| English |
Dagbanli
|
| aardvark |
timbuŋ
|
| abdomen (lower) |
saɣiŋga
|
| abortion |
bikpaɣibu
|
| acacia |
goo
|
| acha grass, fonio, 'hungry-grass/rice' |
kabiga
|
| ache, pain [n.] |
yaali
|
| acne |
dakolizini
|
| aerial yam |
firiginli
|
| agama lizard |
baŋa
|
| Akan person |
Kambɔŋa
|
| albino |
zabiga
|
| albino person |
boliŋga
|
| animal |
biŋkɔbigu
|
| ant |
guluŋgua
|
| Arab |
Laribu
|
| artery |
ʒisoli
|
| arthritis, swelling in the joints |
kambɔŋgbara
|
| Ashanti person |
Kambɔŋa
|
| Asian, Lebanese person |
Kɔtachi
|
| Assemblies of God church |
aleluyani
|
| athlete's foot |
shinshimi
|
| avocado (-pear) |
paya
|
| baboon |
kparili
|
| back (anat.) |
yaaŋa
|
| balloon |
abinfuura
|
| bambara bean |
simkpilli
|
| banana |
kɔdu
|
| bark (of tree) |
pɔɣu
|
| bat, fruit-bat |
zɔŋ
|
| bats |
zɔna
|
| bauxite |
looloo
|
| beans |
waache
|
| bear |
bɛɛ
|
| bed |
bindoo
|
| bed bug |
balimkpɛɣu
|
| bee |
shia
|
| belly |
puli, puu
|
| belly, stomach (internal) |
pua
|
| bird |
nooŋa, dirigu
|
| bitter, to be v. to]]
|
| black, to be ~ v. sabili]]
|
| black-eyed pea |
tuuli
|
| bladder (anat.) |
dulinsurigu
|
| blood |
ʒim, kɔri
|
| boat |
ŋariŋ
|
| body-hair |
kɔbigu
|
| bone |
kɔbili
|
| bones kɔba]]
|
| borassus palm |
kpukpaliga
|
| bottle (calabash) |
sagboo
|
| bovine |
nahu
|
| bow (for shooting) |
tɔbu
|
| bow (musical) |
jɛnjili
|
| brain pl. zuɣupuri]]
|
| branch of a tree |
wulli
|
| breast (female) |
bihili
|
| breastbone |
gabili
|
| breath |
vuhim
|
| bronze |
daa^nya
|
| broom |
sɔɣu
|
| buffalo |
yɔnahu
|
| bugle, horn |
bani
|
| Bugum, fire-festival |
buɣim
|
| bushbaby |
mabiga
|
| bush-cow |
yɔnahu
|
| bush turkey |
namiɔŋ
|
| Bustard (bird) |
namiɔŋ
|
| butter |
bihikpam
|
| calf of leg |
bee
|
| calyx |
wuba
|
| camel |
laakumi
|
| canary |
tiita
|
| cane rat |
ŋɔŋli
|
| canoe |
ŋariŋ
|
| cassava |
banchi, katiŋguŋa
|
| caterpillar |
zunzuli
|
| cattle (crossbreed of zebu and shorthorn) pl. gɔbidola]]
|
| cattle-egret |
laɣipiɛliga, naɣipiɛriga
|
| Caucasian, person of ~ race |
Nasara
|
| caves pl. gburuŋkaba]]
|
| cereal/s |
kahu
|
| charcoal pl. sala]]
|
| chicken |
noo
|
| child |
bia
|
| cinnamon |
sinnamɔn
|
| civet |
zini
|
| civet, two-spotted |
jaŋkumbuŋ
|
| civets zina]]
|
| cockroach |
lɛligu
|
| coconut |
kpakpa
|
| coconut palm |
kpukpaliga
|
| cocoyam |
bankani
|
| coffee |
tii
|
| coin |
laɣifu
|
| colobus |
ŋmansuliga
|
| comb |
afi
|
| consumption, TB. |
paɣikɔhiŋgu
|
| corn, cooked ~ |
yɔrɔyɔro
|
| corn, yellow ~ |
kawaanʒee
|
| cotton, kapok |
gumdi
|
| coucal |
kunoolɔɣu
|
| cow |
nahu
|
| cow pea |
tuuli
|
| cowry |
laɣifu
|
| crab |
jatolɛlle, jeeŋa
|
| cricket (insect) |
paaŋa
|
| crocodile |
nyɛbiga, nyabiga
|
| crow (bird), pied crow |
kahiŋkɔɣu
|
| cucumber |
kukomba
|
| Dagbamba language |
Dagbanli
|
| Dagbong, country of the Dagbamba |
Dagbɔŋ
|
| Dagomba Dagbambila]]
|
| Dagomba festival |
Chimsi
|
| Dagomba man |
Dagbandoo
|
| Dagomba person |
Dagbambia, Dagbana
|
| Dagomba person, young ~ |
Dagbambila
|
| Dagomba woman |
Dagbampaɣa
|
| Damba dance - first ~ ~ eleventh of the month |
Somo Damba
|
| Damba-eve |
Siŋkaafa Gahimbu Dali
|
| Damba festival |
Damba
|
| dance [type] circular dance of the Gushiegu people |
dimbu
|
| date palm |
dɔbino
|
| dates (fruit) |
dɔbino
|
| dawadawa tree |
doo
|
| demon |
kpilikpariga
|
| dew |
maligim
|
| Diospyros tree |
gaa
|
| dirt |
daɣiri
|
| disease (swelling) |
afo
|
| disease, enlargement of the spleen |
luɣili
|
| ditch |
bɔɣili
|
| dog |
baa
|
| dogs bahi]]
|
| doll |
bia
|
| donkey |
buŋa
|
| dove (domestic, or general) |
ŋmani
|
| dragonfly |
kulilia, saapaɣa
|
| drink v. nyu]]
|
| drug |
tim
|
| drum |
daliga
|
| drum (hour-glass-) |
luŋa
|
| drum, calabash~ |
bindili
|
| drum, slit-drum |
balaŋkɔn
|
| drum-skin |
gbungbamba
|
| duck |
gbun^yaɣu
|
| duiker |
kparibua
|
| dung |
bindi
|
| dung beetle |
binajaɣirigu
|
| dysentery |
pumahigu
|
| dysmenorrhoea |
kaɣiligu
|
| dysmenorrhoea, painful menstruation |
sompuɣili
|
| eagle |
tɔrili
|
| ear |
tibili
|
| earache |
sankaŋ
|
| ears |
tiba
|
| earth |
tandi
|
| earth, world |
tiŋgbani
|
| earth and rock, soft |
gbiŋgbɛli
|
| earthquake |
tiŋgbandamli
|
| earthworm |
sambarigu
|
| earwax |
tibibindi
|
| earwig |
paandɔchirigu
|
| eat (meat, bread, rice, yam ...) v. ŋubi]]
|
| eat, consume v. di]]
|
| eczema |
gbani
|
| egg |
galli
|
| eggs gala]]
|
| egret |
laɣipiɛliga, naɣipiɛliga
|
| egusi pl. nili]]
|
| eight num. anii]]
|
| eighteen num. pisaayika]]
|
| eighteenth day of Damba, day for homage |
Naa Damba
|
| eighth day |
naba dali
|
| eighty num. pihinii]]
|
| elbow |
kpuŋkpaŋgua
|
| elbow joint |
kpuŋkpani
|
| electric fish |
niɣilinli
|
| elephant |
wɔbigu, wɔbilaa
|
| elephant (epithet) |
binjua
|
| elephants |
wɔbiri
|
| elephantiasis |
napɔntimtimli
|
| elephantiasis of the scrotum |
poli
|
| elephantiasis sufferer |
polilana
|
| eleven num. piniyini]]
|
| enema |
gbinchibili
|
| enema (procedure) |
duula
|
| epidemic |
alɔbo
|
| ethnic group |
birili
|
| ethnic group, tribe |
balli
|
| eunuch |
namɔɣili
|
| Europe |
Tuure
|
| European |
Anashaara, Silimiŋa
|
| European person |
gbampiɛlli
|
| ewe |
piɛnyaŋ
|
| Ewe |
Aligbe
|
| ewe lamb |
piɛsabila, piɛsaa
|
| eye |
nini, nifu
|
| eye(ball) |
nimbila
|
| eye/s |
nin-
|
| eyeball |
nimbiɛlim
|
| face |
ninni, nina
|
| face, surface, facet of an object |
nini
|
| famly, brotherhood, a family affair |
mabiligu
|
| famous person |
yulilana
|
| fan palm |
kpukpaliga
|
| fan-palm leaves |
kpukpaligbɔŋ
|
| farm, field |
puu
|
| farm produce |
atam
|
| farms pl. puri]]
|
| fart |
binfam
|
| fat |
kpam
|
| fat, to be v. bara]]
|
| father |
ba
|
| fatigue |
wumsim
|
| fat of an animal |
biŋkpam
|
| feather (chicken's) |
nɔkɔbigu
|
| feathers |
kɔbigu
|
| female adj. 'nyaŋ]]
|
| female (esp. ~-baby) |
paɣa
|
| female, young |
-saa
|
| female animal |
binnyaŋ
|
| ferry |
lɔŋchi
|
| fertility |
kulim
|
| festival |
chuɣu
|
| field |
polo
|
| field mouse [sp.] |
sabitiŋgbuŋ
|
| fields wahi]]
|
| fifteen num. pinaanu]]
|
| fifty num. pihinu]]
|
| fig tree |
kiŋkaŋa
|
| fin |
goo
|
| finger |
nubila
|
| fire |
buɣim
|
| fire believed to be caused by witchcraft |
sɔbuɣim
|
| fire-festival, Bugum |
buɣim
|
| firefly |
buɣimtitia
|
| firepan pl. moorisi]]
|
| fireplace |
daaŋa
|
| fish (general) |
ziŋa
|
| fish bones pl. sahi]]
|
| fish-hook |
goo
|
| five num. anu, -nu]]
|
| flame/s |
nɛm
|
| flatulence |
binfam
|
| flea |
baŋkaŋa
|
| flies zɔhi]]
|
| flint |
chɛribo
|
| flint knife |
piliŋ
|
| flints chɛba]]
|
| flood |
kɔkpɛɣu
|
| flour |
zim
|
| flowers |
pum
|
| flowers of (false-)silk-cotton |
vabipum
|
| fly, biting |
pɔɣu
|
| fly, house-fly |
zoo
|
| fly, to ~ v. yiɣi]]
|
| flying ant, termite |
chami
|
| flying creature |
yiɣirigu
|
| flying-fox |
zɔŋ, zunzɔŋ
|
| folk-story |
silinli
|
| folktale |
salinli
|
| fonio, acha grass, 'hungry-grass/rice' |
kabiga
|
| foot |
nabili
|
| forearm |
kpuŋkaŋa
|
| forefather |
yabidoo
|
| forefinger |
Naawuni nubila
|
| forehead |
gbɛɣu
|
| foreheads gbɛri]]
|
| foreign(er) |
tinzun
|
| foreign countries tiŋduya]]
|
| foreigner |
sana
|
| foreigners pl. tinduyanima, tinzunnima]]
|
| forelimb |
nuu
|
| forest |
bɔŋ
|
| four num. anahi]]
|
| fourteen num. pinaanahi]]
|
| fowl gbungbuŋ]]
|
| fowl (featherless) |
babili
|
| fowl-lice |
nɔyuni
|
| fowls nɔhi]]
|
| Frafra/Farefare, person from Upper Region |
Guringa
|
| Frafra/Farefare language |
Gurunli
|
| Frafra/Farefare man, man from Upper Region |
Gurundoo, Gurunpaɣa
|
| FraFra potato |
piɛhili
|
| fragrance |
vum
|
| francolin |
kɔringa
|
| French person |
Fariŋga
|
| French-speaking territory |
Fariŋgu
|
| fried yam |
dundunkolo
|
| frog |
lɔŋ
|
| frogs lɔna]]
|
| fruit |
walli
|
| fruit (in general), fruits |
binwalli
|
| fruit-bat |
zɔŋ, zunzɔŋ
|
| fruits wala]]
|
| fufu |
sakɔro
|
| Fulani |
Fulani
|
| Fulani person |
Silimiŋa
|
| fæces |
bindi
|
| gaa tree |
gaa
|
| galago |
mabiga
|
| galbanum pl. galibanom]]
|
| gall |
som
|
| gall(-bladder) |
binsom
|
| garbage |
saɣiri
|
| garden |
gariche
|
| garlic |
tafarinom
|
| garments bin^yɛra]]
|
| Gbewaa, ancestor of the Dagomba |
Gbewaa
|
| gecko |
sabisiga
|
| German language |
Jaamani
|
| German person |
Jaamani
|
| ghosts yɔɣisi]]
|
| ginger- (and pepper) -'beer' |
bio
|
| ginger root |
zakariʒeebuli
|
| gingivitis, gum-disease |
luɣilaa
|
| girl |
bipuɣiŋga
|
| girl (pretty ~) |
bulimbuɣu
|
| girl, nubile, unmarried or not yet having had a child |
paɣisarili
|
| girl, small ~ |
bipuɣimbila
|
| girlfriend |
mam, maam
|
| gizzard |
pilinli, pinli
|
| glass |
diɣi
|
| glaucoma |
zoompiɛliga
|
| glove |
nusurigu
|
| glow-worm |
sambarishee
|
| glue, adhesive |
gulu
|
| goat |
bua
|
| gold |
salinli, saliŋ, salima
|
| goldsmith |
salindoora
|
| Gonja language |
Zabaɣisili
|
| Gonja person |
Zabaɣa, Ʒabaɣa
|
| Gonja ways |
Zabaɣitali
|
| gonna ptc. ya]]
|
| gonorrhoea |
kpaɣipiɛliga, sabi^nyuuŋa
|
| gourds gaɣa]]
|
| grain |
kahu
|
| grains chi]]
|
| grain-store |
kaʒee
|
| grain-store (temporary ~) |
ʒee
|
| grass gburigu]]
|
| grasses mɔri]]
|
| grasshopper |
sakɔɣu
|
| grass snake |
baŋkom
|
| grave |
bulli
|
| grave-mound |
daboli
|
| graves gbala]]
|
| grease |
kpam
|
| great adj. 'biɛɣu]]
|
| grinding-mill |
maneeka
|
| grinding-stone |
nɛli
|
| grits, snack food |
kaliyama
|
| ground |
tiŋa
|
| ground, earth |
tiŋgbani
|
| groundnut |
simli
|
| grub, maggot |
bibilli
|
| Grunsi people, land inhabited by the ~ |
Guruŋ
|
| guano |
nɔbindi
|
| guava guabe]]
|
| guava fruit |
gɔva
|
| guava tree |
gɔva
|
| guineacorn |
kaʒiɛɣu
|
| guineafowl |
kpaŋ, kpɔŋ
|
| guinea fowl |
laanigu
|
| guineafowls kpini]]
|
| guineaworm |
nyalifu, nyɛrifu
|
| guineaworms nyili]]
|
| gum (without the teeth) |
lamli
|
| gum-disease, gingivitis |
luɣilaa
|
| gum-resin, stacte pl. stakti]]
|
| gum that exudes from trees, resin |
diɣiri
|
| hair zabiri]]
|
| hair, fur on animals |
kɔbigu
|
| hair of the head |
zabigu, zɔbigu
|
| hand |
nuu
|
| hare |
sooŋa
|
| harmattan |
kikaa
|
| harmattan haze |
guŋgunlɛrigu
|
| hartebeest |
sibiga
|
| Hausa |
Jɛngbɛɣu, Jɛŋgbɛhili
|
| Hausa language |
Gbɛngbɛhili
|
| Hausa man |
Gbengbɛdoo
|
| Hausa person |
Gbɛngbɛɣu
|
| Hausa ways pl. Gbɛngbɛri]]
|
| Hausa woman |
Gbengbɛpaɣa
|
| hawk |
suligu, suliga
|
| hawks wubisi]]
|
| haze |
nyɛfiti
|
| haze (harmattan ~) |
guŋgunlɛrigu
|
| haze of dust |
taŋkpolɛligu
|
| he ŋun]]
|
| he/she, him/her, his pn. o]]
|
| head |
zuɣu
|
| head-louse |
kpibiga
|
| heads zuɣuri]]
|
| heart |
suhu, suhi
|
| hearts suhuri]]
|
| heaven |
alizanda, tiŋsuŋ
|
| heavy, to be v. tibisa]]
|
| hedgehog |
yuɣimpini
|
| hen |
nɔ^nyaŋ
|
| herbs for medicine |
mɔɣu
|
| hip |
sakpuɣili
|
| hip-bone |
shɛkɔbili
|
| hippopotamus |
ŋamli
|
| hips |
kpiligu
|
| home yiŋ]]
|
| honey |
shikpam, shiri
|
| honey-ant |
nayiliga, timbuli
|
| honey bee |
shia
|
| honeycomb |
shi^gbani
|
| horn yiligu]]
|
| horn (musical) |
kikaa
|
| horn, bugle |
bani
|
| hornbill |
tuliŋkpi
|
| horn of an animal |
yilli
|
| horns gbɛri]]
|
| horse |
wahu, wɔhu, yuɣu
|
| horse-fly |
kabiga
|
| horsefly sakabiga]]
|
| horses yuri]]
|
| house |
yili, yiŋa
|
| house-fly |
zoo
|
| human- (in fixed compounds) st. nin-]]
|
| human being |
ninsala
|
| humanity |
sala
|
| hundred kɔbiga]]
|
| hundred/s kɔb-]]
|
| hunger |
kum
|
| hunger season |
fifali
|
| hungry season finfali]]
|
| husks of grain |
wurigu
|
| husks of millet |
zawurugu
|
| hæmorrhage |
farigu
|
| I pn. mani, sg. m, n]]
|
| ill, to be v. biɛ]]
|
| infant |
bilɛɣu
|
| insect |
binneeŋa
|
| insect, living thing |
binnɛɔŋ
|
| insects lɛla]]
|
| intestine |
nyɔɣu, binpuli
|
| intestine (of animal) pl. binnyɔri]]
|
| iron |
kurugu, kurigu
|
| jackal |
yɔbaa, zɔbaa
|
| javelin |
kpani
|
| jawbone (dry) |
yee
|
| Jewish person |
Yahuda
|
| jinn (Muslim spirits) |
kpukpariga
|
| joint |
tuɣili
|
| joints tuɣa]]
|
| jolof rice |
dafaduka
|
| KaMara, residents of Larabanga |
Laabaŋa
|
| Kantoonsi (ethnic group) |
Kantooŋa
|
| kapok, cotton |
gumdi
|
| kapok tree |
guŋa, kantɔŋ
|
| kidney |
yaamni, yaannini
|
| kite (bird) |
wubiga
|
| knife |
sua
|
| knife (flint ~) |
piliŋ
|
| kola nut |
guli
|
| Konkomba |
Kpuŋkpana
|
| Kpanalana (title - Maasu) |
Maasu
|
| Kpariba - people near the Gonja borders pl. Jɛra, pl. Kpariba]]
|
| Kpini, the Guineafowl Festival |
Kpini Chuɣu
|
| ladder |
darigu
|
| ladle |
chɛriga
|
| ladle (for porridge) |
ŋmangbaa
|
| lamb |
piɛbila
|
| lamb (male) |
piɛlabila
|
| lamb, female |
piɛsabila, piɛsaa
|
| land |
tiŋa
|
| language |
yɛligu, yɛtɔɣili
|
| language (specific ~) |
balli
|
| language of the Frafra/Farefare |
Gurunli
|
| Larabanga people, KaMara |
Laabaŋa
|
| large intestine |
bimpuli
|
| larva |
zuli
|
| larvae zuya]]
|
| leaf |
vɔɣu
|
| leaves vari]]
|
| leather |
gbɔŋ
|
| Lebanese, Asian person |
Kɔtachi
|
| Lebanese, Portuguese |
Pɔtachi
|
| leech |
daanbiɛɣu
|
| left hand |
nuzaa
|
| leg-and-foot |
napɔŋ
|
| lemon |
nyimsili
|
| lemon-grass |
fukaɣili
|
| leprosy |
kɔŋ
|
| lice of fowls |
nɔyuni
|
| life |
nyɛvili
|
