Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss | IPA | Part of Speech |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | he (nominative) | - | pronoun |
| abangà | to gather insects | - | verb |
| abarka• | buffalo | - | - |
| abda• | slave | - | noun |
| abdambò | dirty slave | - | noun |
| abdiya• | slavery | - | noun |
| abdo• | bondage | - | noun |
| abdulahi | servant of god | - | noun |
| abkara | commoner | - | noun |
| abra | heaven | - | noun |
| adak | far | - | adjective |
| adama | language | - | noun |
| adami | language speaker | - | noun |
| adara | old | - | adjective |
| adata | mercenary | - | noun |
| adma | sacrilege | - | noun |
| admavo | rant | - | noun |
| admawa | speech | - | noun |
| adraka | white man | - | noun |
| adrama | financial | - | - |
| adái | to exist | - | verb |
| afar | soil | - | noun |
| afara | to have stomach issues | - | verb |
| afarata | to have diarrhea in order to eat more, to be excessively gluttonous | - | verb |
| afari | indigenous | - | adjective |
| afarmorat• | snow | - | - |
| afartaba | plateau | - | noun |
| afboka | silver (low quality) | - | noun |
| afna | here | - | adverb |
| afra | there | - | adverb |
| afwa | to nap | - | verb |
| afàm | wrong | - | adjective |
| agaja | wild goat, hunted by Damawa | - | noun |
| aganda | south | - | noun |
| agandu | crocodile | - | - |
| agarambá | shrub worn by masquerades | - | noun |
| agará | green | - | adjective |
| agra | to buy | - | verb |
| agír | leaf | - | noun |
| ahagi• | farmer | - | noun |
| aham | food | - | noun |
| ahla | gust | - | noun |
| ajam | script | - | - |
| akaga | to tickle | - | verb |
| akahan | to form a group | - | verb |
| akali | word | - | - |
| akam | brown | - | adjective |
| akamabo | nomad | - | noun |
| akana | human being | - | noun |
| akar | to plough | - | verb |
| akariya | chieftaincy | - | - |
| akawra | chief | - | - |
| akna | forest | - | noun |
| aknaka | to pee on a pole | - | verb |
| akni | Fang (Fang tribe) | - | noun |
| akraba | child | - | noun |
| akrada | north | - | noun |
| akrama | niece | - | noun |
| akwati | box | - | noun |
| akwàr | gazelle | - | noun |
| akàm | to fight | - | verb |
| akàr | moon | - | noun |
| alhaja | alhaja | - | noun |
| alhaji | alhaji | - | noun |
| alim | scholar | - | noun |
| allah | god | - | noun |
| almarafa | thunderstorm | - | noun |
| am | but | - | conjunction |
| ama | less | - | - |
| amal | work | - | noun |
| amalobà | bush (savannah, sahel type) | - | noun |
| amalà | dry | - | adjective |
| amalàmbò | drought | - | noun |
| amana | faithful | - | adjective |
| amas | drink | - | noun |
| amavá | idiot | - | noun |
| amba | rice | - | noun |
| amba baraka | blessing rice (Damawa delicacy) | - | - |
| ambapàka | duiker rice (served steamed, grilled or smoked) | - | - |
| ambava• | dog (dialectal) | - | noun |
| amir | leader | - | noun |
| amrafa | to strike | - | verb |
| amrafase | to beat violently to death | - | verb |
| amrafà | to cause yourself to end up in a horrible situation | - | verb |
| amrat | hill | - | noun |
| amsa | soup | - | noun |
| amsala• | contract | - | noun |
| amsali• | contractor | - | noun |
| an | me (oblique) | - | pronoun |
| an | to come | - | verb |
| anaga | milk, cow milk | - | noun |
| anga | little | - | - |
| angabu• | hippo | - | - |
| angál | village | - | - |
| anjàmba• | small alley | - | - |
| anka | vision | - | - |
| anka | tribe | - | - |
| ankam | steamed fish | - | - |
| ankana goro | Yoruba | - | - |
| ankanakiyasi• | enemy tribe | - | - |
| ankara | language | - | - |
| ankor | to talk | - | - |
| annat | to go | - | - |
| apakà• | duiker | - | - |
| aptat | to farm | - | - |
| aptati | farmer (colloquial) | - | - |
| ara | sister | - | - |
| aras | near | - | - |
| arda | Fulani chief | - | - |
| arjan | CFA, central african franc | - | - |
| arna | today | - | - |
| asa | to give | - | - |
| asar | snake (non venomous) | - | - |
| asavagêrá • | lion's hibiscus drink (traditional drink) | - | - |
| asra | flood | - | - |
| astada | to teach | - | - |
| asêrta | to scam | - | - |
| atanga | quantity | - | - |
| atar | perfume oil | - | - |
| atma | moral | - | - |
| atnasa | to do black magic (juju) | - | - |
| ato | than | - | - |
| atàm | correct, right | - | - |
| avaba | creamy rice (delicacy, chilli + cow milk sauce+ rice combo) | - | - |
| avaga | garri | - | - |
| avakò | to go crazy | - | - |
| avarà | new | - | - |
| avasa | navigation | - | - |
| avda | random | - | - |
| avion• | plane (jetliner) | - | - |
| awfata | to earn a salary while slacking at work | - | - |
| azagal | chive | - | - |
| azanga | knife | - | - |
| azza | section | - | - |
| ba | father | - | - |
| baba | uncle | - | - |
| babaka | cattle disease | - | - |
| bafo | scrap metal | - | - |
| bakara | savannah | - | - |
| baman | because | - | - |
| bamo | husk | - | - |
| bamva | six | - | - |
| bamvaspà | 16 | - | - |
| ban | with | - | - |
| bankê | bank | - | - |
| bara | sky | - | - |
| baradi | executioner | - | - |
| baraka | blessing | - | - |
| barda | striped cloth | - | - |
| basara | navy blue | - | - |
| bati• | leopard | - | - |
| batil | falsehood | - | - |
| batteri• | battery | - | - |
| bavo | seven | - | - |
| bavospà | 17 | - | - |
| bazilimbò | prejudice | - | - |
| bazìli | evil | - | - |
| bile | ticket | - | - |
| bilion | billion | - | - |
| bimbì | toxic person, parasite | - | - |
| bimbìta• | to be a parasite for financial gain | - | - |
| bindigogi | musket | - | - |
| bodilha | tradition of service | - | - |
| bohor | incense | - | - |
| bokir | average person | - | - |
| bokiram | village idiot | - | - |
| bom | mother | - | - |
| bombò | leech | - | - |
| bora | up | - | - |
| borgo | leash | - | - |
| bori | deity | - | - |
| borida | kaftan, ankara | - | - |
| bosi | shrine | - | - |
| brigada | brigade | - | - |
| bumova | sixth | - | - |
| bursu | scholarship | - | - |
| busù• | spiritual herb used in traditional magic | - | - |
| buto | second | - | - |
| buvo | seventh | - | - |
| bêk | lowly man | - | - |
| bêsà | star | - | - |
| bêt | lie | - | - |
| bêta | two | - | - |
| bêtaspà | 12 | - | - |
| daina | debt | - | - |
| daini | debtor | - | - |
| daira• | locality | - | - |
| daja | prized chicken, holy chicken | - | - |
| dam | mouth | - | - |
| dan | sin | - | - |
| danak | thin millet crust circles, Damawa delicacy | - | - |
| danka• | millet | - | - |
| danye | wild, untamed | - | - |
| dar | road | - | - |
| dara | to injure | - | - |
| daraka | alien | - | - |
| darama | money | - | - |
| darata | to wound to submission | - | - |
| darikamà | brown | - | - |
| darma• | bridge | - | - |
| darvara• | east | - | - |
| darì• | night | - | - |
| dawa• | religious teaching mission | - | - |
| dawi• | missionary | - | - |
| dimi | goat bleating | - | - |
| din | religion | - | - |
| din shai-ya | nickname the Damawa have for Senegalese. lit. religion of tea | - | - |
| dinki | goat feed, grass for goats | - | - |
| dinu• | blade | - | - |
| diram | currency unit | - | - |
| dità• | heavy | - | - |
| diwan | registry | - | - |
| doktê | doctor | - | - |
| dokumen • | permit | - | - |
| domi | phrase | - | - |
| domut | to discuss | - | - |
| domutta | to deliberate a motion | - | - |
| domvi | quote | - | - |
| dongò | rotten | - | - |
| dono | to be lazy | - | - |
| dori | elder | - | - |
| dorim | thousand (in currency) | - | - |
| doroka | foreign | - | - |
| dottò | ridge | - | - |
| doyì | life | - | - |
| drova | right | - | - |
| dukì | horse | - | - |
| dà | to kill | - | - |
| dàpa• | tattoo | - | - |
| dàse | to slaughter | - | - |
| dàta | to murder | - | - |
| dêm | slander | - | - |
| dênka | two-faced person | - | - |
| dêr | injury | - | - |
| dêra | blood | - | - |
| dêrka | colonization | - | - |
| dêrvarat | Sara | - | - |
| dêrê | to bleed | - | - |
| dêrêk | to colonize | - | - |
| dòti | murder | - | - |
| eksamen | exam | - | - |
| eta• | government office | - | - |
| fadama• | plain (flat land) | - | - |
| fahar | fine pottery | - | - |
| faki• | jury | - | - |
| farak | hard (surface) | - | - |
| farisan | cavalry | - | - |
| farmasi | pharmacy | - | - |
| farù | to steal | - | - |
| fasad | ancient corruption | - | - |
| fasala | ammunition | - | noun |
| fawà | nap | - | - |
| faya | sheep | - | - |
| fi | fire | - | - |
| fik | law | - | - |
| fika | firewood | - | - |
| fili | wire | - | - |
| firawni• | oppressive | - | - |
| firi | vulva | - | - |
| firik | soft (surface) | - | - |
| firé | light | - | - |
| fitna | conflict | - | - |
| fodim | farmland | - | - |
| fodim | flat | - | - |
| fom | five | - | - |
| fomspà | 15 | - | - |
| forò | diarrhea | - | - |
| foyi• | ram | - | - |
| frakam | shit | - | - |
| frigi | fridge | - | - |
| fuda | bird | - | - |
| fumo | fifth | - | - |
| furo | fourth | - | - |
| fusil• | gun, modern gun | - | noun |
| fàra | four | - | - |
| fàraspà | 14 | - | - |
| fêda | bird shit | - | - |
| fêk | forest fire | - | - |
| fêwê | to doze off | - | - |
| fíwi | to cheat on | - | - |
| fíwita | to be polygamous | - | - |
| fówu | to sleep | - | - |
| gamat | house | - | - |
| gamati | resident | - | - |
| gana | down | - | - |
| ganda | rainforest | - | - |
| gar | station | - | - |
| gasà | empty | - | - |
| genge | slug | - | - |
| gindo | dye | - | - |
| girè• | bow | - | - |
| gomba | catfish | - | - |
| gondù | wool | - | - |
| goni | bottom | - | - |
| goniga | slime | - | - |
| gonit | behind | - | - |
| gori | frost | - | - |
| gorinma | cold wave | - | - |
| gêm | domestic dispute | - | - |
| gêr | gangrene | - | - |
| gêra | skin | - | - |
| gêrá | lion (tamed) | - | - |
| gêrê | to acquire illegally | - | - |
| gêrêm | frostbite | - | - |
| ha | you (oblique) | - | - |
| ha | you (nominative) | - | - |
| habasawda | black seed | - | - |
| hadan | tomorrow | - | - |
| hafaza | memorial | - | - |
| haga• | to farm | - | - |
| haita | thread | - | - |
| haj | pilgrimage | - | - |
| hak | right (human right) | - | - |
| hala | to blow | - | - |
| hali | fast | - | - |
| halifa• | deputy | - | - |
| ham | to eat | - | - |
| hama | yawn | - | - |
| hamase | to serve | - | - |
| hami• | eater | - | - |
| hami waka | Hausa (pejorative) lit. bean eater | - | - |
| hanjara | to sacrifice with a dagger | - | - |
| hara | to herd | - | - |
| harata | vine | - | - |
| harir | silk | - | - |
| hata | leg | - | - |
| hausa | Hausa | - | - |
| hava | to ride | - | - |
| havata | to hike | - | - |
| hazam | barber | - | - |
| hazawa | to raid | - | - |
| hazira• | torrential | - | - |
| hazwa | Tuareg raider | - | - |
| hazwi | Tuareg | - | - |
| he | you all (nominative) | - | - |
| hia | you all (oblique) | - | - |
| hifzi | memory | - | - |
| hikma | wisdom | - | - |
| hinna | henna, tattoo | - | - |
| hiri | main, primary | - | - |
| hirifi | campfire | - | - |
| hiti | ankle | - | - |
| hoji• | nomadic journey | - | - |
| holi | gale | - | - |
| homi | consumer | - | - |
| homis | selflessness | - | - |
| honija | dagger | - | - |
| horit | hair | - | - |
| hêlu | wind | - | - |
| hêlê | to blow up | - | - |
| hêmê | leftover | - | - |
| hóru | head | - | - |
| idim | to freeze to death | - | - |
| idriko | to act like a colonizer | - | - |
| ifin | now | - | - |
| ifir | later | - | - |
| ifiro | to steal farmland | - | - |
| igiro | to scam like an Igbo | - | - |
| ihimo | poisonous snack | - | - |
| ihiti | to escape responsibility | - | - |
| ihlas | sincerity | - | - |
| ikor | donkey | - | - |
| ikrì | weak | - | - |
| ilmi | knowledge | - | - |
| iman | faith | - | - |
| imbi | porridge | - | - |
| in | to barge in | - | - |
| inki | to see | - | - |
| inkur | to insult | - | - |
| inkurse | to roast | - | - |
| inkurta | to verbally abuse | - | - |
| inniti | to skip school | - | - |
| isvi | to be aroused | - | - |
| itan | to endure | - | - |
| itanse | sacrifice | - | - |
| itingi | to inflate | - | - |
| ivso | to aim at | - | - |
| jama'a | to congregate | - | - |
| jandarma | police officer | - | - |
| jangà• | rapid | - | - |
| jarafa | giraffe | - | - |
| jaya | yesterday | - | - |
| jin | jinn | - | - |
| jojá | centipede | - | - |
| jomi | to crowd around | - | - |
| jomimbàta | to beg as a group | - | - |
| jono | to be possessed by a demon | - | - |
| joyi | last | - | - |
| ka | one | - | - |
| kabir• | magnificent | - | - |
| kabirahla | thunderstorm | - | - |
| kabiro | egotistical | - | - |
| kabo | snail | - | - |
| kabri | crest | - | - |
| kada | small | - | - |
| kadar | fate | - | - |
| kadi | judge | - | - |
| kadiamba | Damawa rice beer (7% ABV with sugar) | - | - |
| kadiambo | alcoholic | - | - |
| kadì | beer | - | - |
| kahano | tribalism | - | - |
| kahma | fog | - | - |
| kahma-mabà | harmattan fog (lit. goat fog) | - | - |
| kahwa | coffee | - | - |
| kalà | to speak | - | - |
| kama | pitch dark | - | - |
| kamabo• | to be nomadic | - | - |
| kamba• | spiritual plant | - | - |
| kamun | cumin | - | - |
| kan | person | - | - |
| kana naga-ya | Fulani nickname meaning people of the cow | - | - |
| kandanak | one with thin skin | - | - |
| kandara | asshole (lit. injurer) | - | - |
| kandili | lamp | - | - |
| kanemi | Kanuri | - | - |
| kanhara • | population | - | - |
| kaniha | clan, subtribe | - | - |
| kanka | to urinate | - | - |
| kankato | troublemaker, lit. someone that fertilises land with their urine | - | - |
| kankà | to urinate oneself | - | - |
| kankàse | to release stress | - | - |
| kankàta | to fertilize with urine | - | - |
| kanvaka• | town | - | - |
| kanvá | light beige, skin beige | - | - |
| kanzagal | one who does black magic | - | - |
| kanzava | settler | - | - |
| kar | man | - | - |
| kar daina nam onoka | man of debt and fatigue (constant debtor) | - | - |
| kar mabà | useless man | - | - |
| kar-abangà | Pygmy (masculine) lit. insect-gatherer | - | - |
| kar-agará• | youth | - | - |
| kar-anka | visionary | - | - |
| kar-borida | nickname for Sudanese. lit. Kaftan man | - | - |
| kar-dimi | trashtalker | - | - |
| kar-mánga | fishermen | - | - |
| kar-mêvá• | retard (m) | - | - |
| kar-okanka | shady person | - | - |
| kar-otnora | glutton | - | - |
| kar-otonga | obese man | - | - |
| kar-raki | herder (masculine) | - | - |
| kar-vikò | a person with no self control (insult) (m) | - | - |
| kar-voko | chairman | - | - |
| kar-zagal | herbalist (m) | - | - |
| kar-zinigi | wanker (m) | - | - |
| karaba | son | - | - |
| karaba asêrta• | scammer | - | - |
| karaba potùt | piece of shit (lit. son of a piece of cow dung) | - | - |
| karaba pòro | almajiri | - | - |
| karaba vokù | imbecile lit. son of a pig | - | - |
| karada | desert | - | - |
| karama | daughter | - | - |
| karamta | to be promiscuous for money | - | - |
| kardara | war | - | - |
| kardari | warrior | - | - |
| kari | slow | - | - |
| karna• | century | - | - |
| karosorta | Igbo | - | - |
| karà | self, masculine | - | - |
| kaspà | 11 | - | - |
| kaspà | eleven | - | - |
| kataba | to study | - | - |
| kava | grandpa | - | - |
| kawar | to pounce | - | - |
| kawra | hyena | - | - |
| kaya | to exclaim | - | - |
| kaza | how | - | - |
| kazar | how (pl) | - | - |
| keke | chimpanzee | - | - |
| kele | porcupine | - | - |
| ki | to take | - | - |
| kilomitri | kilometer | - | - |
| kima • | value | - | - |
| kimba• | wild lion | - | - |
| kimba• | wild lion | - | - |
| kintar | sack | - | - |
| kinì | childish man | - | - |
| kirinki | fraudulent businessman | - | - |
| kirman | high quality cloth | - | - |
| kitab | book | - | - |
| kivì | roasted fish | - | - |
| kiyasi | locust | - | - |
| klasa | grade | - | - |
| kofakà• | eclipse | - | - |
| kofì | ring | - | - |
| kofò | circle | - | - |
| kofòndu | couscous | - | - |
| koham | grey | - | - |
| kohamba | ash | - | - |
| kohambaka | dark beige | - | - |
| koko• | cocoa | - | - |
| kolì | to say | - | - |
| kombi | lionness | - | - |
| komivi | hunter | - | - |
| komu | black | - | - |
| komun• | commune | - | - |
| kondò• | dick | - | - |
| koni | jungle | - | - |
| konkora | dark yellow | - | - |
| kor | bone | - | - |
| korban• | sacrifice | - | - |
| korida | semi-desert | - | - |
| korit | infront | - | - |
| korò | cloud | - | - |
| korù | 100 | - | - |
| korùbamva | 600 | - | - |
| korùbavo | 700 | - | - |
| korùbta | 200 | - | - |
| korùfom | 500 | - | - |
| korùfàra | 400 | - | - |
| korùtra | 300 | - | - |
| korùvara | 800 | - | - |
| korùvêm | 900 | - | - |
| kotib | library | - | - |
| kotibi | librarian | - | - |
| kovira | king | - | - |
| kovit | chest | - | - |
| kozi | method | - | - |
| kredit | credit | - | - |
| kuran | Qur'an | - | - |
| kwara | sun | - | - |
| kwoti | parcel | - | - |
| kà | tree | - | - |
| kêgo | chicken | - | - |
| kêhên | to clump together | - | - |
| kêr | fossil | - | - |
| kêra | torture | - | - |
| kêrma• | whore | - | - |
| kêrva | bastard | - | - |
| kêrê | slowness | - | - |
| kêskan• | to load | - | - |
| kêta | to purposely avoid studying | - | - |
| kùri | hoe | - | - |
| lagwada | sloth | - | - |
| laifa• | to blame | - | - |
| lamidata | Lamido (Fulani sultan) | - | - |
| livri | textbook | - | - |
| lomi | fact | - | - |
| ma | no, not | - | - |
| maban | without | - | - |
| mabà | goat | - | - |
| mada | rot | - | - |
| madar | wine | - | - |
| madina• | city | - | - |
| madrasa | madrasa, Qur'anic school | - | - |
| mafik | lawless | - | - |
| maira• | mayor | - | - |
| maisa | corn | - | - |
| makama | court | - | - |
| makàl | least | - | - |
| mal | wealth | - | - |
| malak | angel | - | - |
| malaro | Damawa traditional dish, steamed mutton chunks served with crushed chilli, black pepper and tiny amounts of salt | - | - |
| malba | gold | - | - |
| malba | gold | - | - |
| malbara | golden yellow | - | - |
| malbasa | ocean | - | - |
| malbo | a scammer that sells fake gold bars | - | - |
| maldara | runway | - | - |
| maldarva• | Darfuri | - | - |
| malfarù | to raid | - | - |
| mali | one who is greedy | - | - |
| malik | king | - | - |
| malikkoni | Congolese lit. Jungle king | - | - |
| maliya | treasury | - | - |
| mallam | imam, mallam | - | - |
| malmojahed | commander | - | - |
| malo | greed | - | - |
| malrakan | habanero | - | - |
| malsàr | to rain intensely | - | - |
| malsìri | downpour | - | - |
| man | why | - | - |
| manar | why (pl) | - | - |
| mar | woman | - | - |
| mar mabà | useless woman | - | - |
| mar-abangà | Pygmy (feminine) lit. insect-gatherer | - | - |
| mar-borida | nickname for Sudanese (f). lit. Kaftan woman | - | - |
| mar-mánga | fisherwoman | - | - |
| mar-mêvá | retard (f) | - | - |
| mar-otonga | obese woman | - | - |
| mar-raki | herder (feminine) | - | - |
| mar-vikò | a person with no self control (f), insult | - | - |
| mar-voko | chairwoman | - | - |
| mar-zagal | herbalist (f) | - | - |
| mar-zinigi | wanker (f) | - | - |
| marafa | thunder | - | - |
| marasa | leopard | - | - |
| marata | mountain range | - | - |
| markà• | elephant | - | - |
| marta | to climb | - | - |
| martase | to ascend | - | - |
| martata | to conquer | - | - |
| martinki | excess fat | - | - |
| marya | aunt | - | - |
| marà | self, feminine | - | - |
| masa | water | - | - |
| masa okanka | bad beer (lit. urine water) | - | - |
| masala | legal issue | - | - |
| mashin | machine | - | - |
| mat | when | - | - |
| matar | when (pl) | - | - |
| mava | grandma | - | - |
| mavai | to mediate | - | - |
| mawiya | mediation | - | - |
| maya | who | - | - |
| mayar | (pl) | - | - |
| mazid | mosque | - | - |
| mazílis | majlis, council | - | - |
| medesin• | medicine | - | - |
| milhi | salt | - | - |
| mili | smell of a cleric (used in proverbs) | - | - |
| milimitri | milimeter | - | - |
| milion | million | - | - |
| minister• | ministry | - | - |
| mirfi | lightning | - | - |
| mirfi allah | to recieve karma lit. lightning of allah | - | - |
| miri | toxic woman, aunty | - | - |
| misi | muddy water | - | - |
| mitri | meter | - | - |
| modori | dark purple | - | - |
| mojahed• | fighter | - | - |
| molu | prayer cap | - | - |
| mongì | trout | - | - |
| monka | what | - | - |
| monkar | what (pl) | - | - |
| morat | mountain | - | - |
| moratsava | strawberry | - | - |
| morta | left | - | - |
| morú | tall | - | - |
| morúnaga | Nilotic tribes of SS. lit. Tall-cows (people) | - | - |
| moto | motorbike | - | - |
| mumin | believer | - | - |
| màn | eye | - | - |
| mánga | fish | - | - |
| mêda | rotten | - | - |
| mêl | false hadith | - | - |
| mêlta | to preach for self gain | - | - |
| mêna | modern corruption | - | - |
| mênga | fish feces | - | - |
| mêr | quarrelsome woman | - | - |
| mêvá | retardation | - | - |
| mìni | inattentive | - | - |
| na | to | - | - |
| na | is being, progressive postparticle | - | - |
| nabi | prophet | - | - |
| nago | cow | - | - |
| nak | animal (colloquial) | - | - |
| naka | sight | - | - |
| nakan | local | - | - |
| nakana | homeland | - | - |
| nakar | conversation | - | - |
| nam | and | - | - |
| nan | yogurt | - | - |
| nanja• | cricket | - | - |
| nannêna | outdated (lit. sour yogurt) | - | - |
| nas | on | - | - |
| ne | we (nominative) | - | - |
| nej• | snow | - | - |
| ni | to burst | - | - |
| nia | us (oblique) | - | - |
| nikir | argument | - | - |
| nimi | therefore | - | - |
| niti | to drop | - | - |
| noki | to lock on to | - | - |
| nê | I (nominative) | - | - |
| nêga | cow dung | - | - |
| nêna | sour | - | - |
| o | him (oblique) | - | - |
| obori | above | - | - |
| obrata | many, much | - | - |
| obudu• | monitor lizard | - | - |
| odam | to shiver | - | - |
| odava | predetermined | - | - |
| odma | orator | - | - |
| odomi | to get pneumonia | - | - |
| odomita | to fake insurance by getting frostbite | - | - |
| odrok | colonial officer | - | - |
| odêr• | leech | - | - |
| ofaw | to hibernate | - | - |
| ofawta | to skip work | - | - |
| ofi | to shoot | - | - |
| ofor | farmland | - | - |
| oforo | sickness | - | - |
| ofsola | bullet | - | - |
| ofuda | to fly | - | - |
| ofàl | dirty | - | - |
| ofówu | sleep | - | - |
| ogara | slavery | - | - |
| ogor | dog | - | - |
| ogoro | slave | - | - |
| ogra | purchase | - | - |
| ohava | rider | - | - |
| ohir | great | - | - |
| ohmo | to yawn | - | - |
| ohmosa | wise | - | - |
| ohol | clean | - | - |
| ohom | snack | - | - |
| ohoravi | Damawan (endonym) | - | - |
| ohoravà • | Damawa homeland | - | - |
| ohorù | big | - | - |
| ohzoma | to trim | - | - |
| ohêl | harmattan | - | - |
| ohêlê | explosion | - | - |
| ojojáta | to crawl submissively | - | - |
| okai | exclamation | - | - |
| okan | individual | - | - |
| okanka | urine | - | - |
| oki | shrub | - | - |
| okroba | brother | - | - |
| oktoba | school | - | - |
| okvara | queen | - | - |
| okêgo | feather | - | - |
| ombaubkora | Wolof | - | - |
| omoda | to ferment | - | - |
| omolik | good deed | - | - |
| omrota | west | - | - |
| ománga | tilapia | - | - |
| on | in | - | - |
| ona | them (oblique) | - | - |
| onada | to act out | - | - |
| ondò | to do | - | - |
| ongóla | small town | - | - |
| onkono | to pretend to be local | - | - |
| onoga | spotted | - | - |
| onoka | fatigue | - | - |
| opital• | hospital | - | - |
| opòra | buffet | - | - |
| oranja | orange (fruit) | - | - |
| ordera | order | - | - |
| osava | hibiscus drink (zobo in west africa, karkade in the middle east) | - | - |
| osmoba | horn | - | - |
| osokò | to plant | - | - |
| osorta | shop | - | - |
| ota | that (connector) | - | - |
| otanaso | cult | - | - |
| otnora | gluttony | - | - |
| otnosa | ritual | - | - |
| otonga | mass | - | - |
| ovara | savannah | - | - |
| ovon | to squint | - | - |
| ovoro | mosquito | - | - |
| ovosa | constellation | - | - |
| ovsara | bay | - | - |
| ovsaro• | gulf | - | - |
| ovuro | eighth | - | - |
| ovêmata | to serve others without self-respect (lit. to become a rotten lamb) | - | - |
| ovìko | obituary | - | - |
| ozanga | blade | - | - |
| ozangadraka | electric shaver | - | - |
| ozongo | to stab | - | - |
| palà• | trap for small animals (rainforest) | - | - |
| papier | paper | - | - |
| patata | to do hard labour | - | - |
| pisti | runway | - | - |
| pit | to burn | - | - |
| piti | to commit arson | - | - |
| pitse | to cook | - | - |
| pitta | to fertilize | - | - |
| potùt | clump of cow dung | - | - |
| potút | to gather cow dung | - | - |
| prefet• | prefecture head | - | - |
| prison | prison | - | - |
| prof | lecturer | - | - |
| pêt | to shit like a cow | - | - |
| pòro | pot | - | - |
| ra | already | - | - |
| rad• | thunder | - | - |
| radio | radio | - | - |
| rakan | chilli | - | - |
| rakanrabe | blood-red | - | - |
| ramadan | Ramadhan | - | - |
| rana• | day | - | - |
| ratla | unit | - | - |
| rawani | turban | - | - |
| riba | interest | - | - |
| rokin | tatashe, nigerian pepper | - | - |
| rut | highway | - | - |
| rêk | a state of vomiting from spiciness | - | - |
| rêko | overconfident fool (lit. one that always vomits from too much chilli) | - | - |
| sa'a | time | - | - |
| sa'aka | second | - | - |
| sabar | patience | - | - |
| sabun | soap | - | - |
| sadaka • | donation | - | - |
| sahara | desert | - | - |
| sahib | friend | - | - |
| salam | peace | - | - |
| salà | prayer | - | - |
| sam | tooth | - | - |
| samaba | trunk | - | - |
| samin• | fattened animal | - | - |
| samna | ghee, butter | - | - |
| sar | hand | - | - |
| sarata | to sell | - | - |
| sarawta | junior prince | - | - |
| sarjana | sergeant | - | - |
| sava | hibiscus | - | - |
| sawma | fasting | - | - |
| sayata | to be enraged | - | - |
| sentimitri | centimeter | - | - |
| seringê• | syringe | - | - |
| shahada | testimony | - | - |
| shai | tea | - | - |
| shaitan | satan | - | - |
| shaitan aknaya | african bushpig lit. devil of the forest | - | - |
| shaitana | female satan | - | - |
| shokru | thanks | - | - |
| shora• | silver (high quality) | - | - |
| sijni• | jail | - | - |
| simat• | compost | - | - |
| simi | rotten teeth | - | - |
| sinkà | smoked fish | - | - |
| sirto | to sell defective goods | - | - |
| sivi | slang for Fanta | - | - |
| sohú | short | - | - |
| sokar | sugar | - | - |
| soki | crowdedness | - | - |
| somi | cold | - | - |
| somvè | pangolin | - | - |
| sorit | transaction | - | - |
| sorì | warm | - | - |
| spàbamva | 60 | - | - |
| spàbavo | 70 | - | - |
| spàbta | 20 | - | - |
| spàfom | 50 | - | - |
| spàfàra | 40 | - | - |
| spàtra | 30 | - | - |
| spàvara | 80 | - | - |
| spàvêm | 90 | - | - |
| stodi | to mentor | - | - |
| suk | work | - | - |
| sultan | sultan | - | - |
| sura | surah | - | - |
| sêpi | tenth | - | - |
| sêpà | ten | - | - |
| sêrta | scam | - | - |
| sêrê | backstabber | - | - |
| sêrêt | to throw away | - | - |
| sìri | rain | - | - |
| sòm | meat | - | - |
| ta | from | - | - |
| taba | chewing tobacco | - | - |
| table | table | - | - |
| tafsir | Qur'anic commentary | - | - |
| tahara | purity | - | - |
| taksi• | taxi | - | - |
| tamaba | yam | - | - |
| tamù | snake (venomous) | - | - |
| tan | to carry | - | - |
| tana | weight | - | - |
| tanara | obesity | - | - |
| tanas | sacrifice | - | - |
| tar | sun | - | - |
| tara | to give | - | - |
| tarase | to lend | - | - |
| tarata | to donate | - | - |
| tarata | to gather | - | - |
| tarfa | hem | - | - |
| tarik | expressway | - | - |
| tarko | trap for small animals (savannah, sahel) | - | - |
| tavara | table | - | - |
| te | she (nominative) | - | - |
| telefon | telephone | - | - |
| tijara• | commerce | - | - |
| tiri | heatstroke | - | - |
| tolla | weighing scale | - | - |
| tomiva | pounded yam | - | - |
| tondu | milipede | - | - |
| tongo | portion | - | - |
| tonka | where | - | - |
| tonkar | where (pl) | - | - |
| torit | collection | - | - |
| traspà | 13 | - | - |
| travai• | work | - | - |
| trende | to trend | - | - |
| trendi | trender | - | - |
| tsavabe | pink | - | - |
| tubu | robe cloth | - | - |
| tukunya | cauldron | - | - |
| tumbà | to pound | - | - |
| turo | third | - | - |
| tánga | 1000, thousand | - | - |
| tángakorù | 100,000, hundred-thousand | - | - |
| tángaspa | 10000 | - | - |
| tênga | excess | - | - |
| têngaro | river | - | - |
| têra | three | - | - |
| u | they (nominative) | - | - |
| ubara | blue | - | - |
| ubkora | yellow | - | - |
| udar | street | - | - |
| uganda | bushman | - | - |
| uhot | to run | - | - |
| uhzora | hailstone | - | - |
| ukadiamba | Gbaya | - | - |
| ukia | shriek | - | - |
| uklo | sentence | - | - |
| uknoha | ethnicity | - | - |
| ukrova | nephew | - | - |
| umada | street slang | - | - |
| umloma | cleric | - | - |
| universite | university | - | - |
| unko | indigene | - | - |
| ustad | teacher | - | - |
| usvo | to bloom | - | - |
| uton | to have | - | - |
| utrendi• | an idiot that loves to trend | - | - |
| uzingita | to donate hair | - | - |
| uznaga | to shave | - | - |
| va | more | - | - |
| vabaka | beige | - | - |
| vabasar | pristine | - | - |
| vadama | creole | - | - |
| vadasè | to fulfill a bounty | - | - |
| vaga | civet | - | - |
| vaganda | bush (remote areas, rainforest) | - | - |
| vahala | to sweep away | - | - |
| vahali | cheetah | - | - |
| vaham | white | - | - |
| vahara | herder | - | - |
| vaka | only | - | - |
| vakasamin | obese people | - | - |
| vakna | central | - | - |
| vakàl | most | - | - |
| vakêta | to study last minute | - | - |
| vama | death | - | - |
| vama | in conclusion | - | - |
| vamà | mutton, lamb | - | - |
| vana | to stare | - | - |
| vana | this | - | - |
| vanar | this (pl) | - | - |
| vanda | all | - | - |
| vara | eight | - | - |
| varabe | red | - | - |
| varabeham• | orange | - | - |
| varas | palm | - | - |
| varaspà | 18 | - | - |
| varat | face | - | - |
| varo | grass | - | - |
| vasa | to give birth | - | - |
| vasarta | market | - | - |
| vasata | to bear children for a husband | - | - |
| vasmaba | trumpet | - | - |
| vata | that | - | - |
| vata | like (like something) | - | - |
| vatan | to stay put | - | - |
| vatar | that (pl) | - | - |
| vazanga | to polish | - | - |
| vazir | deputy minister | - | - |
| vegi | hunter | - | - |
| vegrambàta | to be someone who acquires goats | - | - |
| vegè | to hunt | - | - |
| vehêmê | to be someone who overeats to the point of obesity | - | - |
| vekaga | to be someone who tickles | - | - |
| vekagata | to be someone who tickles for pleasure | - | - |
| velim | one who is scholarly | - | - |
| venkana | to marry into a tribe | - | - |
| vetrendi• | to trend like an idiot | - | - |
| vetrendita | to become famous through stupidity for money | - | - |
| vetrendà | to trend oneself through stupidity | - | - |
| vidí | to exist like a slave | - | - |
| vikò | bush pig | - | - |
| vindì | to commit crime | - | - |
| vini | to be boiling | - | - |
| viole• | purple | - | - |
| vitingi | balloon | - | - |
| vodi | to disperse | - | - |
| voforo | to weed a rice field | - | - |
| vofuda | plane (small craft, turboprop) | - | - |
| voga | porridge | - | - |
| vogo | dog shit | - | - |
| vohir | animal pen | - | - |
| voki | first | - | - |
| vokia | siren | - | - |
| voko | chair | - | - |
| vokori | sickle | - | - |
| vokù | pig | - | - |
| vonada | to whine like a woman | - | - |
| vonadata | to whine like a woman to achieve goals | - | - |
| vono | full | - | - |
| voro | fly (insect) | - | - |
| vêfêra | famine | - | - |
| vêm | nine | - | - |
| vêmi | ninth | - | - |
| vêmspà | 19 | - | - |
| vêmê | rotten lamb | - | - |
| vêso• | dementia | - | - |
| vêsomba | to forget everything (lit. goat-dementia) | - | - |
| vêsê | concussion | - | - |
| wafà• | death | - | - |
| wahala | troublesome | - | - |
| waka | bean | - | - |
| wam | or | - | - |
| wimi | however | - | - |
| wisi | to throw away | - | - |
| wodù | ablution | - | - |
| wofù | to sleep at work | - | - |
| ya | her (oblique) | - | - |
| yaji | pepper powder | - | - |
| yêja | to be blinded by chilli | - | - |
| zahanam | hell | - | - |
| zaiton | olive | - | - |
| zaka | alms | - | - |
| zan | linen | - | - |
| zanaga | to scrape | - | - |
| zangò | spear | - | - |
| zanja | copper | - | - |
| zanna | paradise, heaven | - | - |
| zava | to settle | - | - |
| zinigi | to wank | - | - |
| zinigita | to wank for cash | - | - |
| zinkà | vine | - | - |
| zinzì• | cricket | - | - |
| zogale • | moringa | - | - |
| zohinma | heatwave | - | - |
| zoraika• | genet | - | - |
| zên | irritation | - | - |
| zêngê | one who is addicted to wanking | - | - |
| àkari | strong | - | - |