insha-Allahʔɩ̀n'sháàlláinterj.an expression of good wishes and intentions, lit. "if God permits"4.5ReligionAr.Muslim
Isetaísətàn.Easter, the Christian celebration of Christ's suffering, death and resurrection.4.5ReligionChristian
ishaaɩ́sháàn.the obligatory Muslim prayers (salla) offered at night, after dusk.4.5ReligionAr.Muslim
ka'1kaʔv.1nail or peg sth. in place.Ba ka' kɛmesi dɔɔrɔ la zuo.they nailed the roofing sheets to the rafters.Ba ka' kuusa kɛmesi la zuo.they fastened down the roofing sheets.Ba dikɛ la kuusa ka' kɛmesi la dɔɔrɔ la zuo.they pegged the sheets to the rafters with nails.synkpa6.5Building2tether animals with specially made wooden or iron pegs, to let them graze (fig). Baba tari buusi la yese ta ka' sɛkan.Baba sent the goats to the field and pegged them.A ka' buusi la sɛkan.he pegged the goats on the field.6.3Animal husbandry3perform a ritual to prolong a person's life, eg. a sick person or an aged person. It involves sticking a peg into the ground by the person's "sleeping place" (fig.: any place deemed appropriate by a spiritually powerful person).Baga daana la ka' budanya'anga la nyuurɛ mɛ ti a paɛ uunɛ.the spiritualist has performed a ritual to prolong the old man's life till dry season.4.5Religionka'arika'aka'arakpa (Bolga).
kãka̰ʔv.bless, pray in the traditional form. Usu. involves calling on the gods to grant the living good fortune, and precedes any sacrifice to the gods.Tindaana la kã bo tinganɛ.the priest asked for blessings from the shrine.A kã maalɛ a bia la mɛ.he blesses his child.A kã'ari la Yinɛ ti beere wie.he is praying to God for the day to break.4.5Religionkã'arikã'akã'ara
kã'aká̰ʔa̰n.1a form of blessing, which involves calling on ancestors or a supernatural power to grant the living good fortune or ward off a bad omen.4.5Religion2call on supernatural powers to injure someone, cause bad fortune.4.5ReligionKA
kaabegɔká̰a̰bəgɔkaabegɔ duman.sacrifice, the act of making sacrifice.4.5ReligionKU
kaabɛka̰a̰bɛv.perform a sacrificeYidaana la kaabɛ la a sɔ.the head of the family made a sacrifice to his (dead) father, ie. slaughtered an animal.Faara la n kaabɛ Yinɛ.the priest sacrificed to God, ie. performed mass.4.5Religionkaaberikaabegɔkaaberatraditional religion, Christian (Catholic).
kaabakáabàn.the shrine, kaba, that Muslims walk around at the culmination of the pilgrimage to Mecca.4.5Religion
kaluŋaka'̀lʋ̀ŋa̰kalusin.a major oath, taken to determine the truth in a dispute or an argument. Involves sacrificing an animal to a shrine for a god or an ancestor, to ask for determination of innocence.4.5ReligionKA/SIAkaluŋa
ki'in-isegerekɩ̀ʔɩn'ʔìhəgəreki'in isegere duman.apparition, ghost, visible return of a deceased person4.5ReligionDI/'A
kɛka'arɛkɛ̀'kàʔarɛn.a ritual to mark the beginning of a funeral, in which malt is presented to an unmarried female relative (poyabega) of the deceased for brewing pito.4.5Religion
ki'indaamkɩ̀ʔɩn'dáamki'indatɔn.pito used to inform the gods of the start of farm work, about March or April.4.5ReligionBU/TU
ki'intiŋakɩ̀ʔɩn'tíŋa̰ki'intinsin.ancestral world, land of the dead.Ba ka tɔgeri ki'intiŋa yele pa'ala kukɔ.they do not inform the ghost about issues in the ancestral world (prov.)4.5ReligionKA/SI
