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sa·₁ sara cf: sanoli, noli·₁; cf: saai·₂; cf: dasara, dɔɣu·₃; cf: kabirili, kahu, birili·₁, kabɔɣili, kaburi, kachɛɣu, kachɛra, kakpiri, kaŋmɛri, kayiha, kayoo, kaʒiɛɣu, kazuɣu, kulichi, kayɛlima, kayoli, kasarili, mɔchi, kpi, zuɣu·₁, ʒiɛɣu, laɣizuɣu, tinzuɣu, yɔzuɣu, zuɣubiɛɣu, zuɣudamli, zuɣukɔɣili, zuɣulɛbili, zuɣupolo, zuɣikɔɣu, zuɣusuŋ, 'biɛɣu·₂, lɛbigi·₁, lɛbi, suŋ, -lana·₂, -nima·₂. v 1to plant , transplant, be planted 2to fix a stick in the ground (e.g. flag pole or fence post) 3pitch a tent
sa·₂ adv 1there, yonder 2then, that (distant) time
sa·₃ ptc 1tomorrow, yesterday 2in future
sa·₄ sara cf: bimbɔɣili·₁, bindi, bɔɣili·₂, binajaɣirigu, binduɣu, biŋ^maa, binsaa, dabindi, nɔbindi, tibibindi, -lana·₂, duɣu, saai·₃, maai, buɣuduɣu, daduɣu, duɣimɛbo, duɣimɛra, jaduɣu, saɣiduɣu, ʒiɛduɣu, maha, mahi, mahigi, saa·₂. v to have frequent stool
sa^nyaɣisibu lightning
sa^ŋmaribaŋda saŋmaribaŋdiba cf: saŋmariga, baŋ·₁. n astrologer, astronomer
sa^ŋmariga saŋmarisi n star
saa_nooŋa saa_noonsi cf: sakuɣili, saa·₁, kuɣili, sagani, sabirigu, sadaaŋga, sadibu, salaŋsaa, saakparigu, saapaɣa, saazuɣu, zuɣusaa, nooŋa, kparigu, paɣa. n bird [sp.], "whose singing signifies a coming rain"
saa·₁ sahi cf: salaŋa, salaŋsaa; cf: sakpani, kpani·₂; cf: sakurigu, 'kurigu·₂; cf: satahiŋga·₁, tahi·₂; cf: saazuɣu·₁, zuɣu·₁, saazuɣu·₂, zuɣusaa; cf: saa^nyaɣisibu, nyaɣisi·₁; cf: sayuɣiyuɣi, yuɣiyuɣi·₂; cf: sakumsi, kumsi; cf: sadibu, di·₂; cf: sadaaŋga, daaŋa; cf: sabirigu, birigu; cf: sagani; cf: sakuɣili, kuɣili, sagani, sabirigu, sadaaŋga, sadibu, salaŋsaa, saakparigu, saa_nooŋa, saapaɣa, saazuɣu, zuɣusaa, nooŋa, kparigu, paɣa; cf: sakom, kom·₁; cf: sakarakara. n rain
saa·₂ cf: bimbɔɣili·₁, bindi, bɔɣili·₂, binajaɣirigu, binduɣu, biŋ^maa, binsaa, dabindi, nɔbindi, tibibindi, -lana·₂, duɣu, sa·₄, saai·₃, maai, buɣuduɣu, daduɣu, duɣimɛbo, duɣimɛra, jaduɣu, saɣiduɣu, ʒiɛduɣu, maha, mahi, mahigi; cf: saai·₃. adj watery, liquid
saa·₃ cf: naɣibindi, nahu·₁, bindi, naabɔɣu, naɣichima, naɣgula, naɣigɔrigu, naɣikɔhira, naɣikum, naɣikpaa, naɣinimdi, naɣiŋmaa, -laa·, -bila·, 'bila·₂, 'laa·₂, lani, tabili·₁, 'polli, -nyaŋ·.
saa^nyaɣisibu cf: saa·₁, nyaɣisi·₁. n lightning
saabira 1n 2pl "a wild vegetable used as soup" (IM)
saabua cf: soobuli. n "shovelling sand into tipper truck" (IM)
saachir saachirnima n "a songbird" (IM)
saafa n the South, "northern parts of Ashanti and Brong Ahafo" (IM)
saafɛbia saafɛbihi cf: saafi. n a key
saafi saafinima cf: saafɛbia. n key
saafirila excl God forbid!
saai·₁ saara v 1to bargain, evaluate, 'name a price' [IM] 2to repent of either good or evil 3to dissent, be of a different mind 4to learn a lesson [IM]
saai·₂ saara cf: sa·₁. v to uproot, pull a stick from the ground
saai·₃ saara cf: saa·₂; cf: bimbɔɣili·₁, bindi, bɔɣili·₂, binajaɣirigu, binduɣu, biŋ^maa, binsaa, dabindi, nɔbindi, tibibindi, -lana·₂, duɣu, sa·₄, maai, buɣuduɣu, daduɣu, duɣimɛbo, duɣimɛra, jaduɣu, saɣiduɣu, ʒiɛduɣu, maha, mahi, mahigi, saa·₂. v to 'run' diarrhœa
saai·₄ saara v "(of cereal crops) to fail to bear grain (due to excessive rainfall)" [IM]
saai·₅ saara v to measure up to, grow up to; to pass over, be more than, go beyond (further than is necessary [IM])
saaje saajɛnima n sergeant