Soninke-English dictionary: verbs Soninke |
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Sonike |
English |
Daga |
To go |
Telle |
To go (unaccomplished tense) to intend to go |
Joofe |
To arrive |
Ri |
To come |
Ro |
To enter |
Wuñi |
To open |
Texe, texi |
To close |
Soxo |
To lock |
Xayi |
To send |
Riti |
To carry |
Kini |
To give |
Kuyi, ku |
To offer |
Baasu |
To offer (ceremonial) |
Xobo / gaaga |
To buy |
Tuga |
To pay |
Kafu |
To add |
Xomi, Xumaari |
To water |
Wutu |
To take |
Ro, taaxundi saxundi |
To put |
Sigi, taaxu, toxo, wara |
To stop |
Battu |
To follow |
Wara |
To leave |
Sankundi |
To lose |
Sanku |
To be lost |
Ñi |
To find |
Dabari |
To make |
Ña |
To do |
Ña |
To become |
Xiri |
To call |
Tirindi |
To ask |
Jaabi |
To respond |
Duŋe |
To accept |
Bara |
To refuse |
Deema |
To help |
Genmu |
To encounter |
Muuru |
To search for |
Xanu |
To like |
Mulla |
To like |
Tunsi |
To drive (someone) |
Wurundi |
To drive (a car) |
Bire |
To live |
Wari |
To see |
Faayi |
To look at |
Terinka |
To listen |
Mugu |
To hear |
Faamu |
To understand |
Tu |
To know |
Maama |
To thank |
Kuuñi |
To greet |
Dugu |
To wait |
Sefe, Masala |
To talk |
Ko, Ti |
To speak |
Faccari |
To translate |
Mungu |
To forget |
Sinme |
To remember |
Xara |
To read, To learn |
Xaranŋundi |
To teach |
Safandi, safa |
To write |
Jaate |
To calculate |
Kaba |
To forbid |
Yige, Yiga |
To eat |
Xiñi |
To bite |
Kanbu |
To munch |
Sugu |
To suck |
Mini |
To drink |
Sore, soro |
To cook |
Moyindi, moyi |
To cook |
Wanqi |
To wash |
Wangi |
To bathe |
Xini |
To swim |
Paase |
To iron |
Lifi |
To sew |
Kutu |
To cut |
Taga |
To construct |
Biyi |
To burn |
Kumi |
To ignite |
Tere |
To walk |
Wuru |
To run |
Jugumu |
To limp |
Joogi |
To hurt oneself |
Kanpi |
To bound (to fly for birds) |
Fayi |
To steal, thief |
Raga |
To trap |
Butu |
To anger |
Xañe |
To hunt, the hunt |
Xate |
To hunt (to bring back from the hunt?) |
Sege, segendi |
To go up, To ascend |
Yanqa, yanqandi |
To descend |
Laato |
To move away |
Laatondi |
To move away |
Tanpi |
To be tired |
Gillo |
To grow (in size) |
Xooro |
To grow (in importance) |
Xoorondi |
To raise (children) |
Joppe, joppa |
To begin |
Ñame, ñama |
To end |
Rege |
To danse |
Suugu |
To sing |
Fuule |
To whistle |
Soyi |
To laugh |
Ñaxali |
To rejoice |
Wu |
To cry |