nɛresuŋanɛ̰́rə'sʋ̰́ŋà̰nɛresusi, nɛresuman.1a good person2saint, holy person canonized by the Catholic churchNɛresuma Kibesi.All Saints' Day.4.5ReligionKA/BACatholic Christian
nɛreyaaleganɛ́rə'yáaləgànɛreyaalesin.a person without dignity, aimless, not respectedKA/SI
nɛreyonenɛ̰́rə'yónènɛreyɔnan.ordinary, common person, one who has no power over othersDI/'A
nɛreyoonɛ̰́rə'yóònɛreyooron.unknown person, sb. whose identity is not knownKU/TU
nɛrinɛnɛ́rɩnɛ̀advhumanly, in a human fashionA tum la nɛrenɛ.he acted in a human manner.
nɛteŋanɛ̰́təŋa̰nɛtesin.a kind of fibre sponge, combined with fine sand and used for washing calabashes5.1Household equipment
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ni1nḭpast prt.placed after the verb but before the affirmative (la) to indicate that the event took place previously to anotherBa n we ni la ...as they were going...A ba'asɛ ni.he had finished.
ni2nɩ̰prt.always. Used before the verbA ni siŋɛ Bɔlega.he always goes to Bolga.
-ninɩ̰sfxdem. que. pron. who, what, whichani, bani, kuni, ŋwani
nia1nìḭa̰niisin.childbirth before a woman's first menstrual periodKA/SI
nia2nɩ̰ɩ̰a̰niisiadj.pure; purely, of oilskania.pure oil.
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niɛ1nɩ̰ɩ̰ɛ̰v.wake up; awaken sb. from sleep.A niɛ bia la n gise la.he woke up the sleeping child.A gise niɛ.he was asleep and woke up.A niɛ mɛ.she woke up.niɛriniɛrɛ
niɛ2nɩ̰ɛ̰v.become bright, brightenBugum la niɛ ya.the firelight has brightened.niɛriniɛrɛ
nigumnḭgṵmv.deny vehemently in the face of evidenceA nigum ti a ka to'e lagefɔ la.he strongly denied that he had collected the money (despite evidence that he did).nigeninigeŋonigena
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