M

M, m / 𖫔

ḿ / 𖫪𖫰𖫐

I
my (inalienable)
me

m̀ / 𖫪𖫱𖫐

you
your (inalienable)

má / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐

(introduce yes question)
(recent past)

ma / 𖫔𖫧𖫲𖫐

(past tense)
to dry (a river)
to be heavy to someone

ma mú / 𖫔𖫧𖫲𖫐 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐

to be careful

máa / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐

night

màa / 𖫔𖫧𖫱𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐

woman

màa-ɓíɖí-wɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫧𖫱𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐-𖫦𖫭𖫰𖫞𖫭𖫰-𖫛𖫬𖫱

woman’s period

màa-dyù / 𖫔𖫧𖫱𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐-𖫕𖫪𖫱

girl

máaún / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫪𖫰𖫐

in the night

máaún-gèě / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫖𖫫𖫱𖫫𖫳

night hawk

máaún-hwùɖù / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫠𖫪𖫱𖫞𖫪𖫱

night

máaún-kà / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫑𖫧𖫱

at night

máaún-wè / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫛𖫫𖫱

night

mabã̀a / 𖫔𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫢𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫧𖫱𖫐

yesterday

máná / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫧𖫰𖫐

nose
point

mana / 𖫔𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐

blessing
to swallow

mánà / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫧𖫱𖫐

manna

máná-ɓì / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫧𖫰-𖫦𖫭𖫱

nostrils

mánáín / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫰𖫐

end

mánáín-hwɛ̀ìn-naín / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫰𖫐-𖫠𖫬𖫱𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫭𖫰𖫐

final place

mánáín-hwɛ̀-tì / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫰𖫐-𖫠𖫬𖫱-𖫡𖫭𖫱

time to end

máná-wĩín-ɓá-ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫧𖫰𖫐-𖫛𖫭𖫲𖫐𖫭𖫰𖫐-𖫦𖫧𖫳-𖫞𖫬𖫱

nose ring

máǔn / 𖫔𖫧𖫰𖫐𖫪𖫳𖫐

tonight

me / 𖫔𖫫𖫲𖫐

may

méè / 𖫔𖫫𖫰𖫐𖫫𖫱𖫐

ship

méǐn-gɔ̀ɖɔ̀ɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫫𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫳𖫐-𖫖𖫨𖫱𖫞𖫨𖫱𖫨𖫱

sailor

mɛ́ / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐

to die
intestines
bowstring

mɛ́ dyéɖéí / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐 𖫕𖫫𖫰𖫞𖫫𖫰𖫭𖫰

to fade (sore)

mɛ́ sàà / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐 𖫒𖫧𖫱𖫧𖫱

to be circumcised

mɛ / 𖫔𖫬𖫲𖫐

to create
to grow
may
clay

mɛ́-bɔ̃̀ / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐-𖫢𖫨𖫱𖫐

death news

mɛ́dèɖè / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫗𖫫𖫱𖫞𖫫𖫱

mandrake

mɛ-dyàà / 𖫔𖫬𖫲-𖫕𖫧𖫱𖫧𖫱

clay pot

mɛɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫬𖫲𖫐𖫬𖫱𖫐

to be slow

mɛɛ-ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫬𖫲𖫐𖫬𖫲𖫐-𖫞𖫬𖫱

thing that is made

mɛ́ìn / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐

to die in a certain place

mɛ́ìn ɓíɖíi / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐 𖫦𖫭𖫰𖫞𖫭𖫰𖫭𖫲

to die a natural death

mɛ́ìn dyí / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐 𖫕𖫭𖫰

to die by

mɛ̀ìn / 𖫔𖫬𖫱𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐

to be present at (while)

mɛ́-mɛ́ / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐

death

mɛ́nɛ́ / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫰𖫐

to scatter (dirt)

mɛ́nɛ́ɛ́ / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫬𖫰𖫐

small

mɛ́nɛ́ìn bũ̌in / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐 𖫢𖫪𖫳𖫐𖫭𖫲𖫐

to sprinkle all over

mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-ɖò / 𖫔𖫬𖫱𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫳𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫞𖫩𖫱

six

mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-hĩinyɛ / 𖫔𖫬𖫱𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫳𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫤𖫭𖫲𖫐𖫭𖫲𖫐𖫕𖫬𖫲𖫐

nine

mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-sɔ̃́ / 𖫔𖫬𖫱𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫳𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫒𖫨𖫰𖫐

seven

mɛ̀nɛ̌ìn-tã / 𖫔𖫬𖫱𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫳𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫡𖫧𖫲𖫐

eight

mɛ́nɛ́-mɛ́nɛ́ / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫰𖫐-𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫰𖫐

small

mɛ́-tì / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐-𖫡𖫭𖫱

time of death

mɛ́-wóɖó-wɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫬𖫰𖫐-𖫛𖫩𖫰𖫞𖫩𖫰-𖫛𖫬𖫱

hemorrhoids

mí / 𖫔𖫭𖫰𖫐

hair
leaf

mícɛ̃̀ / 𖫔𖫭𖫰𖫐𖫟𖫬𖫱𖫐

tears

mìɔ / 𖫔𖫭𖫱𖫐𖫨𖫲𖫐

plenty

mìɔ-kpo / 𖫔𖫭𖫱𖫐𖫨𖫲𖫐-𖫘𖫩𖫲

oneself

mìɔùn / 𖫔𖫭𖫱𖫐𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫪𖫱𖫐

oneself

mí-pùǒ / 𖫔𖫭𖫰𖫐-𖫥𖫪𖫱𖫩𖫳

hair cut off

mí-wɔ́ɖɔ́ / 𖫔𖫭𖫰𖫐-𖫛𖫨𖫰𖫞𖫨𖫰

strand of hair

miɔɔ / 𖫔𖫭𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫲𖫐

tongue

mɔ̄ / 𖫔𖫨𖫴𖫐

I (emphatic)

mɔ́ / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐

to want
hunger
to sleep
to go out (fire)
to want sexually

mɔ́ ɖɛ dyéɖéín dyi / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐 𖫞𖫬𖫲 𖫕𖫫𖫰𖫞𖫫𖫰𖫭𖫰𖫐 𖫕𖫭𖫲

to find fault with someone

mɔ́ dyi / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐 𖫕𖫭𖫲

to look for something

mɔ́ xwéé / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐 𖫚𖫫𖫰𖫫𖫰

to want something badly

mɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫨𖫱𖫐

to be
you (emphatic)

mɔ̀ wóɖó-wóɖó / 𖫔𖫨𖫱𖫐 𖫛𖫩𖫰𖫞𖫩𖫰-𖫛𖫩𖫰𖫞𖫩𖫰

to be relatives

mɔ́ìn / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐

to extinguish

mɔɔ́ / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐

rice

mɔɔ / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫲𖫐

or

mɔɔ́-bɛ̃̌ / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫢𖫬𖫳𖫐

gleanings of rice

mɔɔ́-cɛ̃̀ìn-ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫟𖫬𖫱𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫞𖫬𖫱

tool for cutting rice

mɔɔ́-dùǎ / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫗𖫪𖫱𖫧𖫳

fanner full of rice

mɔ́ɔ́-ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫞𖫬𖫱

desire

mɔɔ́-dyí-síìn-naín / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫕𖫭𖫰-𖫒𖫭𖫰𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫐𖫧𖫲𖫐𖫭𖫰𖫐

threshing floor

mɔɔ́-fèɖè / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫓𖫫𖫱𖫞𖫫𖫱

rice chaff

mɔɔ́-gbɔ̌ / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫝𖫨𖫳

stalk of rice

mɔɔ́-jũ̌ / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫙𖫪𖫳𖫐

bunch of rice

Mɔɔ́-Kɔ́-Ɓàɖà-hwɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫑𖫨𖫰-𖫦𖫧𖫱𖫞𖫧𖫱-𖫠𖫨𖫱

Harvest Feast (Feast of Weeks)

mɔɔ́-po-tì / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫥𖫩𖫲-𖫡𖫭𖫱

time of rice planting

mɔɔ́-zòɖò / 𖫔𖫨𖫲𖫐𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫜𖫩𖫱𖫞𖫩𖫱

pile of rice

mɔ́ún / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐𖫪𖫰𖫐

I myself
me myself

mɔ̀ùn / 𖫔𖫨𖫱𖫐𖫪𖫱𖫐

oneself
you yourself

mɔ̀ǔn ɖá / 𖫔𖫨𖫱𖫐𖫪𖫳𖫐 𖫞𖫧𖫰

you must not

mɔ́-vɔ̃-nyɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫣𖫨𖫲𖫐-𖫕𖫨𖫱𖫐

hungry person

mɔ́-zɔ̃̀ / 𖫔𖫨𖫰𖫐-𖫜𖫨𖫱𖫐

year of famine

mú / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐

in

mu / 𖫔𖫪𖫲𖫐

to go
(future)
to be famous (with name as subject)

mu ɓóɛń / 𖫔𖫪𖫲𖫐 𖫦𖫩𖫰𖫬𖫲𖫭𖫰𖫐

to go for something

mu hwìè xwíníín / 𖫔𖫪𖫲𖫐 𖫠𖫭𖫱𖫫𖫱 𖫚𖫭𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫭𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫰𖫐

to defecate

mu hwìǐ / 𖫔𖫪𖫲𖫐 𖫠𖫭𖫱𖫭𖫳

to meet halfway

mu hwuɖu / 𖫔𖫪𖫲𖫐 𖫠𖫪𖫲𖫞𖫪𖫲

to go deep (sore in skin)

mu wɔ̃ / 𖫔𖫪𖫲𖫐 𖫛𖫨𖫲𖫐

to go straight to a person (for a fight)

mu wɔún / 𖫔𖫪𖫲𖫐 𖫛𖫨𖫲𖫪𖫰𖫐

to go to a medium (cave)

múà / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫱𖫐

happiness

múà-kùɖù-kuɖu / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫱𖫐-𖫑𖫪𖫱𖫞𖫪𖫱-𖫑𖫪𖫲𖫞𖫪𖫲

joyful noise

múà-wè / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫱𖫐-𖫛𖫫𖫱

day of rejoicing

múà-wɛ̀ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐𖫧𖫱𖫐-𖫛𖫬𖫱𖫞𖫬𖫱

joyful song

mú-dèɖèìn-ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫗𖫫𖫱𖫞𖫫𖫱𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫞𖫬𖫱

wash basin (laver)

mǔè / 𖫔𖫪𖫳𖫐𖫫𖫱

friend

mǔè-bɔ̀nɔ̌ / 𖫔𖫪𖫳𖫐𖫫𖫱-𖫢𖫨𖫱𖫐𖫐𖫨𖫳𖫐

co-wife
sister-in-law

mǔè-gàà / 𖫔𖫪𖫳𖫐𖫫𖫱-𖫖𖫧𖫱𖫧𖫱

male neighbor

mǔè-nyɔ̀ǔn-dyù / 𖫔𖫪𖫳𖫐𖫫𖫱-𖫕𖫨𖫱𖫐𖫪𖫳𖫐-𖫕𖫪𖫱

fellow human being

mú-fɔ̃̀ìn-ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫓𖫨𖫱𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐-𖫞𖫬𖫱

burner (for incense)

mú-gbɔɔ̀-gbɔɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫝𖫨𖫲𖫨𖫱-𖫝𖫨𖫲𖫨𖫱

destruction

mú-hwɛ̀-ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫠𖫬𖫱-𖫞𖫬𖫱

holy thing

mú-hwɛ̀-Gèɖèpɔ́ɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫠𖫬𖫱-𖫖𖫫𖫱𖫞𖫫𖫱𖫥𖫨𖫰𖫨𖫱

holy God

mú-hwɛ̀-hwɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫠𖫬𖫱-𖫠𖫬𖫱

holiness

mú-hwɛ̀-nyɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫠𖫬𖫱-𖫕𖫨𖫱𖫐

holy person

mú-hwɔ-tì / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫠𖫨𖫲-𖫡𖫭𖫱

time of purification

múin / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫲𖫐

within

mùìn gbo / 𖫔𖫪𖫱𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐 𖫝𖫩𖫲

to go towards

mùìn kɔ̃ / 𖫔𖫪𖫱𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐 𖫑𖫨𖫲𖫐

to go through

mùìn nyɛ́nɛ́ín / 𖫔𖫪𖫱𖫐𖫭𖫱𖫐 𖫕𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫐𖫬𖫰𖫐𖫭𖫰𖫐

to be named by

mú-kpá-wìɖì / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫘𖫧𖫰-𖫛𖫭𖫱𖫞𖫭𖫱

fare

mú-nyɛ́-nyɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫕𖫬𖫰𖫐-𖫕𖫨𖫱𖫐

enemy

mú-po-ɖɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫥𖫩𖫲-𖫞𖫨𖫱

clothing

mú-sɔ̀-ɖɛ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫒𖫨𖫱-𖫞𖫬𖫱

sperm

mú-vǐè-hwɔ̀ɖɔ̀ / 𖫔𖫪𖫰𖫐-𖫣𖫭𖫳𖫫𖫱-𖫠𖫨𖫱𖫞𖫨𖫱

city of refuge