sun

From Arabic صَوْم (ṣawm, “fasting; abstaining from food, drink, and sex”), from Classical Syriac ܨܘܡܐ (ṣawmāʾ).


ci

thatch, especially of the species Diheteropogon grandiflorus


ci

ò cí bɛ́ í kàn

cí kɛ́

cí tɛ́ nìn ná


base

a bush taxi, a common type of public transit


da

Hibiscus cannabinus
Hibiscus cannabinus#Translingual

plant that is source of kenaf fiber (Hibiscus cannabinus)

Hibiscus sabdariffa
Hibiscus sabdariffa#Translingual


bana

Ceiba pentandra
Ceiba pentandra#Translingual


bɔgɔlanfini

→ English: bogolan

bɔgɔ (mud) + lan (verbal suffix of instrumentation) + fini (cloth)


mago

N mago bɛ X la

ní à màgo jɔ̀ra fɛ́n mín ná...

if he has a pressing need for something...

ka kɛɲɛ ni u magow ye

An mago bɛ i ka dɛmɛni na


jala

Khaya senegalensis
Khaya senegalensis#Translingual


cogo

ò cógo lá

à yé cógo sɔ̀rɔ

à cógo mán ɲì

à bɛ́ cógo dí ?


hakili

a hakili ka di

a hakili bɔ́ra

a hakili ma yɛlɛma


fanga

Fanga b'a la.

Amadu Tumani Ture sigira fanga la tuguni.


tufin

Acacia ataxacantha (now Senegalia ataxacantha, flame thorn)

Acacia pennata (now Senegalia pennata subsp. pennata)


balansan

Faidherbia albida
Faidherbia albida#Translingual


nɛrɛ

→ French: néré

Parkia biglobosa
Parkia biglobosa#Translingual


jenbe

(music) drum made with hollow wood and animal skin, djembe


adamaden

baba, adamaden bɛɛ ka kan


jankaro

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan jànkaro.


sán

sán bɛ́ nà


bagan

From Arabic بَغْل (baḡl). Possibly cognate with Eastern Maninkakan bíyan.


ncɔgɔn

[nʃɔ˨ɡɔ̃ꜜɔ̃˨]


dɛn

Specifically tsetse fly (Glossina palpalis).


jeli

A member of the hereditary caste of griots among the Mandé peoples, whose social roles include transmitting their people's oral traditions and playing traditional music (jeliya).


hadamaden

baba, hadamaden bɛɛ ka kan


kálo

From Proto-Western Mande *gáròᴺ. Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan káro.


dafiɲɛ

da + fiɲɛ. Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan dáfɔɲɔ.


denkɛ

From den (“son”) + kɛ. Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan dénkɛ.


duguba

From dugu (“village”) + -ba (“augmentative suffix”).


nsiranɛgɛ

From nsìra (“yellow copper”) + nɛgɛ (“iron”).


npogotigi

From npògo (“female underwear”) + -tigi (“owner”).


nkɔyɔ

bitter tomato, african eggplant, Solanum aethiopicum


balimamuso

From balima (“sibling”) + muso (“woman”).


ngɔni

ngoni, a traditional lute played by griots


ntomi

Tamarindus indica
Tamarindus indica#Translingual


kɔra

kora, traditional 21 stringed harp played by griots


kɔɔri

Gossypium hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum#Translingual


tɛmɛ

ntɛmɛ


tɛmɛ

an oversight, omission, something forgotten


furunafolo

From furu (“marriage”) + nafolo (“riches, wealth”).


nakɔ

garden, plot of land for growing vegetables


nɛgɛdaga

From nɛgɛ (“iron, metal”) + daga (“jar, pot”).


bawɔlɔ

Alopochen aegyptiaca
Alopochen aegyptiaca#Translingual


nɛgɛso

From nɛgɛ (“iron, metal”) + so (“horse”).


baganmara

From bagan (“animal”) + mara (“to keep, guard”).


bakurubasanni

From bakuruba (“group”) + sanni (“purchcasing, shopping”).


bajalan

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan bájaran.


banakisɛ

head

banakisɛ (tone bà.na.ki.sɛ, plural banakisɛw)

From bana (“sickness”) + -kisɛ (“grain”).


marali

marali waati


kɛnɛ

"Ala ko: «Kɛnɛ ka bɔ.» Kɛnɛ bɔra"

"And God said, "let light appear". Light appeared"


karamɔgɔ

From Arabic قَرأَ (“to read”) + mɔgɔ (“person”).


kuluba

From kulu (“hill”) + -ba (“augmentative suffix”).


alijɛnɛ

From Arabic الْجَنَّة (al-janna). Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan àrijana.


keninge

Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum bicolor#Translingual

a type of sorghum Sorghum bicolor (syn. Sorghum gambicum)


kiritigɛla

kíritigɛla (canonical)
kiiritigɛla (alternative)


dabɔlɔ

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan dágbala.


dafɛn

From da + fɛn. Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan dánfen.


saɲɔ

sàɲɔ (canonical)
sanyò (alternative)
sanyɔ (alternative)

French: sanio

Cenchrus americanus
Cenchrus americanus#Translingual

Pennisetum glaucum
Pennisetum glaucum#Translingual

Cenchrus americanus (syn. Pennisetum glaucum; pearl millet)


jikankurun

From ji (“water”) + kan (“on”) + kurun (“stool, canoe”).


ɲɔgɔn

ò ɲɔ̀gɔn tɛ́!

sàn tán ɲɔ̀gɔn

kàlankɛɲɔgɔn

sìɲɔgɔn


cibɔ

From cí (“task, job”) + bɔ (“to go out”).


ciden

From ci (“to be sent, commissioned”) + den (“child”).


jɔ̀nya

From jɔ̀n (“slave”) + -ya (“abstract noun”). Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan jɔ̀nya (“slavery”).


kùntigi

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan kùntii. From kùn (“head”) + tigi (“leader”).


jàbere

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan jáabɛrɛ.


háwusakala

From háwusa (“Hausa”) + kala (“stem”). Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan háwusakala (“sugarcane”).


jùrumu

From Arabic جُرْم (jurm, “crime, sin, wrongdoing”).


táalan

From táa (“to go”) + -lan (“instrumental suffix”).

suffix

that which makes (something) go, that which comes with


táala

From táa (“to go”) + -la (“agent suffix”).

Trípoli táala


táabaa

From táa (“to go”) + -baa (“occasional agent suffix”).

nàbaa yé táabaa yé


tàfo

a type of charm, amulet, talisman, gri-gri


nàsira

From nà (“to come”) + sira (“path”). Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan násuru.


náamu

Perhaps related to Eastern Maninkakan náwun.


sánfiɲɛ

From sán (“sky”) + fiɲɛ (“wind”). Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan sánfɔɲɔ.


sìgida

From sìgi (“to sit”) + da (“mouth”). Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan sìida.


sìgidolo

From sìgi (“to sit down”) + dolo (“star”).


tɔ̀gɔ̀tɔ̀gɔ̀nin

head

tɔ̀gɔ̀tɔ̀gɔ̀nin


kàtilaka

Eupodotis senegalensis
Eupodotis senegalensis#Translingual


lábilali

From lá- (“causative prefix”) + bila (“to put”) + -li (“action-noun suffix”).


fàgali

From fàga (“to kill”) + -li (“action-noun suffix”).


dáyɛlɛlan

From dáyɛlɛ (“to open”) + -lan (“instrumental suffix”).


kɔ̀gɔji

From kɔ̀gɔ (“salt”) + ji (“water”). Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan kɔ̀ɔji.


kɔ̀gɔjida

From kɔ̀gɔji (“sea, ocean”) + da (“mouth”).


sùmangosi

From sùman (“harvest”) + gosi (“beating”).


sòku

a bowed string instrument, similar to a violin


sɔ̀mɔ

Anacardium occidentale
Anacardium occidentale#Translingual


yànfan

From yàn (“here, this place”) + fan (“side”).


npògo

female underwear, a garment which covers the pudendum muliebre


nsáajɛ

Vachellia seyal (gum arabic tree, shittim wood, thirty thorn, whistling tree)


bàanan

Vachellia nilotica
Vachellia nilotica#Translingual


mɔgɔkɔrɔba

mɔgɔ + kɔ̀rɔ


jeliya

(literally) The state or quality of being a jeli.

The essential traditions, practices and art of the jeliw.


bakɔnɔnin

From ba (“river”) + kɔnɔ (“bird”) + nin (“small”).

compound

Pluvianus aegyptius
Pluvianus aegyptius#Translingual


bubunin

Erythrocebus patas
Erythrocebus patas#Translingual


foɲɛ

Gyps rueppellii
Gyps rueppellii#Translingual