| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ka fɛn labɛn | to prepare something |
| halisa | up to the present |
| ka fɛn dilan | to prepare something |
| daraka | breakfast |
| nɔnɔ | milk |
| nbuuru | bread |
| ka fɛn dun | to eat something |
| sɛfan | chicken egg |
| kini | cooked rice |
| pɔmitɛrɛ | potato |
| sogo | meat |
| seri | porridge |
| ka fɛn min | to drink something |
| ka fɛn tobi | to prepare something |
| dɔɔnin | a little bit of |
| seri dɔɔnin | a little bit of porridge |
| kosɛbɛ | much, a lot of |
| dumunikɛlaba | gourmand, pig, overeater |
| ka di | delicious (di = honey) |
| sufɛ | during the night, at night |
| wa | and, thus, then |
| kɔngɔ | hunger |
| kɔngɔ bɛ'n na | I'm hungry |
| A yɛ B yɛ | A is B |
| N y'a ɲinin mɔgɔ fε mɔgɔ ka (infinitive verb) | I would like that someone (mɔgɔ) does (infinitive verb) |
| a balabalalen dɔn | it's boiled |
| a yirannen dɔn | it's fried |
| ka fεn tintin | to sift something |
| ka fεn farabɔ | to peel (shell) something |
| ka fεn wɔrɔn | to shell (peel) something |
| ka fεn ɲagamin | to mix something |
| ka X kε Y la | to put X in Y |
| ka X fara Y kan | to add X to Y |
| ka dɔ bɔ a la | to reduce it (to take some off it) |
| ka sumaya i kɔnɔ | bonne digestion (may it cool in your stomach) |
| ku | yam |
| suw ka ɲɔgɔn wεlε banbatɔ, o yε Ala ka latigε yε | that's the kettle calling the pot black (when the sick are called dead, that's the will of God) |
| kɔjugu folo yε mɔgɔ karamɔgɔ yε | once burned twice shy (the first mean thing is a person's teacher) |
| ka fεn yira | to fry something |
| ka sogo yirran | to grill meat |
| ka fεn bɔson | to pluck (to skin) |
| ka suma I kɔnɔ | may it cool in your stomach (bonne digestion) |
| ne ye dumunikɛ ka ban | I just ate (ka ban: just finished doing something) |
| I ka tasuma mana | light the fire |
| shɛ ka jiran | fry the chicken |
| malo ka tɔmɔ | pick the junk out of the rice |
| ka tɔmɔ | to pick out (to weed out) |
| tasuma ɲɔni k'a fyɛ | poke and fan the fire |
| ka nbuuru gosi | to make bread |
| ka funun | to rise (to swell esp. of bread) |
| ka wusu | to bake (of bread, to smoke of fish) |
| tɛmɛ | sifter |
| a bɛ ɲini ka mɔ | it almost done (bɛ ɲini ka: to be almost) |
| fan (kili) | egg |
| tabali pari | set the table |
| dumuni bɔ | bring out the food |
| kutu (koyiɛri) | spoon |
| kutu min ka bon nin ye, n bɛ o fɛ | the spoon that I want is bigger |
| muru | knife |
| muru da duman | sharp knife |
| salati tɔ tɛ mara | don't save the leftover salad |
| todaga | cooking pot |
| ka ɲɔ fɔlɔ | preliminary pounding of grain |
| ka ɲɔ susu | to pound grain into meal |
| ka ɲɔ suuru | to winnow grain |
| ka mugu bɔ (ka ɲɔ si) | to make flour |
| ɲɛɲɛ | coarse meal |
| kolon | mortar |
| kolonkala | pestle |
| wugu | lower millstone |
| wuguden | upper millstone |
Combine with other sets
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