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zuhi v to 'invite', offer food or water

zukɔɣili zukɔɣa cf: zuɣu·₁. n a thump, knock on the head

zuku zukunima n a stupid person

zuli zuya cf: zu^gbini, gbini·₁; cf: zunzuli; cf: gumachuɣu, gumachuɣuzuli, kpalanzuli, zu^gbini, zullana, -lana·₂; cf: kpalanzuli, kpalaŋa·₄. n 1the tail of an animal 2a larva (pl. larvæ) 3sidekick, henchman, "aide de camp" (IM) 4a trailer (pulled behind a vehicle) 5"black magic said to be capable of reviving persons in death coma; the symbol ... is a tail" (IM)

zulima n fraudulence

zulimbɔŋ zulimbɔna cf: zulimbɔŋdaa. n water in which dawadawa beans are boiled

zulimbɔŋdaa zulimbɔŋdahi cf: zulimbɔŋ. n the water in which dawadawa beans are rinsed after they are boiled

zuliya zuliyanima n 1generation 2posterity, descendants 3a race, tribe 4genealogy

zullana cf: gumachuɣu, gumachuɣuzuli, zuli, kpalanzuli, zu^gbini, -lana·₂. n 1earth-priest , tindana (title) 2leopard (epithet)

zumbuli zumbuya n 1guinea grain 2"special food prepared to mark the occasion of the first pregnancy of a young wife" (IM)

zuna adultery

zunubi n transgression, sin

zunyuŋ cf: zuŋŋɔɣu.

zunzɔŋ zunzɔna cf: zɔŋ·₁, kpalakpalazunzɔŋ; cf: kpalakpalazunzɔŋ. n bat [sp.], fruit-bat, flying-fox

zunzuli zunzuya cf: zuli. n 1a worm of any kind 2caterpillar 3maggot, graveyard worm

zunzuŋo cf: zuŋɔ. tmp today, now, 'now-now' [Gh.]

zuŋ cf: jaɣazuŋ, jaɣa.

zuŋ·₁ v to screw (self, sth.) up, appear ruffled ("as a result of sickness" IM)

zuŋ·₂ cf: jaɣazuŋ. n a healed sufferer from ..., convalescent

zuŋguli zuŋguya cf: zuŋguli^ŋmaarigu, ŋmaai; cf: zuŋguliŋmaarigu. n clitoris

zuŋguli^ŋmaarigu zuŋguliŋmaarisi cf: zuŋguli, ŋmaai. n water beetle

zuŋguliŋmaarigu cf: zuŋguli; cf: ŋmaai, ŋma·₁, ŋmahi.

zuŋguluŋ n bird [sp.]