waabim mcompletely, all, everythingKpesanga a de zaanga waabi.The fowls ate all the millet.Mi de nna waabi [h h l m m m].I have eaten everything.
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waali11to sow (by throwing a handful of seeds on the prepared ground; not used for sowing in a seedhole, cf. bori), to scatter, to broadcast (sowing, e.g. tobacco, auberginesFi waali bienga?Have you sown the seeds?2to nurse seeds of plants, i.e. when these have been transplanted after germinatingBa a waali ngmaazung yiiba kama.They nurse pepper seeds.
waalukm mm mwaalukuvariety of early millet with white grainsZaanga ale bo busika po la, nga gela ka waaluk.Half of the millet in the basket is waaluk.waaluk muning(rarer) variety with red grains
waantito vanish, to disappear graduallyBa te wa ká tiim ate wa chikpeni ja-moarimu a waanti.They gave him medicine and the boil at his cheek disappeared.
waangiwaangti1to disperse, to scatter, to pour out, to spread (out; e.g. a rumour, seeds etc.)Wa wienga yaa deri waang.The rumour about him (lit. his rumour) spread quickly.(Prov.) Gong dan lo, ka bie a waang kama.If the kapok-tree falls, its seeds are scattered about.2to be dispersed, scatteredBa miena a nyin kama a waang.All of them left and were dispersed.Zaanga waangi.The millet was scattered.3to pour out or over, to slop over (e.g. water from a bucket)Waang nyiam.Pour out the water.
waarito be wild, untamed, undomesticated, to become wild...Kpiinanga a waari.The guinea fowls have become wild.
waarikm mwild, undomesticated, untamedDungkade ka dung waarik.This animal is wild (not domesticated).
waasito whisperTe ate n waasi wari a nyo fi tuenga po.Let me whisper something into your ears.
waaungwa:uŋ; lmonkey (several species of smaller long-tailed monkeys, e.g. Red Patas Monkey, Erythrocebus patas, not including bigger species such as baboon, cf. fiok n.), "red monkey"Nurba baai kan ngob waaung lam.Some people do not eat the meat of waaung-monkey (waaung is the tabooed animal of the Atuga-bisa, i.e. the greater part of the Bulsa).Fi ka waaung [h h l].Your are a monkey (insult).
waaung-duebm mwaaung-duemuwaaung-duesasp. tree (Prosopis africana? Entada Sudanica?) that resembles the dawa-dawa tree (dueb) and whose bark is also used for ngam; fruit of the treeAzangbiok poowa bora yaa waaung-dueta.Azangbiok's wife is fetching the fruit of the waaung-dueb tree.Prosopis africana / Entada Sudanica
waaung (monkey), dueb (dawa-dawa tree)
waaung-kiadil m lwaaung-kiani or (Wi.) waaung-keeni [l l m]waaung-kiada or (Wi.) waaung-keewaaung-keeri [wa:uŋ kɛ:ri; l m l]amulet consisting of a piece of skin from a monkey and/or a monitor-lizard (yuk)N biik su waaung-kiadi.My child is wearing a waaung-kiadi-amulet.
waaung-solukl m mwaaung-solukuwaaung-sola or waaung-solutasp. tree (Annona senegalensis), also fruit of this tree, Wild Custard Apple (cf. also bia-moong or bia-muook, syn. for fruit of Annona senegalensis?)Gbesi waaung-soluk kunyi te mu.Pick one waaung-soluk fruit for me.Cf. syn. (rare) kawali n.
wadah mwadanga [h m h]order, command, discipline (also used in meetings as a one-word-command to establish order or silence:) Order! Silence! Attention!Fi me tin nye ku wada-a.You should do it for the sake of order.wada kaasiroa [h m m m m]law-breaker, criminal, offenderEngl. order
wadekh mhimself, herself; he himself, she herself (wa-class; wa: he, she, him, her; dek self)Waa yaa wadek [m h] nyiini.He likes only himself.Wadek [m h] ale soa ate wa kpesanga a kpi.He himself is the cause of his hens’ deaths.
waimwaaisomebody, anybody, someone, anyone, neg.: nobody, noneWai dan ta kuta wusum, wa ale tuni lampoo.If somebody has a bicycle, he has to pay taxes.Ba wai a ngman karo.None of them was left.Badek waai ze ngmaasa yoka.None of them knew how to weave nets.wai miena [m h h]everybody, all
-waiwaaisfxpron. suffix (wa-class) introducing a relative clauseMiwai ale nichaanoawa la, an bag dag siuku a sagi fu.As a stranger (I who am a stranger) I cannot show you the way.Atiim kowa wai ale da niiga ngayewa yabanga po la, pilim kuli yeri.Atiim's father, who has bought two cows in the market, is going home.
wai-dekemphatic form for -wai 2, the one who
walah h he (emphatic), that (one); (wa-class, cf. bala, tila, sila etc.),Wala [h h] ale soa gbangka.He is the one the book belongs to. The book belongs to him.
walikm mwalikawalisa(antelope:) oribi- (Prov.) Walik zaa, ka biik zaa.The antelope stands, her child stands (like father like son).Ourebia ourebi or Ourebia nigricaudata
walingwalimto make an effort, to exert one's mind, to try to do sth. (usu. without success, but cf. waling nueri), to struggle (to do sth.), to force or elbow one's way, to force oneself to do sth., to try hardNya mi ale walim bori zaa, ate kpesa a yaa ain si pa miena.Look how I struggled to sow millet, and (now) chickens want to eat (lit. take) it all.waling nueri(lit. to try hard and finish), to manage (after hardship)Mi dan waling nueri, maa kuli kama.When I have managed it, I will go home.walisi v.
walisito make an effort, to try to do sth., to try hard, to struggle (to do sth.); (nearly same meaning as waling, but walisi stresses the idea that the effort is made step by step) Wa yaa walisi a ga jueli.Then he made an effort to climb (the steps).walisi tuinto pay a debtwalisi nyato try and see (if it can be done)
walungm mattempt, trial (doing sth. step by step)Anuru wusumu ka waling.Anuru’s bicycle is going to be spoilt.
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