiled ropewaab guring or gurung [m l l], pl. waab-guruntaa coiled snakeBunoruk ta ka juik gurung.A chameleon has a coiled tail.gurim (to bend, to coil)
gusin-guurim m m mgusin-guunigusin-gue gusun-guuri1black ant (builds flat ant hills with crater, not fed to chickens)Kpesanga a bora de gusun-gue.The fowls are eating black ants (after killing them).gusun-guuri-gaaung [m l m l l],n. pl. (gaaung, dumb) gusung-guuri-gaantaspecies of ant (with big abdomen), subspecies of gusing-guri?2crater built by black ants (people offer kola nuts, coins etc. here)Wa dueni goora gusun-guuni zuk.He put a kola-nut on top of the gusun-guuri-crater.
gusung-gonam m m mgusung-gonangagreen moss on damp spots (e.g. on walls, pots, stones etc.)Gusung-gona le doa voongka ning.There is (lit. lies) moss in front of the voong-outlet.syngoling-goona
gutito turn the soil, to weed (only for the first weeding of the rainy season), to dig up (e.g. plants), to exhume (e.g. dead persons or animals)Ga guti nyuenga ta jam.Go and dig up yams and bring them.Nuruwa a boro a guti ka wa langka.The man is weeding his farm. cf. kangutik (first weeding) n.gu
guukguukuguuta1ruin, ruined house, abandoned ancient settlement, (flat) hillock, where abandoned settlement formerly stood, rooms in a compound that have been destroyed by rain (compound still inhabited)Ba yeni a yaa chim ka guuk.Their house has become a ruin.Chana me ngiak guuku bo ka Kalijiisa jigni.The original settlement of Chana was located at Kalijiisa.guu(k)-yeri [h h h] n.the house (not necessarily a ruin) where the ancestor of the inhabitants of several houses had lived, before the various groups left that house to found their own houses.2hill (also if not an abandoned settlement)Biika chali jueli guuku.The child ran to the hill.3land outside the compound where they bury the dead (not necessarily an abandoned settlement)Nipok puuka ale kpi la, ba gu wa ká guuk zuk.When the pregnant woman died, she was buried outside the compound.
gu v.
guurah mpiece(s) of unfired clay wall (e.g. of a guuk or a collapsed room)Yenide guura ale nna.This is a piece of wall of this house.Yie doku guuranga.Remove the pieces of the broken wall (of the room).guuk n.
gba-gbam hgba-gbawagba-gbabaduckGba-gba a pung (or a de) nyiam po kama.A duck can swim in the water.
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gbaalingl lgbaalingkagbaalingsaweak, sick, sickly, ailing, infirm (used for persons and animals)Nuimu ale jig biika nueri la, ka deri chim ka bi-gbaaling.After having had a convulsion, the child at once became weak.baling adj.
gbaarito embrace, to hug, to put aroundNaawa yaa deri gai gbaari biika poowa.Then the chief hurried and embraced the boy's wife.gbaari noaito cover the mouth with a cloth (like a Muslim woman), to put a cloth in front of the mouthNipoowa kali logni zuk a pa garuk gbaari wa noani nyungku nying.The woman was sitting on the lorry and put a cloth in front of her mouth because of the dust.
gbaasito nudge, to touch (in a rough way), to push (restr.), to provoke a fight (more harmless than siti v.)Ka boa te fi á gbaasi biika?Why do you nudge the child?Gbaasi wa nangka dela.Nudge his knee here (e.g. to test the knee jerk).
gbaingbãĩ; hgbanigbanaskin, hide, leather (tanned), membrane of a drum (in this sense gbang is rare or incorrect), drumheadNichaanoawa a doa gbani zuk a goa.The stranger was sleeping on the skin.chiak gbain [m h](lit. leather of the waist) belt, girdlenaab-gbaincowhidegob gbain (or gob gbang)tanned leather (cf. gobi v.)gbang n.
gbalim mgbanigbala1a type of straw matting, "zona-mat" (rectangular; also used for roofing market-stalls, for giving shadows to plants of the garden, for fences etc.)Wuuku ate wa pa pani gbani la, a poag kama.The grass that he used for weaving the gbali-mat was rotten.gbala-wuuk [m m m] n., pl. gbala-wuutagrass that is used for plaiting gbala-mats2mosaic on a plastered floortiak, ja-duom, ta-pili, tuok
gbalukl lgbalukugbaluta or gbalitairon head of a spear, lance, javelin (for throwing and striking); spear, lance, javelinWa ta gbaluk me.He also had a spear.geb-gbaluktype of spear with head like a knifepein-gbaluktype of spear with a head like an arrow
gban-doaril l mgban-doani [l l m]gban-doa [l lm]1stretcher, litter, bier (consisting of two strong sticks connected by interwoven smaller sticks, used particularly for ritual activities, e.g. for burials; stretcher is carried by two men on the shoulders)Ba bora jaari gban-doari, ain ba dueni biika ale kpi Kumasi la.They are making a stretcher to lay the child on, who died in Kumasi.2diviner's wand, divining stick, (syn. baan-doari n.)Baanowa ale wa bogroawa a yig gban-doani.The diviner and his client hold the divining stick.
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