Zarma — top 341 words

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#	Zarma	English
1		hello — the all-purpose Zarma greeting (also used for thanks)
2		how are you? (lit. how you are-located?)
3		I am fine / in good health
4		in good health — standard reply to greetings
5		how is the village / how is home? (greeting)
6		how is the work? (greeting)
7		how did you sleep? (morning greeting)
8		see you later (lit. until addition)
9		see you tomorrow / until tomorrow
10		my name is Yakuba (pattern: ay ma ka ti …)
11		yes
12		no
13		to thank; thanks
14		please (lit. I beg you)
15		forgive me / excuse me
16		that's enough / OK
17		come here
18		I don't know
19		I want / I like (it)
20		I don't want (it)
21		what is this?
22		how much is it? (price)
23		sleep well (night farewell)
24		fine, wonderful (approving reply)
25		one; a certain (indefinite marker after noun)
26		two
27		three
28		four
29		five
30		six
31		seven
32		eight
33		nine
34		ten
35		eleven (ten remainder one)
36		fifteen (ten remainder five)
37		twenty
38		thirty
39		forty
40		fifty
41		sixty
42		seventy
43		eighty
44		ninety
45		one hundred
46		two hundred
47		one thousand
48		person, human being
49		people (definite plural of boro)
50		human being, child of Adam
51		man, male
52		woman, female
53		child
54		child, offspring; diminutive suffix
55		son (male child)
56		daughter (female child)
57		father
58		mother
59		younger sibling
60		elder sibling
61		husband
62		wife
63		friend
64		Islamic teacher, marabout; learned person
65		griot, praise-singer and oral historian
66		compound, household; family enclosure
67		head; also the postposition 'on'
68		eye; face
69		ear
70		nose
71		mouth; opening, doorway
72		tongue
73		tooth
74		neck; voice
75		hand, arm
76		foot, leg
77		belly, stomach
78		heart; seat of emotion
79		skin, hide
80		bone
81		blood
82		body hair, fur
83		bird
84		dog
85		cat
86		lion (lit. big cat)
87		cow, ox; cattle
88		sheep
89		goat
90		horse
91		donkey
92		camel
93		chicken, hen
94		snake
95		mosquito
96		fish
97		water
98		river; the Niger River
99		earth, soil; land, country
100		stone, rock
101		tree
102		tree (lit. tree-mother)
103		grass
104		bush, countryside, wilderness
105		field, farm plot
106		sun
107		moon; month
108		star
109		sky; up, above
110		ground; down, below
111		wind, air
112		fire
113		sand
114		rain (lit. sky water)
115		food
116		evening meal; millet paste, the staple dish
117		millet, the staple grain
118		beans, cowpeas
119		meat
120		bread
121		milk
122		oil, fat
123		orange, citrus fruit
124		onion
125		tomato
126		salt
127		hot pepper, chili
128		sugar
129		hunger
130		thirst
131		house, hut, home
132		doorway, entrance of a house
133		book; paper, letter
134		pen, writing instrument
135		table
136		iron, metal
137		gold
138		silver
139		money
140		things, goods, belongings
141		wrapper, cloth (women's garment)
142		clothes, clothing
143		knife
144		calabash, gourd bowl
145		cooking pot
146		cotton
147		village, town, home settlement
148		market
149		road, path, way
150		school (from French l'école)
151		doctor (from French le docteur)
152		medicine, remedy, treatment
153		pain, illness
154		car, motor vehicle
155		boat, pirogue
156		front; in front of (postposition)
157		back, behind (postposition)
158		in, inside (postposition)
159		under, beneath (postposition)
160		middle; between (postposition, as in game ra)
161		at (someone's) place, chez (postposition)
162		to, for (dative postposition)
163		now
164		today
165		tomorrow
166		yesterday; also: black
167		morning
168		evening
169		night
170		day, daytime
171		night spent; to pass the night
172		time, moment
173		when, at the time that
174		since, from (a time)
175		until; up to
176		year
177		Sunday
178		Monday
179		Tuesday
180		Wednesday
181		Thursday
182		Friday; the Muslim day of prayer
183		Saturday
184		to go; also: owner, master (suffix)
185		to come
186		to eat
187		to drink
188		to sleep, to lie down
189		to get up, to rise
190		to sit, to stay, to dwell
191		to do, to make
192		to say
193		to say, to tell
194		to want, to love; to be numerous
195		to know
196		to see
197		to hear; to feel; to understand (a language)
198		to cry, to weep; (of a bird) to sing
199		to laugh
200		to walk, to travel
201		to run
202		to buy
203		to sell
204		to give; also: predicative 'it is'
205		to receive, to accept
206		to pick up, to take
207		to bring
208		to take along, to lead away
209		to put, to put into
210		to go out, to exit
211		to enter
212		to return, to go back
213		to descend, to dismount, to lodge
214		to climb, to mount
215		to follow; to obey
216		to be able, can; to overcome
217		to get, to obtain
218		to kill
219		to hit, to strike
220		to cut
221		to throw
222		to pull
223		to be tired
224		to work; work, job
225		to write
226		to read; to study
227		to learn
228		to teach (causative of learn)
229		to show
230		to speak, to talk
231		to understand
232		to ask
233		to listen
234		to forgive, to pardon
235		to fix, to repair, to arrange
236		to wash, to bathe
237		to add, to increase
238		to finish, to be finished
239		to begin
240		to last a long time, to delay
241		to leave, to let, to allow
242		to die
243		to be alive, to live
244		to give birth to, to beget
245		to steal
246		to spoil, to ruin
247		big, large; great
248		small, little; younger
249		many, much, a lot
250		good, beautiful
251		bad, evil
252		bad, mean, ill-tempered
253		sweet, pleasant, agreeable
254		long, tall
255		short
256		heavy
257		white
258		red
259		old, worn (of things)
260		new
261		hot, warm
262		cold; coldness, cold season
263		truth; true
264		lie, falsehood
265		wealth, riches
266		mind, intelligence, care
267		right, due (plural: alhakey)
268		free person, noble
269		freedom, liberty
270		speech, language, word, matter
271		language, speech (as in Zarma Ciine)
272		the Zarma language
273		European, Westerner, white foreigner
274		I, me
275		you (singular)
276		he, she, it; him, her
277		we, us
278		you (plural)
279		they, them
280		this, that (demonstrative)
281		this one
282		thus, like that, so
283		if; when; and (joining nouns)
284		with; and
285		or
286		but
287		because, for
288		who, which, that (relative marker)
289		all, every, each
290		each other, one another
291		indefinite plural enclitic ('some …')
292		to be (located), to exist (locative 'be')
293		not to be; negative incompletive marker
294		to be (equative, linking two nouns)
295		subjunctive marker; name
296		incompletive (habitual/future) marker
297		negative completive marker (did not)
298		who?
299		what?
300		where?
301		how many? how much?
302		how?
303		when?
304		why? (lit. for what?)
305		God (lit. Our-Master)
306		to pray; prayer, religious festival
307		blessing, abundance (also: no thanks, at market)
308		praise God — common reply meaning all is well
309		health, well-being; peace
310		help, mutual aid
311		to help; body, side
312		to wait; to watch over
313		understanding, comprehension
314		teacher, instructor
315		teacher, one who makes others read
316		student, reader
317		Zarma identity, Zarma way of life
318		puppy (lit. dog child)
319		calf (lit. cow child)
320		well, water source (lit. water mouth)
321		hole; well
322		walled town, city
323		Niamey, capital of Niger
324		Niger (the country)
325		midday, noon (lit. day middle)
326		face (lit. eye top)
327		journey on foot, walking trip
328		main road, highway (lit. big road)
329		hot water
330		cold water
331		cooked meat (hina = to cook)
332		to cook; to be cooked
333		to wash (something)
334		to dig
335		to sow, to plant
336		to finish off completely (serial verbs)
337		to gather, to assemble
338		to separate, to divide; to leave
339		different, other; to be different
340		one (counting form); another one
341		two (counting form)