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ta (var. te, to) prep. 1) of, for (possession, association). matufáli ta abin júa bricks for building houses. ta minnahâr lunch. 2) -th (ordinal numeral). mária taí ta aulân my first wife. mára ta taláta third time.

táa (var. tâ) n. lamp. din táa paraffine.

táab n. burden.

taâl see já.

taân (var. taáni) det. (an)other. Zídu na ána ákil taân. Give me some more food.

taasîl adj. true, pure. Núbi taasîl true Nubi. syn. ásil. adv. truly, really.

tabân (pl. -în) adj. tired. syn. fatarân. tában v.t. tire. syn. fátaran.

tabía Sw. n. nature, characteristics.

tafádhal Sw. intj. please.

tafaúti (var. tafáut) Sw. adj. different. tafauti tafaúti, tafáut tafáut various.

tafsíri Sw. n. translation.

tagía n. cap. syn. kofía.

tagríban adv. about.

taí det. my. pron. mine.

táib see téib.

táki det. your (second singular person). pron. yours.

-takum (var. -kum) plural marker for imperative and interjection. Rúa-takum! (You all) go! Taâl-kum kúlu! You all come! Ró-kum álab, lakín máta-kum fútu síka. Go and play, but do not go beyond the road. Áun-kum ána. Help me. Shúkran-kum. Thank you all. Karíbu-takum. Welcome all. Ná-kum ruwá. Let us all go (addressed to more than two people).

tákum det. your (second plural person). pron. yours.

tá(k)um- see ítakum.

tála v.t. 1) climb, go up, get on. Ó-gí-tála séder. He is climbing the tree. syn. pánda. 2) load, put on. Ána tála nyerekû fi shéde dé. I put the child on the tree. v.i. 1) ascend, go up, get out. Sémis gí-tála. The sun is rising. Tála bára fi midân. Get out to the square. 2) go out, come out. Tála bára fi midân. Come out to the square. Lufar tála min gúfó. The rat went out of the cage. 3) be from, come from. Íta tála wên? Where do you come from? Món-tála fi Sudân. They are from Sudan. Ná-tála fi dofûn. We just came from the burial. 4) become. tála góu become strong (stiff). syn. já.

talatá see under yôm.

taláta num. three. sháhar ta taláta March.

talatáshar num. thirteen.

talatîn (var. teletîn) num. thirty.

Taliân n. Italian, Italy.

tamâm adj. perfect, fine. intj. alright. syn. kalâs.

tamánia (var. teménia) num. eight. sháhar ta tamánia August.

tamantáshar num. eighteen.

tamanîn (var. temenîn) num. eighty.

tamanmía see mía.

tamáta n. tomato. syn. nyánya.

tambíli see sambíli.

tampéko n. tumbler.

támur see tómur.

tánaga n. saucer.

tará (var. atará) adv. in fact, as a matter of fact. Tará ó-má Núbi. In fact, he is not a Nubi.

tári n. white broad drum.

tarîk (var. taríki) n. date. tariki tamánia u ishirîn (on) twenty eighth.

tartîb n. system.

tása adj. barren.

táun Eng. n. town.

tayarísha Sw. v.t. make ready. v.rf. make ready. Áse-dé ána kedé tayarísh-ána kefín? Now how can I make ready?

tayû n. brain. syn. mûk.

tegîl adj. heavy. n. burden. Ó-gí-jîb na ána tegîl tô. He always brings me his burden. tégil v.t. burden. Máta tégil ána. Don’t burden me.

tegíya n. cap, hat.

te see ta.

téib adj. fine, not bad.

teína see těnna.

teletîn see talatîn.

télim v.i. dream.

teménia see tamánia.

temenîn see tamanîn.

tên, ténu see stên.

tě(n)na (var. teína) det. our. pron. ours.

têr (pl. -ân, tuyûr) n. bird. ter sǎra owl. ter jánna peacock.

terebía n. education, discipline.

terbíza n. table. syn. méza.

tê(t) adj. low. Ágil tô tê za ta gidída. His intellect is as low as chickens. adv. down. júru tê pull down. syn. falatá. le tê, li tê downwards.

tete prep. under, below. tete méza under the table. tete súra n. lower abdomen. tete abât n. armpit. tete jébel n. bottom of the mountain.

teté n. crawling (by babies).

tiara n. airplane, kite.

tijára (var. tujâr) n. business. syn. biashára.

tigirí n. spiderwisp, African cabbage.

tikiân adj. ill-tempered.

timân (var. -â, -ía) n. twin(s).

timía see tumía.

tímu (var. tîm) v.i. finish, complete. Yôm tô tímu. The day of his death has come. Larbeîn tô bi-tîm sabâ. Tomorrow will be his fortieth day (after death). v.t. be enough for, feed up. Gári taí kobîr, bi tîm anâs kúlu. My car is big, it is enough for all the people. Mária dé tím-ína ma dugu dugu yalâ. We are fed up of this woman beating the children.

tîn n. mud.

tinîn (var. tinên) num. two. sháhar ta tinîn February. martinîn see mára.

tíri v.i. fly. Têr gí-tíri. The bird flies.

tísa num. nine. sháhar ta tísa September.

tisaîn (var. tiseîn) num. ninty.

tisatáshar num. nineteen.

tǐtǐ n. a kind of bird.

tîz n. clitoris (?), anus (?). júru tízak intj. damn, fuck you. syn. kus úmak (see under kûs).

to see ta.

tô det. his, her, its. pron. his, hers, its.

tôb n. veil. syn. fídiga.

tofáa Sw. n. apple.

tókotoko v.t. simmer. Mulâ dé tokotokó. The stew is simmered. v.i. simmer. Mulâ yǎ dé gí-tókotoko. The stew here is simmering.

tolobûn n. finger millet.

tómon (var. tǒmon, toúmon) det. their. pron. theirs.

tómburu v.i. dance (in dolúka by men).

tomsâ n. crocodile.

tómur (var. támur) n. date (fruit).

tôr (pl. -â, -ân) n. bull. bagara tôr bull. tor augmentative marker. tor debíba anaconda. tor bágara large cow. tor gǒnyo bull frog. tor rági giant (syn. ajâk). tor kebîr president, big man.

tórof n. edge, side. torof báhar riverside.

toúmon see tǒmon.

tóuru (var. tôr) v.t. wake up. Tôr úo min nûm. Wake him up from sleep.

towîl (var. tewîl; pl. tuwâl, tuwalîn). adj. tall.

trózi (var. torózi) n. trousers. syn. lubâs, mondolôn.

tú Sw. adv. just, only. syn. barâ, bês.

tûb v.t. spit. tûb buzâ spit.

tujâr see tijára.

tújum n. gunboot.

tumbâ n. tobacco, cigarette. syn. sigára, kasíngírí.

tumbi Ga. n. calf (leg).

túmbura n. spirit possession cult.

tumía (var. timía) Sw. v.t. use.

túnda (pl. ma-) Sw. n. fruit. syn. éna (ta séder).

turâ n. soil, clay, land.

túr(u)ba n. grave.

túrju v.t. chase.