6.2. Agriculture

pɛsegapɛ́həgapɛsin.farm land, fallowed land being cultivated again for the first time1.2Earth6.2Agriculture
KA/SI
pɔgentiapɔ̀ɣən'tìapɔgetiisin.barren, uncultivated land1.2Earth6.2AgricultureKA/SI
pɔ̃'ɔsegɔpɔ̰́ʔɔ̰həgɔn.fertility, usu. of land6.2Agriculture
KU
saabegasá̰a̰bəgasaabesin.dibble stick; a small straight hoe on a very long stick, used to make holes for sowing millet.Budaa la tari la saabega siibera ti a pɔga buta.the man uses a dibble stick to dig holes for his wife to sow.6.6Tool6.2Agriculture
KA/SI
sa'amasàʔama̰n.the third and final hoeing of millet after sowing. It includes firming the soil around the stalks to strengthen them against wind6.2AgricultureKA
samanɛsà'mà̰nɛ̰samanan.farm land near a house, home farmKaareba la kɔɔri la samanɛ la puan.the labourers are weeding on the farm near the house.syntalaŋa16.2Agriculture
DI/'A
seleselev.transplant cropsKaara la sele nanzu'usi la.the farmer transplanted the pepper seedlings.6.2Agriculture
selisɛlegasɛla
sibuurasì'bùuran. pl.millet seeds preserved for sowing.6.2Agriculture
siibenya'aŋasɩ̰̀ɩ̰bə'ɲá̰ʔa̰ŋà̰siibenya'asin.sowing done at the end of the season, late June6.2AgricultureKA/SI
siibedaasɩ̰̀ɩ̰bə'dáasiibedaasin.first sowing6.2AgricultureKA/SI
siibɛsɩ̰ɩbɛv.make a hole in the ground for a seed with a dibble stick6.2Agriculture
siiberisiibegɔsiibera
sinsagerɛsɩ̀n'sàɣərɛsinsagan.a piece of land given by a father to a son to farm on during the father's lifetime. Such a plot does not constitute the son's final share on the father's death1.2Earth6.2Agriculture
DI/'A
sɔgetu'usegasɔgetu'usin.the smallest kind of metal hoe6.6Tool6.2AgricultureKA/SI
sukaamsʋ̀'káam, sʋ̀ŋ'káamn.groundnuts5.2Food6.2Agriculture
M
sukalaleŋasʋ́'ká'làləŋa̰sukalalesin.farm land for cultivating groundnutssynlaleŋa1.2Earth6.2Agriculture
KA/SI
sumpikosʋ̰̀m'píkosumpigeron.conical cover for a granary, woven of grass6.5Building6.2Agriculture
KU/TU
sunesúnesuman.a ground legume, bambara beansVoandzeia subterranea5.2Food6.2Agriculture
DI/'A
tabu'ɔtà'bʋ̰̀ʔɔ̰tabu'urɔn.farm plot on which tobacco is cultivated6.2Agriculture
KU/TU
talaŋa1tà'láŋa̰talasin.the farmed area in front of a house (Booni).synsamanɛ1.2Earth6.2AgricultureKA/SI
tinnarɛtìn'nà̰rɛtinnaran.flat uncultivated land1.2Earth6.2Agriculture
DI/'A
toregotórəgòtoton.donkey cart, push truck7.1Traveling6.3Animal husbandry6.2Agriculture
KU/TU
tɔtatɔ́tà-duman.tractor6.7Machine, device6.2Agriculture
Eng.
tulegatùləgatulesin.second hoeing after sowing; the season of the second hoeing6.2AgricultureKA/SI
tulege1tuləgev. compl. do second hoeing of crops eg. millet, groundnuts6.2Agriculturetulegeritulegeretulegera
vaalaváalan. pl.heaps of rubbish on farmland.6.2Agriculture
DI/'Athe singular form is rarevaalɛ
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