1.5.1. Mammal

baa1báabaasin.dog1.5.1Mammal
KA/SI
babila1bá'bɩ́lababitɔn.puppy, young dog (Booni, Nankani)Baa la dɔgɛ la babila kayila ma'a.the dog delivered only one puppy.synbabila2bila11.5.1Mammal6.3Animal husbandry
KA/TU
babila2bá'bílababibesin.puppy, young dog (Bolga usage)synbabila11.5.1Mammal6.3Animal husbandryKA/SI
badɔɔbá'dɔ́ɔbadɔɔrɔn.male dog. Male dogs are normally sacrificed at funerals of menAyamga da' la badɔɔ ti a ta ŋma a sɔ loko.Ayamga bought a male dog to perform his father's 'loko' rites.1.5.1MammalKU/TU
badibegabá'dɩ́bəgabadibesin.young male dog1.5.1MammalKA/SI
banya'aŋabà'ɲá̰ʔa̰ŋà̰banya'asin.female dog, bitchBanya'aŋa la dɔgɛ la babibesi.the bitch has delivered puppies.1.5.1Mammal6.3Animal husbandry
KA/SI
bayiregabá'yɩ́rəgabayiresin.a small burrowing rodent, like a mouse but much smaller. Usu. very fatty.1.5.1Mammal
KA/SI
bonta'aŋabʋ̰̀n'tá̰ʔa̰ŋà̰bonta'asin.zebra1.5.1Mammal
KA/SI
bondɔɔbʋ̰̀n'dɔ́ɔbondɔɔrɔn.male donkey1.5.1Mammal6.3Animal husbandry
KU/TU
bombiirebʋ̰̀m'bíirebombɛan.young donkey, donkey foalBoŋa la dɔgɛ la bombiire.the donkey has delivered a foal.1.5.1Mammal6.3Animal husbandry
DI/'A
boŋabʋ̰̀ŋa̰bosin.donkey1.5.1Mammal6.3Animal husbandry
KA/SI
bonnya'aŋabʋ̰̀n'ɲá̰ʔa̰ŋà̰bonnya'asin.female donkey1.5.1Mammal6.3Animal husbandry
KA/SI
bua1bʋ́ʋabuusin.goat1.5.1Mammal6.3Animal husbandry
KA/SI
dayuɔdà'yʋ́ʋɔdayuurɔn.rat1.5.1Mammal
KU/TU
deadɩ̀ɩadɛɛsin.warthog, a large wild pig with tusks.1.5.1Mammal
KA/SI
deebiadèe'bíadeebiisin.domestic catsynsakua1.5.1Mammal
KA/SI
duŋa1dùŋa̰dunsin.animal1.5.1Mammal
KA/SI
eneʔéneɛnan.hippopotamus, incl. pygmy hippopotamus1.5.1Mammal
DI/'A
finfi'inɛfinfi'inan.a small insectivorous bat, that flies in and out of rooms at night. Usu. found in roofs.1.5.1Mammal
DI/'A
gigenɛgɩ̀ɣənɛ̰gigeman.1lion (Booni).syngbigenɛ1.5.1Mammal2a wrestling game. Young boys hold each others' hands to form a circle, with one boy in the centre of the circle as the "lion" who chooses any of the other boys to wrestle with him. The loser goes to the centre of the circle to become the next lion.
DI/'Agbigenɛ (Bolga).
gingiregìŋ'gìregingiran.hyena1.5.1Mammal
DI/'Asaseŋa (Bolga, Nankani)
gobaago'́báagobaasin.leopard1.5.1Mammal
KA/SI
gbigenɛgbɩ̀gənɛ̰́gbigeman.lion (Bolga).syngigenɛ 11.5.1Mammal
DI/'Agigenɛ
ĩiɔʔɩ̰̀ɩ̰ɔĩirɔn.1a kind of antelope, the bushbuck. When someone kills the antelope he is expected to perform purification rites and send the medicine to all his relations, to prevent them getting hunchback1.5.1Mammal2the disease that causes hunchback; having a hunched back2.2Disease
KU/TU
isega2ʔìhəgaisin.a type of antelope, Duiker1.5.1Mammal
KA/SI
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