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ma (var. m-`, Ug. me) prep. with, and, by. fáta dirísha ma bâb open the window and the door. ána m-ěta you and me. Án-áju rúa m-ǒo I want to go with him. Batna ída taí fága ma amsuku makáa. My palm is bruised by catching charcoals. Gurúsa gá-adulú ma Nubiâ. Gurusa is made by Nubis. verbal focus marker (followed by a cognate verbal noun). Ó-já ma já. He came (intentionally, not just passing by). Kán wedí ma wedí. It was given (not bought).

ma- passive noun marker. makásuru broken (one). majóuzu married. mabárik blessed. samaga mayébis dried fish. Ána mawéledu ta Kíbra. I am a Kibera-born.

ma- Sw. plural marker. ma-yémbe mangoes.

má(-) (var. mâ, m-) negative marker. not. ó-má-já he did not come. Ó-má Núbi. He is not a Nubi. Ána m-éndis fulûs. I do not have money. syn. máfi (see under fí).

ma(a)lîm (pl. -â) Sw. n. teacher.

ma(a)zîn Sw. n. muezzin, caller to prayer.

machúnga n. orange. syn. burtukâl.

madrása (var. mádrasa) n. school. syn. skûl.

máfi see under fí.

magâs n. scissors.

mairúngi n. qat. syn. gât, miráa.

makáa n. charcoal. syn. fáham.

makáda n. pillow.

Makína n. Makina (a quarter in Kibera).

máktab (pl.) n. desk, office.

malú inter. 1) why, what for. syn. lě. 2) what happened.

mamá n. 1) mom, mother. syn. úma. 2) maternal aunt. mamá kebîr elder (maternal) aunt. 3) mother-in-law.

mána n. meaning.

mandázi n. flat doughnut. syn. legemât. mandazi kúta n. small doughnut. syn. s(h)úlu-wáíwáí.

manderemá n. a kind of greens.

mánga n. mango (Arua dialect). syn. yémbe.

manói n. white beans.

mányá n. alligator.

mapéra Sw. n. guava.

mára n. time. mára ta taláta the third time. mára wái at once, completely. Án-nesítu mára wái. I forgot at a breath. martinîn twice.

marangwa n. bean.

mária (var. mára; pl. harîm, nuswân) n. 1) woman. 2) wife. marbá, maria babá n. father’s (co-)wife, stepmother. mara arîs bride. adj. female. kéli ab mária bitch.

mar(i)dádi Sw. adj. good-looking, handsome, beautiful. syn. asási.

martaân adv. again. Máta sô jedé martaân. Do not do this again.

martinîn see under mára.

mása v.t. anoint, paint. Yalâ dé bi-mása dîn fi úsa. The children anoint their face. Mása ána ma hína. Paint me with henna.

Masái (pl. Masayâ) n. Maasai people.

mashghûl adj. busy. syn. shughulíka.

más(h)i v.i. walk. mási bisési walk slowaly.

máta prohibitive modal marker.

mátara n. rain. Mátara wága. The rain fell.

matufáli (var. matufári) Sw. n. brick.

matúnda Sw. n. fruit. syn. fakía. matunda háúháú n. pair (fruit).

mayái Sw. n. egg. mayai kúka testicle.

mbasiko n. cassava leaf. syn. korofo gwánda.

mberú n. rainbow.

ḿbílóḿbíló adj. thin. syn. rafáya.

mbíró n. oil palm. nyanya mbíró oil palm fruit.

mbolokí n. penis. syn. zîb, kúka.

medemede adj. lean, flexible.

medída (var. mědda) n. porridge. medida gayá millet porridge.

méi adj. blunt. Sikîn dé méi atá má-gí-dába gidída. This knife is so blunt that it cannot kill a chicken.

mé(i)lu v.i. bend, be crooked, be curved. Úo méilu awajá. It has become crooked. Síka dé mélu. This road is curved.

méli Sw. n. ship. syn. fulúka, safína.

mémvu Ga. n. (sweet) banana. syn. bogoya, lobolo, ndízi.

ménde Sw. n. cockroach. syn. ab-jíndi.

mendîl n. handkerchief.

méngeles n. council.

menger(e) see minger.

merísa n. beer, alcohol.

mérkeb n. boat.

mesía adj. tasteless. Kalamâ tô mesía. His words are tasteless.

méza Sw. n. table. syn. terbíza.

mía num. hundred. talata mía three hundred. mitên two hundred. tamanmía eight hundred (= tamánia mía).

midân (pl.) n. square.

mídu v.t. stretch, reach (hand), pass. Mídu na ána gálam taí. Pass me my pen.

míla Sw. n. culture, tradition.

milân n. plenty. adj. many, much, a lot. syn. ketîr.

míle n. salt.

min prep. 1) from, of. Nénzil min shéder dé. Come down from the tree. 2) than. Hája dé kuwês min dé. This one is better than this. syn. fútu. 3) rather than. Rúa-takum só tijára min gen sáki. Go do a business rather than just sitting.

mín prep. since, from (time). Mín minsûb ó-gái nâ. He has been there since morning. Kabar mín umbári? What is the news (= how are you doing) since yesterday? conj. since. mín ná-dugâ since we were small.

minger (var. menger(e)) prep. without. Ána ágder gên menger íta. I can live without you.

minjúa adv. inside, from inside. K-ěna dákalu minjúa. Let us get inside. minjua prep. 1) in, inside. Ó-fí minjua mískit. He is in(side) the mosque. syn. fi-jua. 2) from inside. Úo séregu minjua lǎla. He stole from inside the pan.

minnahâr n. after noon. ta minnahâr lunch.

minsúbu (var. minsûb) n. morning.

mintê n. below, downside, backside. Áina mintê ta kartási. See the backside of the paper. le mintê from below.

mi(n)s(h)an conj. because, since. syn. alshan, kalam, shor.

miráa n. qat. syn. gât, mairúngi.

misilé n. rat guard.

miskîn adj. poor.

mískit (pl. -â) n. mosque.

mitên¹ inter. when.

mitên² see mia.

mbári see umbári.

mkébe Sw. n. tin. syn. gorogoro.

mófuku v.i. swell. syn. wérim.

mokorúga n. hipbone.

món- see úmon.

mondolôn (var. bontolôn, montolôn) n. trousers. syn. lubâs, trózi.

mongolobó n. round doughnuts.

mongolûb adj. inside out.

morofoî n. hyena. bambara morofoî praying mantis.

morôm adj. deceased, late. morôm jídi taí my deceased grandfather. morôm Abrêm late Abrem (Ibrahim).

morû n. favor. ámula morû do a favor.

mosúga n. nostril.

mótoka Eng./Ga. n. car. syn. arabía, gári, siára.

motibóti Eng. n. motorboat.

móyo n. water. moyo éna (var. moyéna, moéna, mwěna) n. tear.

mpáfu Ga. n. olive. syn. zeitûn.

mpáka Sw. n. border. syn. bóda, hudûd. mpaka prep. until, up to. syn. lǎdi.

mpíra (pl.) Sw. n. ball, soccer.

mubérjil see under bérjil.

m(u)chéle (var. muchére) n. rice (husked or cooked).

múda n. period, term. muda zamân old time. kázi ta múda termed job.

M(u)gánda (pl. -â) n. Ganda people.

mûk n. brain. syn. tayû.

m(u)káti (pl.) Sw. n. bread. syn. êsh.

m(u)kungúru n. yellow fever.

mulâ n. mchuzi, stew. mula bámia okra sauce.

m(u)léma n. physically disabled, crippled person.

mulódo n. hoe.

múmkin n. maybe, perhaps. syn. lábda.

mungála n. mancala (game).

munú inter. who. ta munú whose. nas munú who (plural). Ásma táki munú? What is your name?

múr adj. bitter. Chái dé múr kalam má-éndi súkar. This tea is bitter as it lacks sugar. syn. mesía.

múrkab n. passenger.

murkáka n. millstone, stone mortar. jina murkáka stone pestle. syn. fúndu.

mursâl (pl. -în) n. messenger, ambassador.

mûs n. razor.

mushumáa Sw. n. candle.

musturâ n. toilet.

musujja Ga. n. malaria.

musumâr n. nail.

musurân n. intestine.

mútu v.i. die, be extinguished (fire). wazê těna al mútu-mutu our deceased elders.

mútwá n. penknife.

muwáfaka see wáfiki.

muzê (pl. wazê) Sw. n. elder, ancestor. waze wazê těna our ancestors.

mwéna see under móyo.

mwísho Sw. n. énd.