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tact

tactfulness, kissa. tactful speech, kalami.

tadpoles

talibambam

tail

wutsiya; bindi.
-- as fly switch, izga. tuck -- between legs, sank'e. tuck in -- of loin-cloth, durwace; sank'e.

tailor

ma'dunki.

take

'dauka I; kai; tafi da; kwasa I.
-- away, 'dauke; 'debe; tafi da; kar'ba; amsa. (=correct and remove), kwashe; kwasa III.
-- back, komad da; zobe.
-- by force, k'wace.
-- handful, dintsa.
-- in, shigad da.
-- large share, kafta; fafa.
-- medicine, sha.
-- off (clothing), fitar da; sa'bula; sa'bule; tu'ba; tu'be.
-- out, 'dauka; 'debe; 'diba; fitar da.
-- out large quantity, kamfata.
-- out small portion, cefana; fetana; yafata.
-- out of water, tsama.
-- pity on p., ji k'ai; vide ji I.13.
-- road, kama hanya.
-- trouble over, bauta II.

tale

labari; tatsuniya; almara.
-- bearer, matsegunci; annamimi, &c.
-- telling, tsegumi; annamimanci; kwarmato, &c.

talk

n., zance; magana; batu; tadi. v., yi and the preceding words. have a private --, gana. talking at p., habaici; jirwaye; shagu'be; vide ci fuska. talking in loud voice, 'ba'bbaki, &c.

tall

dogo; da tsawo; mai'tsawo tsololo; zangameme; zanka'di'de; zand'alele; zanzarmeme; zanzarmi; zungudube; zungurmeme; zungurmi. tallness, tsawo.

talon

k'ambori; akaifa; farce.

tamarind

tsamiya.

tan

v., jema; jeme. tanner, majemi. tannery, majema. tanning, jima.

tangent

go off at a, fere.

tangled

become cukwikwiye 2; rikice; sark'afe; sark'e. tangle up, cukwikwiye I; dabaibaye; rikita.

tap

firebrand, &c.), k'yank'yasa II.
-- with knuckles, k'wank'wasa.

tapeworm

vide antazula; dau'dar ciki; farin kumallo; farar tsutsa; tamza; tsila; tsutsa mai-fa'di.

tar

kalo. tarred hessian, kalo.

tardiness

jinkiri. be tardy, jinkirta.

tartar on teeth

ariwa; cin zuma; gyara I.2.

task

aiki.

tassel

tuntu.
-- at end of reins, alakwayi, &c.

taste

v., 'dan'dana; ji; n., -- in dress, fasali. tastes differ, vide biki 3 (c).

tastelessness

lami; salb.

tastiness

da'di; gar'di; zak'i.

tattle

tsegunta. tattler, matsegunci. tattling, tsegumi.

tattoo marks

shasshawa; jarf.

tauten

'dama.

tax

land, haraji; ku'din k'asa; gandu, vide fito II. cattle --, jangali.

tea

shayi.
--pot, barradi.

teach

koya; karantad da; ba da karatu.

teal

whistling, k'irinjijiya.

tear

v., 'barke; kece; tsaga; yaga; yage.
-- off, forcibly, 'bazga; taya; yaga; yage.
-- open, farka.
-- out, duza.
-- to pieces, yagalgala; yayyaga, &c.
--, n., by thorn, &c., karantsayi.

tears

hawaye; k'walla II.

tease cotton

&c., ka/'da VI; zazzaga; zazzage. (=annoy), dama VI; yiba'a, &c. teasing cotton, &c., ka/'da; shi'ba; zazzaga. (=annoying), ba'a; dama VI; kakaci, &c.

teeth

hak'ora. 
overlapping of --, totsiya; shirgiya.
stick for cleaning --, asawaki.
show --, yak'e; yangare.
pick the --, sakace; sakata.
clearing -- with tongue, wak'ine.
gap in -- through loss, gi'bi.
gap in -- not due to loss, wushirya, &c.
-- fall out, famfare.
staining of --, vide ci fure; gawange.
teething, abaiban baki.
start --, bushe.
-- diarrhoea, ambuwa.

telegram

waya. send --, buga waya.

telegraph

n., tangarahu; waya.

tell

fa'da; gaya; ce; furta.

temper

angry, fushi; yaji; zafi; 'dacin rai; harzuk'a; hutsanci; zafin rai; gafi; ahuri. quick --, saurin fushi; zuciya II. losing one's --, yin fushi, &c.; k'unci. be in bad --, bututtuke. fly into --, 'dauki zafi; k'ume; zuciya II; aborce. person with --, hutsu.

temple

haikali.

temporary

mafici II.

tempt

gwada; ja; jaraba.

ten

goma.
-- each, goma goma.
-- thousand, zambar goma. tenth, na (ta) goma.
-- part, ushiri; ushira; ujira.

tend animals

kiwata; kiyaya. tending animals, kiwo.

tender

da (mai-) taushi. v., (=offer), mik'a.

tendon

jijiya.
-- of achilles, agara.
-- of achilles, contracted, cobe; cangal.

tense of verb

siga.

tent

laima; tanti.
-- of hide or cloth, alfarwa.

tentative

make -- offer in trading, taya II. making -- offer in trading, tayi.

termites

vide white ants.

tern

scissor-billed, cizar.

terrify

firgita; razana; tsorata.

terror

tsoro; razana; razani.

test

n., magwaji; abin gwadawa. v., auna; gwada; jarraba.
-- heaviness of load, jinjina.

Testament

Old, attaura. New testament, linjila.

testicles

vide gwaiwa.

testify

shaida.

testimony

shaida.

tether

animal to post, tirka; turka.
-- animals head to tail, har'da.
-- animals by forefeet, tange II.
-- calf to cow whilst milking, tange II. tethering with long rope, talala. tethering-post, turke.
-- rope, for horse, &c., gindi.
-- rope, for calves, dangwali.

text of a book

matani.

than

da I.2.

thank

gode.
-- you, vide sannu. no, -- you (when refusing an offer in a trading transaction), albarka. thanks, godiya; ada'a.

thatch

v., baibaya; haya; baibaice. rethatch on old --, tura. make and fix thached roof, jinke. prepare grass for thatching, yanta. thatch, n., baibaya; hayi. old --, bunu. re-thatching on old --, tiri; turi IV. thatchin-needle, bida; yaro ba k'yuya. 

that

nan; wannan; (relative pronoun), wanda; da.
-- (=yonder), can; wancan. so --, har. conj., da I.5.
-- is to say, wato.

the

vide n I.

theft

sata. petty --, barkwanci; sakauci; vide satar 'yan giji.

their

with masc.obj., -nsu; fem.obj., -rsu; -ssu. theirs, with masc.obj., nasu; fem.obj., tasu.

them

su. themselves, da dansu; vide kai III.i (l).

then

sa'an nan; kana; tun + negative; alashi. (in apodosis after 'when' in protasis), da/ II.

thence

daga nan; daga can.

there

can; daga can.
-- he (it) is, ga shi; ga shi can.
-- she (it) is, ga shi; ga shi can.
-- she (it) is, ga ta; ga ta can.
-- is, are, &c., akwai, &c. not, ba II; babu.

therefore

don wannan; saboda wannan.

thereupon

sei; kwamfa; kumfa; kamfa.

these

wa'dannan.

they

su; suka; sun; suna; suke.

thick

da (mai-) kauri; kakkaura; kadadda'bi.
-- lipped, dafsassar; dausharere. thickness, kauri; kadaddab; gwa'bi.

thicket

k'urmi. thorny --, vide sark'akk'iya.

thief

vide 'barawo; mai-tsawan hannu.

thigh

cinya; vide katara.

thimble

safi.

thin

marak-kauri; siriri.

thing

abu. thingamy, abin na.

think

vide yi tsammani; tammaha; yi tammani; zace; zata; ca; ce; aza; tuna. thinking that, zato; ca. 

third

na (ta) uku.
-- part, sulusi. thirteen, goma sha uku. thirty, talatin.

thirst

k'ishirwa.

this

wannan; nan; wanga.
-- is as bad as that, vide ci'bus da ru'bus.

thorn

k'aya; vide sark'akk'iya.
-- in flesh (fig.), cul; k'adangare bakin tulu; k'ak'aba; tsagera; turu.

thoroughly

k'alau.

those

wa'dannan.
-- yonder, wa'dancan.

though

ko da; ko da ya ke.

thought

tsammani; tammani; tammaha; lissafi. thoughts, tunani. anxious --, da rura.

thousand

one, alif; dubu; alu. two --, alfyan; alfin. three --, talata. four --, arba. five --, hamsa. six --, sitta. seven --, saba'a. eight --, tamaniya. nine --, tis'a q.v. ten --, zambar goma; vide zambar.

thrash

buga; doka; duka II; 'dibga III; 'dibge; 'duma; lallasa; sansama. thrashing duka II; bugu; da/shi I.

thread

n. (cotton), zare. finely spun --, arafiya. loosely spun --, aburduga; burudau. silk, real or artificial --, alharini; warwar. artificial silk --, afatatu. mercerized cotton --, afatatu. tinsel --, asiliki. threading, ziri II.

threadworms

ayamba; amba; ambuwa; kwarba.

threat

kurari, &c. threaten, burga II. threatening rain, vide k'adabuli.

three

uku.
-- each, uku uku.
-- hundred, 'dari uku.
-- thousand, talata.
-- halfpence, afu.
--pence; -- penny piece, taro v.

thresh

sussuka; sussuke; sissika; sissike; buga I. threshing, bugu; sussuka; sissika.
-- place, masussuka.

thrift

tanadi.

throat

mak'ogwaro.

throbbing

zogi.