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na-veili (from naga, vo) n footsteps, movements (domain: 7.2.1.1 - Walk.)
na-zoŋa [HR ] (from na, zoŋa) n 1calabash for drinking water 2request to court a girl (you ask the mother for such a calabash)
naa₁ [R ] (pl: naaro) n grandchild (domain: 4.1.9.1.5 - Grandson, granddaughter.) [ guŋunaa , na-jworo ]
naa₂ [L ] conj or { Ba vei mo naa ba wo vei mo? Did they go or didn't they? | Ba yeigi sugu mo naa chworo mo? Did they buy a guinea-fowl or a chicken? | O kwo naa o nu ná tua, ... If his father or his mother come, ... }
naa₃ [M ] pt exhortative (calls for attention or response) { Dé vo se dé ba naa. We are going now (farewell). | Véi sɔŋɔ naa! Go home! }
naale₁ [L ] DE/YA n midget, very small person (dwarf)
naale₂ [R ] DE/YA (dialect: naare) n meteorite stone, used as anvil by blacksmiths (domain: 1.1.1.3 - Planet.)
naam₁ dialect of laam
naam₂ temp pt next, then, now
naana pl. of na n pl great_grandfathers
naane₁ [L ] A1 v create, bring into being { N wo naane-ne. You didn't bring me into being. }
naane₂ naao n pl cows naane-vɔrɔ bullock plough
naane-vɔrɔ (from naane, vɔrɔ) n bullock plough (domain: 6.2.8 - Agricultural tool, 6.2.2.2 - Plow a field.)
naanuuri [FM ] DE/YA (dialect: naanugiri) n sweet_potato (domain: 5.2.3.1.5 - Food from roots, 1.5.3 - Grass, herb, vine.)
naao KO/DE (naane; stem: na-) n cow, bovine { na-choa cow (female) | na-kadega cow that has not given birth | na-kwaale cow with a hump | na-nia cow that has given birth | na-paale fattened calf | na-tuntwogo horn-less cow | Na-mɔra ba mɔne na-tuntwogo. The calf does not mock the horn-less cow. } (domain: 1.6.1.1.3 - Hoofed animals.) [ ga-naao , na-bala , na-beinnu , na-chwɛ , na-mɔra , na-nia , nabea , nabwoo , nachero , najere , nantana , napɔro , nayero ]
naaro pl. of naa n pl grandchildren
naase₁ A1 v flatter, praise; by shortening the name of address { O bwoŋi o kwo yere o naase. He flattered his father by shortening his name. } (domain: 3.5.1.7.2 - Flatter.)
naase₂ v beat with a club, torture (domain: 4.8.2.8 - Violent, 7.7.1 - Hit.)
naba-laare (der. of na-baare, laare) n pace, step (domain: 7.2.1.1 - Walk.)
nabaare n 1long ago, tradition of the ancestors { Ko nwoŋi nabaare ne mo. It has been handed down from long ago. } (domain: 8.4.2.2 - A long time.) 2ancestral shrine outside compound (domain: 6.5.2 - Parts of a building, 4.9.8.2 - Place of worship.)
nabaaro O/BA n founding ancestor of a clan settlement (domain: 4.1.9.1 - Related by birth.)
nabara [LR ] KA/SE n stream which dries up in dry season, wadi (domain: 1.3.1.3 - River.)
nabea (from naao, -bea) n ox, bull (domain: 6.3.1.1 - Cattle, 1.6.7 - Male and female animals.)
nabein-bibilu WO/BA (from beinnu, bibili, -ru) n dung_beetle (domain: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.)
nabera n maternal uncle (mother's brother) [ chebeo-nabera ]