Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| a | he (nominative) |
| abangà | to gather insects |
| abarka• | buffalo |
| abda• | slave |
| abdambò | dirty slave |
| abdiya• | slavery |
| abdo• | bondage |
| abdulahi | servant of god |
| abkara | commoner |
| abra | heaven |
| adak | far |
| adama | language |
| adami | language speaker |
| adara | old |
| adata | mercenary |
| adma | sacrilege |
| admavo | rant |
| admawa | speech |
| adraka | white man |
| adrama | financial |
| adái | to exist |
| afar | soil |
| afara | to have stomach issues |
| afarata | to have diarrhea in order to eat more, to be excessively gluttonous |
| afari | indigenous |
| afarmorat• | snow |
| afartaba | plateau |
| afboka | silver (low quality) |
| afna | here |
| afra | there |
| afwa | to nap |
| afàm | wrong |
| agaja | wild goat, hunted by Damawa |
| aganda | south |
| agandu | crocodile |
| agarambá | shrub worn by masquerades |
| agará | green |
| agra | to buy |
| agír | leaf |
| ahagi• | farmer |
| aham | food |
| ahla | gust |
| ajam | script |
| akaga | to tickle |
| akahan | to form a group |
| akali | word |
| akam | brown |
| akamabo | nomad |
| akana | human being |
| akar | to plough |
| akariya | chieftaincy |
| akawra | chief |
| akna | forest |
| aknaka | to pee on a pole |
| akni | Fang (Fang tribe) |
| akraba | child |
| akrada | north |
| akrama | niece |
| akwati | box |
| akwàr | gazelle |
| akàm | to fight |
| akàr | moon |
| alangà | stream |
| alhaja | alhaja |
| alhaji | alhaji |
| alim | scholar |
| allah | god |
| almarafa | thunderstorm |
| am | but |
| ama | less |
| amal | work |
| amalobà | bush (savannah, sahel type) |
| amalà | dry |
| amalàmbò | drought |
| amana | faithful |
| amas | drink |
| amavá | idiot |
| amba | rice |
| amba baraka | blessing rice (Damawa delicacy) |
| ambapàka | duiker rice (served steamed, grilled or smoked) |
| ambava• | dog (dialectal) |
| amir | leader |
| amrafa | to strike |
| amrafase | to beat violently to death |
| amrafà | to cause yourself to end up in a horrible situation |
| amrat | hill |
| amsa | soup |
| amsala• | contract |
| amsali• | contractor |
| an | me (oblique) |
| an | to come |
| anaga | milk, cow milk |
| anga | little |
| angabu• | hippo |
| angál | village |
| anjàmba• | small alley |
| anka | tribe |
| anka | vision |
| 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 |
| deli | princess |
| 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 |
| fawà | nap |
| faya | sheep |
| fi | fire |
| fik | law |
| fika | firewood |
| fili | wire |
| firawni• | oppressive |
| firi | vulva |
| firik | soft (surface) |
| firé | light |
| fitna | conflict |
| fodim | flat |
| fodim | farmland |
| fom | five |
| fomspà | 15 |
| forò | diarrhea |
| foyi• | ram |
| frakam | shit |
| frigi | fridge |
| fuda | bird |
| fumo | fifth |
| furo | fourth |
| fusil• | gun, modern gun |
| 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 |
| hoziva | bandit |
| 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 |
| insan | human being |
| 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 |
| okaga | river |
| 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 |
| tumanina | stoicism |
| 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 | in conclusion |
| vama | death |
| vamà | mutton, lamb |
| vana | this |
| vana | to stare |
| 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 | like (like something) |
| vata | that |
| 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 |