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bark
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noun
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(of a tree) fata, gunda (edible), bambar, bawon itache
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bark
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transitive verb
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(= to strip off b.) kware, kwari
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bark
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intransitive verb
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(of dogs, etc.) hafshi, hapshi, habshi, haushi, hamshi
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barking
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noun
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(of dogs, etc.) tsuwa
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barley
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noun
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shaair
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barn
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noun
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rumbu, rafonia; a large b. rufogo
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barrel of a gun
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noun
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baki, a double-barrelled gun bindiga da baki biu
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barren
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adjective
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(used of the female sex) reshin haifua, karara, matauria; a b. field sab(b)ura, sab(b)ara
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barrenness
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noun
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(of woman, etc.) tauria
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barricade
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noun
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kagara or kegarua, pl. kagaru
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barrier
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noun
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kafi
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barter
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noun
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chiniki; to b. yin chiniki, cf. bargain
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base
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adjective
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(= of low worth) banza
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base
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noun
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(= lowest part or bottom of anything) kalkashi, kalkashi or karkashi
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base
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noun
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(= support or foundation of anything) gusu, guzu, which is used physically and also figuratively
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bashful
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adjective
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see seq
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bashfulness
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noun
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kumya or kumia; to feel bashful jin kumya
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basin
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noun
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kwachia
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basis
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noun
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see base (2)
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basket
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noun
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the following are thus distinguished: large b. for salt adila or adilan kaya; large b. or pannier made of grass gufa or gufata; a kind of shallow b. lefe; small grass b. used in making bread marari; large grass b. sanfo or samfo, pl. samfuna. see under bag
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bastard
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adjective
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sheg(g)e or shege, dan farika
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bat
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noun
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diff. species of bats are: kadakara, tatapara; small b. biribiri; large-sized b. jemagi
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battle
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noun
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fama, fad(d)a, yaki, the latter is also the proper word for war, q.v
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battlefield
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noun
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kangan fad(d)a
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bawl
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noun
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yin kuka, yin ufu
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be
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verb
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1. ne with masc. subject, che with fem. subj., ke with either; they may follow the subj. but are often found at the end of their clause
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beak
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noun
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maikoto, bakin tsuntsua
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beard
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noun
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geme; b. of goat rairo
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beardless
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adjective
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shagiri, pl. shagirai
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beast
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noun
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bis(s)a, pl. bis(s)ashe or bis(s)aje, dabba or dabbo, pl. dabboni or dabbo̱bi; wild b. naman daji, firdi; wild beasts bis(s)ashen daji
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beat
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transitive verb
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buga, doke, duka, dirka, the last sometimes written tsirka, kankanta
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beat
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transitive verb
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to b. down, as earth etc. taka, tak(k)i, tsak(k)i, tsatsaga
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beat
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transitive verb
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to b. or tread grain daka, dak(k)a, dadaka, suabe, tak(k)i, tingama
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beat
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transitive verb
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to b. a drum yin worigi, see drum
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beat
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transitive verb
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to b. in war, intr. yin nas(g)ara, trans. chi
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beat
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transitive verb
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to b. in a game chi
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beaten
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particle
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adj. in sense of prec. 3. tak(k)ake, fem. tak(k)a-ka, pl. tak(k)aku
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beating
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noun
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(= a defeat in war) artai
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beautiful
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adjective
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keau, da keau, maikeau or maikiyo; very b. keaukeawa
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beauty
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noun
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of persons and things keau
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beauty
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noun
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of dress, ornaments etc. ado; great b. keau-keawa
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because
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conjunction
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don, chewa or chiwa, dominchewa, gama, wacha-nanka, zama; chewa and dominchewa are used in written, but not in colloquial hausa
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because of
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preposition
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domin, don, sabbada, sabbado or sabboda, zama
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beckon
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verb
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ged(d)a, to b. with the head (in token of assent) ged(d)a kai, kada kai
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become
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intransitive verb
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(= to come to
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become
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intransitive verb
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(= to befit, to be proper) kamata, kamache
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becoming
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adjective
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(= lawful, ceremonially right) halal, halas or hallata, daidai; it is b. ya yi daidai
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bed
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noun
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gad(d)o, pl. gad(d)aji or gad(d)ashi, kuraga; to go to b. kwanta; a b. of mud dakali; cf. seq
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bee
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noun
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kudan zumua, pl. kudashen zumua; spec. large kind of b. burbura, small black b. gal(l)a and rekua; an edible part of the b. gal(l)a; young of b. gudajen zumua
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beef
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noun
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naman sa; naman shanu
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beehive
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noun
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ainiya, butumi, pl. butuma, gid(d)an zumua
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beeswax
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noun
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dankon zumua, kakin zumua
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beetle
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noun
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spec. large, black, long-legged b. gorgunguma; stinking b. guana, guano; scarlet, woolly b. malufi or mulufi
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befall
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intransitive verb
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same, sama, samo; it befell him ya sameshi
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befit
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intransitive verb
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kamata, kama, kamache, daidai
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before
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adverb
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of time dafari, tukuna or tukuna(n)a, nada, kama nada, kamanda, wuri and dawuri or dauri; in former time lokachin daa
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befriend
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transitive verb
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see assist
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beg
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verb
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(= to entreat, supplicate) biko, roko
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beg
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verb
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(= to ask a thing of, as alms) barra, yin barra, roko (?); i beg pardon gafera or gafera mani or mini
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beget
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transitive verb
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(of the male) haife
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beggar
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noun
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maibarra, mobarachi, mainroko, almajiri, fem. almajira, pl. almajirai, gardi; spec. an idle b. maikasala, a b. on the road masarchi, a b. who sings a great man's praises maabba, one who lives by begging food kwarika or kwararka
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begging
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noun
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marokachi, rokachi
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begin
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verb
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fara, yin fara, dora, soma
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beguile
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transitive verb
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rude
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behave
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intransitive verb
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(= to turn out, prove) zama
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behaviour
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noun
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(= character, conduct) hal(i)i
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behead
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transitive verb
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yenke g 3, debe kai
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behind
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adverb
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baya or baia, abaya, dag(g)a baya; that which is b. abin baya
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behind
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preposition
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baya or baya ga, with suff. prons. gare
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behold
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verb
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duba, dubo, gan(n)i, tsokachi, yin kal(l)o; exclam. phr. duba! b. him or it gàshi! b. her or it gàta!
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belabour
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transitive verb
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buga; cf. beat
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belch
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intransitive verb
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gesa, geasa
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belief
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noun
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(= creed) addini
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belief
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noun
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(= credence) bangaskia
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believe
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verb
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to b. a fact gaskata, gaskanta, to b. a person bada gaskia, yin gaskia constr. with prep. ga, to b. in hankora, kas(a)ada as to b. in god
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believed in
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participle
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adj. yerdade, fem. yerdada, pl. yerdadu
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believer
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noun
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mumini or mumuni
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bell
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noun
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small b. attached to horse gorje, gurje, kar(r)au or kar(r)o, pl. karanrawa; small bells on horses' heads chikasoro
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bellow
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intransitive verb
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ruri
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bellows
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noun
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mafuri, mafurin wuta, zigazigai, zigazigai or (f 188) zugazuganata; a man who blows b. mazig; the stick of the b. maziga
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belly
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noun
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chik(k)i; cf. abdomen
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belong
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intransitive verb
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(= to be the property of) na, fem. ta with the forms of the v. to be
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belong
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intransitive verb
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(= to be native of)
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belongings
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noun
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(= property) dukia, and in a still more general sense abubua
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beloved
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noun
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masoyi, fem. masoya, pl. masoyu, lele or nalele; a thing b. abin ƙamma
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belt
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noun
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maratayi, abin damre, madanrre; b. for sword hamilu
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bench
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noun
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kushera, pl. kusheru
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bend
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transitive verb
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kalmas(a), kalma(s)he, karkat(t)a, kakartsa, tankosa, tankwas(a), tonkwoshe (?); spec. karkat(t)a or kakartsa with or without kune (ear) to b. down (the ear) in order to attend to what is
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bending
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noun
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laudi
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beneath
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adverb
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and prep. see below
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beneficial
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adjective
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see seq
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benefit
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noun
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anfani; of b. (= beneficial) da anfani, maianfani
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benevolence
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noun
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(= an act of b.) keauta, abin keauta
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bent
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adjective
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gangare or gangara, pl. gangaru; b. or tottering, as of a wall, karikache, fem. karikata, pl. karikatu; a man with a b. arm mailaushi, with a b. leg gwami, old man with b. back takoko
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benumbed, to be
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intransitive verb
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gage or gaga; my foot is b. dela ya kama kaffata
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bereavement
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noun
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kewa or kiwa
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beseech
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verb
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see ask
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beseem
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verb
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see befit
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beside
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preposition
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(= at the side of) woje, awojen; in a looser sense, kus(s)a ga, tare da
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besides
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preposition
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bamda, baya, bayan, baia, baian, baya ga
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