Generally each entry has the following elements: headword, pronunciation, part of speech (grammatical category), definition in French and in Fulfuldé.
takəz [tàkə̄z] n. beans – nyebbe
takwan [tàkwàn] v. beg, pray – wolwugo, toraago
The entries are listed in the following alphabetical order:
a b ɓ c d ɗ ə e f g gb gw h hw i j k kp kw l m mb mgb n nd ng ngw nj o p r s sl t u v w y z zl
Some entries have a subscript number. These are the entries that have homonyms.
kap1 [kap] v. break – fusugo, pusugo
kap2 [kap] adj. fair, exact – nonnon, bana ni
Each input word is followed by the pronunciation, including the tone enclosed in square brackets: “[ … ]”
The pronunciation of tones is marked between [...] after the headword as follows:
́ the acute accent for high tone
̀ the grave accent for the low tone
̄ a small dash for the middle tone
An acute accent (high tone) placed after certain disyllabic words indicates that the following word has a high tone. See for example:
takal [tàkālˊ] n. the turtle - huunyaare
gugun [gùgūnˊ] n. the stone, the pebble - hayre
The part of speech is indicated after the phonetic form in italics.
jujor [jùjòr] n. dry, hard earth – harde
jujuk [jùjúk] v. parade, do gymnastics – yahdu dogga dogga
mata2 [mata] pr. relative: which one – jey
səray [sə́rāy] num. two – ɗiɗi
All the different abbreviations for parts of speech are presented in the abbreviations section.
Each entry generally has two definitions: the first in French (in normal letters) and the second in foulfouldé (in italic letters).
səba ngaz tik [sə̀bà ngàz tík] follow – tasnugo, tokkaago
səɓ1 [sə̀ɓ] adj. mature, formed, only used with ti (complete) – ɓendi
səɓ2 [sə́ɓ] for no reason, no matter – meere koros
Some entries have variants indicated by “=”:
gwisl = gwasl [gwīsl = gwāsl]
jegwezl ma = jogwozl ma [jègwèzl mā = jògwòzl mā]
Expressions based on the main entry immediately follow the headword preceded by a bullet mark.
ya [yā] v. come – warugo
● yaha v. come here – warugo haaɗo
gəc [gə̀c] less, little, not enough – famɗi, seɗɗa, ngakki
● gəc kaɗ v. decrease – ustugo
jor [jor] v. to dig (e.g. in the rain) – wasugo
● lay ma jor jor hollow ground – julol