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oh! (excl. of astonishment
patɩ
excl
oh! (excl. of astonishment)
Patɩ, wʋtɩtɩɩ?
Oh, really?
oh! (expression of astonishment
oh! expression of astonishment)
oil
nʋʋŋ
n,
oil, fat, grease, butter, margarine
1.5
Plant
ointment
okra
ŋmɛ̀nɩ́ŋ
n,
okra
5.2.3.1
Food from plants
1.5.3
Grass, herb, vine
1.5.5
Parts of a plant
old
hɩ́ɛsɛ́
v
to be old, to age, to get old
Baal la jɩsɩŋ yʋga, ʋ hɩɛsa nɛ.
The man has lived for many years, he is old.
-bɩnɩɩ
-adj
old
chaambɩnɩɩ
old lamp
8.4.6.5.4
Old, not new
old (animate
-hɩaŋ
1
-noun
old thing/person (animate)
old cloth
gɛrɩkɔsʋŋ
n,
old cloth, rag, scanty cloth
old horse kerichi-hiaŋ
old horse kerichihɩaŋ
-hɩaŋ
3
-noun
leader of a group, foreman
tɛmpɛnduuru-hɩaŋ
head of talking-drums players
tɩntɩnnɩhɩaŋ
foreman
old horse kerichi-hɩaŋ
old person
-nɩhɩaŋ
-noun
old person
hanɩhɩaŋ
old woman
2
Person
old teacher
-hɩaŋ
3
-noun
leader of a group, foreman
tɛmpɛnduuru-hɩaŋ
head of talking-drums players
tɩntɩnnɩhɩaŋ
foreman
old torn mat
old woman
hanɩhɩaŋ
n,
old woman
older brother
maala
n,
older brother, sister (also cousins)
4.1.9
Kinship
malɩma
n,
older brother, sister
on
on top
once
bàlá
num.
once, in one sitting
Bala dʋndʋŋ nɛ mɩ mʋ Kʋmasɩ.
Once only I went to Kumasi.
8.1.1.3
Number of times
onchocerciasis
aŋko
n,
river-blindness, onchocerciasis
2.5
Health
2.5.2
Disease
one
-bala
b num
one
pɩɩbala
one yam
kʋbala
1
num.
one
one (when counting
dɩaŋ
num.
one (when counting)
8.1.1.7
Number series
one another
dɔŋɔ
num.
other, another, one of, one another (person or thing)
Chɛɛ-kala má kɛŋ bagɩla la dɔŋɔ.
Every day catch one of the antelopes.
one half
sɛmpɛɛŋ
n,
one half, side of sth., share
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