anglais

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a boat has capsized	fídi, fídin
a boubou shirt sewn of seven bands of cloth (Maninka usually make it in one colour, Soso alternate red and black stripes	kɔ́nɔwɔrɔnwula
a brook with a film of rust on the surface	kòrikori
a bruise has appeared	jèli
a bruize has appeared	fìn
a couple of days (up to a month	fìla
a deceased who has left no descendants	bánbaa, bánbaatɔ
a ditch the river where water stagnates after a flood	bájaran, báyaran
a flood has begun (water has flooded the plane)	bɔ́
a goldsmiths' term)	bàran
a handful of cooked rice	dɔ́ɔman, mɔ̀ndɔ, mɔ̀ndɔn
a lightning has hit this house	sánfɛdɛn
a little	dóonɛn, dóonin, dɔ́ɔnɛn, dɔ́ɔnin
a little bit	dóonɛn, dóonin, dɔ́ɔnɛn, dɔ́ɔnin, nɛ́nkɛ
a low-grade coarse-ground tobacco	arbibi
a mist has appeared	búun
a new cloth is not used to patch an old one (prov.)	bɛ̀tɛrɛ
a piece of fabric	dáliba
a plant	àlikuranafida
a protective charm)	kɔ́nɔwɔrɔnwula
a rumour about some affair has reached my ears	bìla
a small round or flat stone	bɛ̀rɛkisɛ
a sound has reached my ears	bìla
a sound/rumour of Y has reached ears of X	bìla
a sweet paste	báadali
a train has run off the rails	bìla
a trifle	búdubudu, búruburu
a triple quantity	báli
a tune in the honour of a hero	bànkuran
a week from today	bì, bìn
a wild edible fruit	badɔya
a) he has got panic-striken	bá
a) you and work! (a greeting formula encouraging smb. working), b) thanks! (for a job)	báara
aardvark	tìnba
abandon	bàn, bìla, láfìli
abandon sth.	bólokà, dábìla
abandon these bad habits of yours!	bìla
abandoned	bìlabaatɔ
abbreviation (of a word)	ládoso
ABC-book	abajada, sìiraba
abdomen, belly	bàda, bàra
ability	nɔ̀
able to keep secrets	dámangbo, dámangbo
ablution	sálijimida, sálijita
aborigine	lànpaasi
abound	wàra
above	kùndɔ, kùnna, kùnnɔ, sándɔ, sándɔ
abroad	túnkan
abrogate	lábè
abrupt	lábàranɛn
abscess	fúnun
absence	kɔ́baaya
absent	kɔ́baa
absolute	dáfabali, dáfabali, kólikoli
absolute alcohol	álikɔli
absolutely	fásayi, fásayii, féu, fóyan, kɔ́dɛ, péu, sóda
absolutely nude	sóda
absolved sin	lábè
abstrative	-ɲa, -ya
abundance	fámaɲaari
abundance of food	búndɛ, búundɛ
abundant	bɛ́dɛbɛdɛ, bɛ́rɛbɛrɛ, bòn, bònba, bórororo, bórototo, bórrr, bɔ́rɔrɔ
abundant meal	dábundɛ
abundantely	bɛ́dɛnsɛ
abundantly	bɔ́rɔtɔtɔ
abuse	bàa
academician	dúnbuden
Academy	dúnbu
accelerate	gbà, lákaliya
accelerate the pace	wùle, wùlen
accelerator	bòrilan, lábòrilan
accept	dìɲɛ, dìɲɛ, dìɲɔ, dìɲɔ, mìda, mìna, mìra, sɔ̀n, sɔ̀n
accept with a resignation	sábari
acces	sàwo
access to the river	bádan, dán
accessory	bólofɛfen
accident	bàlau, bàlawu, bìlańdɔ
accomodate	jètiiya, jìiya, jìya
accomodation of newly initiated boys or girls	bùre, gbère
accompany	bìlasila, málɔ̀, sáada, sáara, sènnabɔ́, sɛ́ɛdɛ, sɛ́ɛrɛ
accomplish	kídi, kíti, tíma
accomplishment	bóloya
accord	bɛ̀n, bɛ̀nkomà
according to	ɲána
accordion	búdu, búru
accumulate	kɔ́rɔnkɔrɔn
accuse	jàraki, yàraki
accuse indeservedly or unjustly	bàa
accuse of	bìla
accuse of sth.	lá, l'
accuse unjustly	tɔ̀ɲɔn
ace	kélennin
acerb	bísikiriyanin
acerbity	bísikiriya
ache	dímin, mùruku
achromatopsia	búdunsa
acid	tóe
acquire the gracefulness of youth	búlanya, súrubanya
acquirement of esoteric knowledge	wùlenya, wùleya
acquit	jó
act	báara, céwali, kɛ́wali, kɛ́woli, lá, l'
act at once	dɛ̀
act boldly	súse
act disorderly	sòorosáara
act in a democratic way	bɛ́ɛya
act of creating	dáli
act resourcefully	cìya, kèwuya, kìya
act together	dɛ̀
act without clear vision of the goal	sòorosáara
action	wále, wáli
activate sth /smb.	dádòn
active	kìsɛ, kìsɛ
activity	báara, báarada, céwali, kɛ́wali, kɛ́woli, màce
actor	báradɔyala
actual	bìlama, bìma
actualis marker	bǐntá
actuality	bìko, bìlako
actuality of action	búlebule
add	bìla, fàda, fàra, kàfo, lá, l'
addition	fàrańkán, láńkan
address	fɔ́, lɔ̀, sànbatɔɔ
address everybody	láfo, lákuran
adhere	fàsa, fàsa, nára, nára, nɔ́dɔ, nɔ́dɔ, nɔ́rɔ, nɔ́rɔ
adherent	kúrukaden
adjectivator	-man
adjective	mànkutu
adjoin	gbànkun
adjust	bɛ̀n
administration	bìro, bùro, fàama, kùnnasii, màrada
administrative boss	fàama
administrative building	bìro, bùro, kóbi, kúbe
administrative center	kúbeso
administrator	màralila
admirer	bàtola
admissible	kùdugbɛlɛn
admit	dìɲɛ, dìɲɔ
adobe house with a conic thatched roof	bùu
adolescent	búlan, fóninke, fúnunke, súruban
adolescent girl	súruban
adopt	sìi, tà
adored	bàto
adorn	másìdi
adorn oneself	másìdi
adult	báliku, mɔ̀ɔba, múkàlafe, múnkàlafe
adult uncircumcized	bìlakoroba
adultery	jɛ̀nɛ
adulthood	kɛ̀baya
advance	ɲɛ́bila
advance in disorder	sòorosáara
advance serious reasons justifying one's position in an affair	dɔ́jà, rɔ́jà
advantage	fìsaya
adventitous	bìlandɔta
adverb	kàla
adversary	kɛ̀lɛɲɔɔn, kóɲɔɔn
adversity	bɔ̀nɛ, bɔ̀nɔ
advertise	mábalima, sádala
advertising	bólolaɲalakuma, kúmayira, mànkan, sádala
advertising speeches	bólolaɲalakuma
advice	láli
advise smb.	láli
adviser	làlilila
advocate	làfasalila
aerodrome	wálawala
aeroport	sánmadan
affairs are going better (for me)	fìsaya
affinity	bɛ̀nɲɔɔnma, bídanɲa, bíranɲa
affliction	sòola, sòola, sùnun, sùola, sùola
affront	dálakojuuya, lájàrabi
African bdellium	bàrakanti
African birch	kɛ́rɛkɛrɛ, kɛ́rɛkɛtɛ
African buffalo	sìi
African civet	bàkɔdɔnkudu, bàkɔrɔnkuri, bàkɔrɔnkuru
African language scholar	ɲáɲinin
African mahogany	jála
African manatee	mà
African mesquite	gbéle
African myrrh	bàrakanti
African peach	bàdi, dundura
African python	mániɲan, míniɲan
African spinach	bɔ̀rɔn, bùraburaba
African wild cat	kólonkadi, ɲàariwada, ɲàkumawada, ɲàkumawara, ɲànkumanwada, ɲànkumanwara
after	kɔ́fɛ̀, kɔ́tɔ
after a calabash is filled with water, to cover it with a smaller calabash (to dampen the splashing during transport)	gbálon
afterlife	álikiyama, árikiyama, láhara, lákira, sùla
afzelia	lɛ̀nkɛ
again	kótunin, kótuun, túun
against	kámà, kámà, kánmà
agama lizard	bása
age	sì
age group	fáadɔkɛ, kàri
age group of youth	sɛ́dɛ, sɛ́rɛ
ageing	cɛ̀mɔɔya, kɛ̀mɔɔya
age-mate	bɔ́, fílan, káɲa, kàriɲɔɔnma, sɛ́dɛkɛɲɔɔn, sɛ́rɛkɛɲɔɔn
agency	jètiida
aggression	bènkannin, bènnkannin
aggressiveness	tɔ̀ɔtɛɛ
agile	kùnkɛndɛ
agility	kùnkaliya
agony	kàlo
agree	sɔ̀n, sɔ̀n
agree on	dɔ́sada
agreement	bɛ̀n, bɛ̀n, bɛ̀nbɛn, bɛ̀nbɛntɛlɔ, bɛ̀nkan, bɛ̀nmakan, sɔ̀n
agricultural capm	bùufɛ
agricultural settlement	bùuda
agriculture	sɛ̀nɛ
agriculture work	cé, ké, màce
ah!	áa, ɛ́
AIDS and its consequences	màsiba, màsibo, màsibu, màsuba
aim	wúsu
air	fɔ́ɲɛ, fɔ́ɲɔ
air hole	súda
air potato	dánda
air yam	dánda
air-condition	bándaya
air-conditioner	bándayalan
airdrome	wálawala
airfield	ábiyonso, áwiyɔnso
airplane	ábiyon, áwiyɔn, sánmakulun
airport	ábiyonso, áwiyɔnso
ajourn, put off	bìla
alas!	wáyikà
albino	fúnɛ, fúnɛ, jàbaran, mɔ̀ɔnɛngbɛ
albumen	dúra
alcohol	álikɔli
alcoholic	bàki
alga	fúsu
alholic drink	dɔ̀lɔ
alibi	dádɔmidakun, dádɔmidakunya
alien	bándakɔmɔɔ
alight provisionally	dènkentu, dènkentun, dɛ̀nkɛntun
align	dádɔkaɲa, dálakaɲa, káɲa, lákaɲa
alive	bálonɛn, bálota, níma, ɲánama
alkali	sɛ́ɛ
all	bɛ́ɛ, bɛ́ɛnìn
all the sky has clouded over	bídika, bírika
all together	bɛ́ɛ, kùruhun
Allah	Ála
Allah akbar	álahokìbaro
allay	lála
alley	bɔ́lɔnbɔlɔn, dànkun
alleyway	bɔ́lɔnbɔlɔn
alliance	ɲìnɲa
allotment	bè
allow	dìɲɛ, dìɲɔ, láwajibiya
allow sth.	dàa, dàha, ládàa, ládàha
all-white horse	dàfe, dàfegbɛ
ally	ɲìn
Almighty	sétii
Almighty God	Ála
almost	fáyida
almost, nearly	bɛ̀dɛ, bɛ̀rɛ
alms	álani, bólolankan, jáka, sádaka, sáraka
alphabet	abajada, sɛ́bɛsun
already	bìtun, bìtuun, búdùn, bútùn, kélèn, mùnun, múnùn, mútùn, mùtun
also	fána, fánan, fɛ́nɛ, túun
aluminium	fúwan
aluminium foil	fúwanfuwan
always	ábadàn, bedebeli, hábada, hábadan, háyibadan, kádau, kádau, kádawu, kádawù, kɛ̀nɛ̂n, kúdayi, kúden, kùliyomì
amaze	bàra, dádɔ́jà
amazement	bàra, dádɔban, dàdɔja, dálaja, dárɔban, dàrɔja, kɔ̀nɔdɔfili
ambassador	làsiiden
ambiance	bɔ̀ɔfɛ
ambiguity	dɔ̀fin
ambition	nàtaba
ambush	bɛ̀nbɛnbɛn, bídi, bídin, bírin
amen	àmíinà, àmín
amend	máyɛ̀lɛman
amendment	màyɛlɛman
American	ámerikɛn, ámerikɛn, ámɛrikɛn, ámɛrikɛn, ámɛrikɛn, ámirikika
American black nightshade	básabɛnɛ
Americans	ámerikɛn, ámɛrikɛn, ámɛrikɛn
among	kɔ́dɔ, kɔ́rɔ, tɛ́mà
ample	bòn, bònba
ample shirt	fòrokiya, kàmanjii, pípawo
amulet	bási, dàbari, jò, tàfo
amulet bag of red monkey skin	sása
amulet containing a text	sɛ́bɛden
amulet of boys in circumcision class	kìdin
amuse oneself	tólon
amusement	ɲálatɛɛ, ɲánatɛɛ
an old woman with wrinkled skin	fàsan
an ordered sequence	dònjuluma
anaemic person	fúgbɛ
ancestor	bénba, bénbalaka, bɔ́nsun
ancestor's spirit	bénbasu
ancestors' due	bénbaya
anchor	bɛ́lɛn, bɛ́lɛn
ancient	kɔ̀dɔ, kɔ̀dɔman, kɔ̀rɔ
ancient headdress of uncoloured cloth	báyinɛn
and	àní, ànu, ní, n'
and also	àní, ànu
and more	fánda
angel	kénsɔn, késɔn, mɛ̀lɛka
anger	fúnun, mɔ́nɛ, nílafìn
angle	séleke, túnkun
angry	bàlawutɔ
animal	béyan, bɛ́kan, bíyan, dántan, sòbo
animal given to smb to rear	bìlańfɛ̀
animal state	bíyanɲa
animate	bálota
animate being	níma
animosity	gbóya, júuya, màngboya
ankle	sènkudu, sènkudujɔn, tánba, tánbakudu
annex	kànla
annexe	láńkan
annihilate	búrunka, búrunkɔ
anniversary	kèndakudu, sànbɛn, sànkunbɛn, sànnaka
announcement of a death	sànka
annulate	bɔ́rɔtɔ
annulation	dɔ̀sali
annule	wìli, wùli
anode	dònkun, ɲúmɛda
anogeissus	kɛ́rɛkɛrɛ, kɛ́rɛkɛtɛ
another	gbɛ́dɛ, gbɛ́rɛ
answer	jàbi, jèbi
answer mockingly	lábàranti
answer smb mockingly	bàranti, dɔ́bàranti
answer smb.	dálamìda, dálamìna, jàbi, jèbi
ant lion	bábuu, bádùuduu, dùudùu
antechamber	bòlon
antelope-horse	dágbɛ
antenna	fɔ́ɲɔkun
anteriority	ɲɛ́ya
anticipate	lɔ́ɔla
antidote	làkadi, tàna
antimony	kále
anus	bòbakun, bòda, kɔ́mataayɔrɔ
anvil	kúran
anxiety	jɔ́njɔnjɔn, jùsukasi, nílafin
any day	bì-ní-sínin
anybody who...	bɛ́ɛ
anything fleeting	bánfen
apart from	bɔ́ɔntɛ, bɔ́ɔtɛ, tɔ́ɔtɛ
apartment	bónden, bónlu
apathetic	búdɛ
apathy	jìirijɔɔrɔ
aperture	dá
aperture of a tube	dábudu
apogee	kùnsan
apostasy	dádɔbɔ, dárɔbɔ
apostate	dádɔbɔla, dárɔbɔla
apostatize	dádɔbɔ, dárɔbɔ
apostle	màsíida
apostrophe	làbelan
apparatus	kànke
appeal to prayer	wárandili
appear	bìla, bɔ́, dán, lá, ládan, lánkɛnɛma, lɔ̀, l', sóoro, yé, yén
appear on the surface	mákà
appear suddenly	bàra
apple tree	kìsaba
apple-ring acacia	báransàn
apply	dòn, lá, láwali, l'
apply manure to the fields	bíyannɔɔ
apply oneself	sínsin
appoint	látɛ̀ɛ, tɔ́ɔya
appraisal	màkitili
approach	gbɛ̀dɛn
approach stelthily	dɛ́bɛdɛbɛ
appropriate	bɛ́dɛbɛdɛ, bɛ́rɛbɛrɛ
approximateness	jàtesu
April	áwirili, kónkodibi
Arab	árabu
Arabia	árabu
Arabic country	árabu
arabicize	árabuya
arable land	sɛ̀nɛduu
arbre Trichilia emetica	sùlafinsan
archer	kálatii
ardor	bàa
are	bífɛdɛ
aren't you hungry?	bàla
arena	bára
argas tick	kódi
argue	sɔ̀sɔ
argue with smb.	sɔ̀sɔ
argument	dádɔmidakun, dàlu
arguments	dàluma
arise	bìla, bɔ́
arithmetic	kàsabiya
arithmetic, mathematics	bɔ́lɔn
arm	bólo, bólokala, kɔ̀ɲɛ, kɔ̀ɲɔ, wɔ̀nsere, wɔ̀nsere
armament	sòrimade
armed forces	sòrimaden
armful	kɔ̀nkɔn
armhole	lábɔdiya
armistice	jɔ́min
armour	bírintan
armoured	bírintanma
armpit	kàbakɔdɔla
army	kɛ̀lɛbolon, kɛ̀lɛkuru
army ant{s}	máɲan, màɲandonso
army headquaters	kúbedɔ
army officer	sòfa
around	kɛ́dɛgbɛ, pédekù
arouse	bìla
arrange	dɔ́bɛ̀n, lá, l', ɲábɔ, rɔ́bɛ̀n
arrange itself	ɲábɔ
arrest	tɛ́ɛtali
arrive	sé, sɛ́nɛ, sɛ́nɛma, s'
arrogant	dádɔgbo, dádɔgbo
arrow	bìɲɛ
arrowhead	bìɲɛ
arrow-shaped	bìɲɛlama
art	kùsanya
artful	gbánan, gbánan
arthritis	wúrundɛ, wúrunɛ
article	ártikili, sùmun, sùun
article of a low	sàriyasen
articulating poorly	dɔ́bɔɲɔɔnkɔnɛn
articulation	kùdu, kùru
artillery piece	gbɛ̀lɛ
as	íyo, yó
as a	-lama, -nama, -rɔma
as far as	bá, báà, bàan, báò, bári, báwà, báwò, báyò, bɛ́ri
as for	jáate, kàni, kànin, kònin
as for the cat, he is born with his soul (i.e., he knows what to do by himself)	cú
as long as	fàni
as soon as	bàan, bári, bɛ́ri, kótan, mɛ̂nkɛ́
ascribe sth. bad	lá, l'
ashes	bùudi, bùudigbɛ, bùuri, bùurigbɛ
ask	ɲínin, ɲìninka, tára
ask about	máɲìninka
ask smb	máɲìninka
ask smb. a question	ɲìninkali
asphalt	kèmunbo
aspirin	díminkàla
assault	bàa, bàa, bè, bèn
assaut smb.	bàa
assemble	gbàra, kùndòn, kúrufa, ládan, ládɛ̀
assembly	gbàra, jàma
assiduity	dùrukɔtɔ
assign	látɛ̀ɛ
assimilate	ɲáye
assist	jínjin, jínkin, ɲà
assistance	bánban, dɛ̀mɛn, jínjin, jínkin
assistant	dɛ̀mɛnbaa
associate	bàsan
association	dɛ̀, dɛ̀kuru, tɔ́n
assort	dɔ́tɔ̀mɔn, dɔ́tɔ̀nbɔ
assuage	lála, mála
assume proportional shapes	mábɛ̀n
assume responsibility	lɔ̀
assure	ládɛ̀nkɛnɛya
asthma	sìisaa
astonishment	bàra
astound smb.	dɔ́jà, rɔ́jà
astringency	bísikiriya
astringent	bísikiriyanin
at	báda, bára, lá, l', ná, n'
at all	féu
at home	báda, bára
at last	bán
at once	kélendi
at our home	bón
at the same time	bólofɛ̀, sènfɛ̀
at top speed	bídibidi, bíriri
athletics	dùnduma-fadimakolo
atmosphere	bándakolo, mɔ́ntɔn
atmospheric pnenomenon	yéren
atmospheric situation	bána, bánda, bándaya
atriculation of l like y	dádɔbɔyɔnkɔ
atrocity	kàdagbɛlɛya
attach smb. in escort	bìla
attack	bàa, bàa, bè, bèn, fìrintawo, kɛ́, kɛ̀lɛ, tɔ̀ɲɛɛ
attack smb.	bàa
attack!	cú
attain	bɔ́
attain a high price, grow expensive	dá
attempt	tírin
attempt to match	súmandɔ
attention	bá, bɔ̀dɛ, bɔ̀dɔ, bɔ̀rɛ, yílimalɔ
attic	bíli
attick, garret	bíli
attire of a magician or a hunter	gbɛ́rɛ
attraction	lɔ́ɔlɔ
aubergine	bàɲɔyɔ, kɔ̀bɔkɔbɔ
auction	wèntere, wɛ̀ntɛrɛ
audit	nɔ̀dɔjɛɛrɛ
augmentative	-ba
August	bàbasànkaro, dàbabila, ùti
aunt	bárinbà
aunty	nàlaka
auricle	tólofɛdɛ, tólofida
auriferous rock	bìdi, bìri
authentic	bɛ̀dɛ, bɛ̀rɛ, gbɛ́kɔlɔ
authentical	píyɔpiyɔ
author	dánbaa, sɛ́bɛyala
authorities	fàama, fàamabonda
authority	dáraja, dáraya, dáwula, lɔ̀nkela, màra
authorize	dìɲɛ, dìɲɔ, jàmari, jàmari, yàmari
auto	kɔ̀nso
autocracy	fàamaya
autocrat	fàama
autonomous	jɛ̀dɛsariyatii
autonomy	jɛ̀dɛsariyatiiya, jɛ̀dɛya
auxiliary means	bólofɛfen
available in large number/ quantity	bɛ̀dɛ, bɛ̀rɛ
avenue	bɛ́da, fòndo, fòno, mɛ́da
average	fòdoba, fòroba, mánkan
average height	fòdoba, fòroba
aversion	làgbóyaɲɛ
avert	bàli, dɛ́sɛ, kàɲa
avocado	píya, píyaju
avocado salad	píya
avocado stone	píya
avoid	fántànka, mála, mátànka
avoid talking	dátɛ̀ɛ
avunculate	bárinɲa
awaken	lákunun
awale	wàri, wòri
award	jànsa
away from one's immediate outreach	bólokɔtɔ
ax	tèeran, tɛ̀ɛran
ayyat	láfari
azure	báalama, báama, bándakololama, sánkololama