zaanizain1to stand, to stand upright, to hold upright (cf. chabili), to stay(Prov.) Naab kan zaani bu-koruk teng-a.A cow does not stand near an empty barn (if you are rich enough to own a cow you will also have enough millet to feed it; or: If there is nothing more to feed on, the cow will be sold in order to live on).Te biika zaani.Let the child stand upright.Ba yaa zaan Sandem tengka po a saani bon.Then they stayed in the town of Sandema and signed a treaty.2to exist (restr.), to be maintained, to be kept up, to be held upNaam an bag a zaani.Chieftaincy cannot exist any longer.3(v. trans.) to parkN baga zaan n logni dela?Can I park my car here?4to place, to put, to layBa yaa nye dila, pa zu-kpaglik a zaani ase Sandem la.They did so, took a chair and placed it somewhere (e.g.) in Sandema.zaan teebelkuto lay the tablezaani bintato defecate, to shit, to go to the toiletBa zaan binta a basi wa doku.They shit in her room.zaan bobkato stand for election, to put oneself forward as a candidate for, to be a candidate for, to apply for (e.g. an office, not for a job)Ba zaan naam bobka.They stood for the election of chief. They were candidates for chieftaincy.5to come from, to move fromBaabatu a zaan Kunkoak a nag jam Yiwaasa.Babatu came from Kunkoak and beat Yiwaasa.zaan dela(to begin) from hereA zaan dela ga paai yenide ka mi lang.From here up to that house is my field.nye kuub zaanito perform the first part of a funeral ceremony (without ngomsika)Ba kan nye ba kuub a zaani.They performed their funeral ceremony completely.yiri zaani zerito protestNaawa ale tuesi nipoowa te la, ba yiri zaani zeri.When the chief gave the woman back (from her husband to her parents), they protested.yiri zaani nye kpalingto rise up againstBaabatu le jam Sandema la, Sandema yiri zaan nye kpaling.When Babatu came to Sandema, the Sandema people rose up against him.zaani naamuto contest for chieftaincy(said of a dead person) Wa za siuku.He stays on the road (i.e. he will not enter the realm of the dead).za v. (intrans.)
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