anglais

G - g

gabble	dɔ́gbà
Gaboon viper	bɛ̀lɛnin
gain	sɔ̀dɔn, sɔ̀rɔn
gain an understanding of	ɲábɔ
gait	táamasen, táaɲa
galaxy	lábuun
gale of the wind	bɛ̀nɛjɔ̀n
gamba grass	wàa
Gambian mongoose	wɛ̀nsɛn
Gambian sun squirrel	sánmakɛ̀rɛn
gamble everything away	bón
gambol	yúuyuu
game of top	sɛ̀
ganglion	kùdu, kùru
Ganymede	bíbi
garbage	ɲàasa, ɲàma
garbage heap	sùnunkun
gardenia	búren
garment	màsidi
garrison	dáalen
garrulous	dádɔdi, dádɔduman, dálamisɛn, dálamisɛn, dáma, dáma, dárɔdi, dárɔduman
gasoil	táji
gasoline	jíwu, sánsi
gatehouse	bòlon
gather	bánsa, bánsan, bɔ́, dɛ̀, fàda, fàra, gbàra, kàfo, kùndòn, kùngbàra, ládɛ̀, lákàfo, tɛ̀, tɔ̀mɔ, tɔ̀mɔn, tɔ̀nbɔ, tɔ̀nbɔn
gather firewood	bólomatɔ̀mɔn
gather oncelf	mákɛ
gather together	gbàra, kàmali, kànbali, kùngbàra, kúrufa, lásìi
gauge	múde
gaz	wáyin
Gehenna	páyipayi
gelatin	báyinmana
gelded	tɛ̀ɛn
gelded goat	bàtɛɛn, tɛ̀ɛn
gendarme	kɛ̀lɛmɔɔ
gendarmerie	kɛ̀lɛmɔɔya
genealogy	bɔ́ju, búruju, síndi
general	kɛ̀lɛtii
general studies	kàrangbɛ
generation	bólon, bɔ́nsɔndɔya, fáadɔkɛ
generation of children	bólon
generation of grandfathers	bólon
generation of great-grandfathers	bólon
generosity	bólobila, fóninsereya, fúnunsereya
generous	bólobìla, fóninsere, fúnunsere
genitalia	dùula
genitals	jànbɛdɛ, jànjuu, ɲɛ́
genuine	cɛ̀man, kɛ̀man
genus (?)	fàbon
Geoffroy's/ Western ground squirrel	dùumakɛ̀rɛn
geography	dùumasɛbɛ
geomancer	bùudilala
geomancy	bùudi, bùudila, bùuri, tàrabu, tàribu, tùrabu
geometry	dùusuman
germ	ɲèle
German	áliman
gestural language	bólolakuma
gesture	kɔ́rɛya
get	sɔ̀dɔn, sɔ̀rɔn
get accustomed	dàri, dèri
get angry	fúndi, fúnun
get apart	mábɔ
get aware	lɔ́n
get better	lò
get bewildered	kɔ́nɔdɔfìli, kɔ́nɔrɔfìli
get boozy	bàki
get by	mádàbari
get confused	féreke
get covered wit welts	nìri
get dark	dìbi
get dirty	nɔ́ɔ
get down	lájìi
get down the price!	àbarika
get drenched by the rain	bìrisɔ
get drunk	bàki
get embarrassed	kɔ́nɔdɔban
get engaged	mámìda, mámìna
get entangled	féreke, ɲákɛ
get fat	cɛ́n, kɛ́n
get filled	fá
get fleeced out	bón
get hooked	ɲáran
get ill	sìdaya, sìraya
get lost	bùdun, bùrun, túnun
get mixed up	bàsan, féreke, kálanson, kólin, kólonson
get on with each other	bɛ̀n
get oneself covered with red matter	máwùlen
get out	bɔ́, lábɔ, lábɔ, nábɔ, nábɔ
get out of smb's control	bólomabàli
get out of the skin	bóso
get perplexed	kɔ́nɔdɔban
get quite tight	bàki
get ready	kɔ̀nkɔn
get ready to attack	kɔ̀nkɔn
get rid of	lábɔ, nábɔ
get rid of sth.	bɔ́
get scalded	bòroboro, bòroboroma, mábòroboro
get settled	ɲábɔ
get smb. pregnant	lá, l'
get spoilt	mátiɲɛ
get started	lábòri
get stirred up	bùdu, bùdun
get stuck	bálan, bálan, kànkan
get tired	sɛ̀ɛ
get used	ládàri, ládèri
get warm	gbà
get worried	sòola
Ghanean	gáanaka
giant	pónkin
giant Gambian rat	tòdo, tòdowa, tòrowa, tòto
giant ground pangolin	kàbaran
gibe at smb.	bàranti, dɔ́bàranti
gift	bònɲa, bùnɲa, físiri, jànsa
gift of the owner of a field to women who sheafed	bólosɔɔrɔ
gift to a teacher from a student	bàndanbila
gigantic	dɛ̀gbɛ
ginger	ɲámaku, ɲámanku, ɲámankun
ginger lily	birakurubafira, kogbɛnɛ
giraffe	tíle, túle
gird	lákèrekere
girdle	tɛ́masìdi, tɛ́sidi, tɛ́sìdi
girdle oneself	tɛ́masìdi, tɛ́sìdi
girdle oneself with a bead belt	bàya
girl	dénmoso, dénmuso, mòso, mùso, pòotii, súnkudun
girl who shows off as a grown-up lady	sákɔdɔ, sákɔdɔnin
girls' loincloth	lɛ̀nbɛn
girth	nùurenjulu
give	dí, dòn, d', fànda, ládi
give a buzz cut	gbànan
give a crop cut	gbànan
give a handful of food	mɔ̀ndɔn
give a lift	bìla
give a pretext	bɔ́
give a rebate	kɔ́ndɔn
give a ride	bìla
give a start	lábaara
give an account	dálatɛ̀ɛ, dàntɛ̀ɛ
give as a present	sàma, sànba
give assistance	bánban
give back	sàyi, sàyin, sèyi, sèyin
give birth	jìi, móyi
give birth after smb.	nɔ̀dɔlá, nɔ̀rɔlá
give birth to	móyi, wólo
give complete satisfaction	sáha
give evidence of	lásedeya, lásereya
give force to	báraka
give hope	yílimadiya
give long life to smb.	mábalo
give oneself up	bìla
give rise	bɔ́
give rise to	bìla
give shade	dúlen
give smb his favourite thing as a present	dɔ́bònɲa
give smb the responsibility	másàra
give smb. alms	bólomasɔ
give up fo lost	báranto, báranton
give upo	kɔ́n
giveavway	sù
giveaway price	dásu
giving	bólobila
gladden	lásɛwa
glade	fúwa
glass	dùma
glasses	básalon, básari, lùnɛti, ɲála
glib talker	dádɔmaan
globe	bàda, bàdakudun, bàra, bàrakurun
glorify	bálima, bárima, fàsa, mábalima, mátɔɔ, máweele, máwele, tɛ́lɛmɛ, tɛ́rɛmɛ
glorify exaggeratedly	mátɔɔ
glorious	kánke
glossina	lɛ́n
glove	bólomadon
glue	mána
glutton	nɔ̀ɔma
gnaw	kèretu, ɲɛ̀ɲɛ
go	táa, wá, w'
go after	sáada, sáara, sɛ́ɛdɛ, sɛ́ɛrɛ
go around	míninminin
go away	táa, wá, w'
go back	dɔ́bɔ, rɔ́bɔ
go bad	gbóya, tíɲɛ
go bankrupt	bè, bèn, círon
go down	májìi, májìi, májìi
go for a walk	mátaama
go hoarse	ládìbi
go into	kún
go out	bɔ́, fóyi, sà
go overboard	jáman
go round	túruturu
go through	dɔ́sàn
go to bed	lá, lá, l', l'
go to meet	kùnbɛ̀n
go well	bɛ̀n, bɔ́, ɲà
go with	dɛ̀nbɛdɛnbɛ
goal	bí, kùnta, tù, tùn
goat	bà
goat herding	bàgbɛn
goatherd	bàgbɛnden, bàgbɛnna
God	Ála, màari
God is great	bòn
God tree	bànan, bàndan
God willing	Ála
God's fear	álaɲɛsilanyɛ
God's matter	Álako
God's power	Álaya, mànsaya
God-fearing person	álaɲɛsilanyɛden, álaɲɛsilanyɛmɔɔ, ɲɛ́silanɲɛ
godhead	Álaya, mànsaya
godhood	Álaya
goitre	fòro
gold	sánin, sánun, sénin, sɛ́nin
gold vein	ɲɛ́, ɲɛ́n
gold-bearing soil	ɲɛ̀tɛ
golden money	dàbiyon
gong	tálan
gonorrhea	kɔ̀rɔsinɛn
good	bɛ̀dɛ, bɛ̀dɛ, bɛ́dɛbɛdɛ, bɛ̀rɛ, bɛ̀rɛ, bɛ́rɛbɛrɛ, ɲì, ɲìma, ɲìn, ɲìnma
good bye	ánbɛ
good chance, fortune	nɛ̀rɛ, nɔ̀rɔ
good cook	bólodɔdi, bólodɔdi, bólolandi, bólolandi
good education	jóodon
good electric conductor	bíbaa
good fishing!	bá
good fortune	nɔ̀rɔɲimanya, nɔ̀rɔɲiya
good hand	bólomaɲin, nɔ̀manɲin, nɔ̀manɲin
good luck	nɔ̀rɔɲimanya, nɔ̀rɔɲiya
good matter	bɛ̀dɛ, bɛ̀rɛ
good nature	tède, tère, tète
good night! (lit.: may you quit the night (in peace)!)	bɔ́
good player	wáanɛ
good quality	bɛ̀dɛya, bɛ̀rɛya
good repute	mànkutu
good will	kàninye
good-for-nothing	bàanabaana, bátaramɔɔ, bɔ́fusàfu, bɔ̀nɔmawolo, fùwari, jáfo
goods	kàrajawo
goose	bànidɔ̀ku
gormandize	mɛ̀, mɛ̀ya
Gospel	dálafulan, lìnjili
gossip	mɛ̀ndɛ, mɛ̀nnɛ
gourd	bàda, bàra, jè
gove smb. a handfool of food	dɔ́ɔman
govern	màra
governor	kùnnasiila
governor's office	kùnnasiida
Governor-General	kùnnasiila
gown	dìriki, dùruki, jìriki
gown presented by bridegroom to his future father-in-law	bídan, bíran
gown with sleeves	bólonba
goya	bàɲɔyɔ
grabble	mɔ̀mɔ
grace	nɛ́ma
grade	jàla, nɔ́ti, tù
graft	gèrefe
grafted mango	gèrefe, grèfe
grafting	yírigbara
grain	kìsɛ, sùman
grain of the liana sɛ̀	sɛ̀
gram	sídɔ
grammar	kángbɛ
grammatical	kángbɛlaka
granary	jìinɛ, mɔ̀nɔ
grandchild	màmaren, mɔ̀den, tólomina
grandfather	bénba, bénbakɛ, mɔ̀kɛ
grandmather	mɔ̀muso
grandmother	mà
grant	màgbɛn
grapes	jàbire, jɔ̀biren
grapheme	kólo, sɛ́bɛden
grasp	bábè
grasp abruptly and pull towards oneself	bùrunti
grass	bàkɔ̀ɔ, bín, bínnaka, gbàda, mànsabin, pénpedelen
grass and bush cut down	ɲáansa, ɲáansan
grass sp	sá
grass sp.	séran, síran, síranjɔn, síransinan, tíkisɛ
grass species	fósefose
grasscutter	kɔ̀ɲina
grasshopper	tɔ̀n, tɔ̀nkasa
grassland	bíngbɛ
grassland stretching to the horizon	wúla
grass-snake	bínkɛndɛsa
gratifying	bàrajima
gratis	gbánsan
gratitude	bárika, kóɲimalɔn, wáleɲimalɔn, wáleɲimanlɔn
grave	káburu, sàri
gravel	bɛ̀rɛ
gravy made of Guinea sorrel	dà
gray	fúse, fúse, fúselama, fúsema, fúseya
graze	wásan
great	kánke
great event	jànjon
great griot	ɲàra
Great Hedgehog	kánke
great millet	cènde, kènde, kènne
great number	bɛ̀dɛ, bɛ̀rɛ
great!	àasɔɛ
great-aunt	tɛ́nɛnba
great-grandfather	bénba
great-great-grandfather	sénsensèeba
great-great-grandmother	sénsensèeba
great-great-grandson	sénsensèelen, sénsensèeren
greediness	sɔ́ɲɔn
greedy	bólodɔgbɛlɛn, bólodɔgbɛlɛn
greedy-guts	nɔ̀ɔma
Greek	gɛ̀rɛki
green	bínkɛndɛlama, fídakɛndɛlama, fídakɛnɛlama, fírisi, fírisilama, fírisima, gbèden
green amaranth, Amaranthus viridis	bɔ̀rɔn
green color	fírisi
green colour	bínkɛndɛ
green mamba	bínkɛndɛsa, fídakɛndɛsa, sòtiilabe
green manure	bínkɛndɛnɔɔ
green or yellowish scorpion	búntànin, búntèli, kɔ̀sɔn, tìyafaranin jètii
green snake	bínkɛndɛsa, bínkɛndɛsa
green tea	àtayi, hàtayi
greenhorns	dùndiya, dùndiyanin
greenish brown	bɔ̀dɔlama
greet	fò, kɔ̀ndɔn, lábɛ̀n
greet one's husband after performing a prayer (wife knees before her husband and says: Sàlamu àleyikúm! In the urban milieu, this custom is vanishing)	bìla
greeting	fòli, kɔ̀ndɔn
greetings	jèeyá
grey	búnbunnama, bùudigbɛlama, fúse, fúse, fúselama, fúsema, fúseya
grey duiker	mànkaran, mànkarannɛn, mànkɛrɛn
gridiron	díbi
grief	bɔ̀nɛ, bɔ̀nɔ, sòola, sùnun, sùola, tɔ́rɔya
grieve	bɔ́, nílafìn, sòola, sùnun
grill	díbi, jàni, jànin, jèni, jènin
grind	dɔ́mɔɲɔnkɔ, járo, mɔ́ɲɔkɔ, mɔ́ɲɔnkɔ, mɔ́rɔnkɔ
grind to flour	bùnden, bùnten
grindstone	dádiyalan
griot	jèli
grip unwilling to give	bálan
grippe	tònńkàn
groin	kɛ̀nɛ
groom's gift to the bride's mother	náfaanin, násɔ
grope for	mɔ̀mɔ
gross pepper	cɛ́nforoto
grotto	fálan
ground grain	ɲɛ̀ɲɛn
ground squirrel	dùumakɛ̀rɛn
group	dɛ̀kuru, gbàra, kúru, ló, sɛ́dɛ, sɛ́rɛ, sìidiyama
group of men	gbàra
grouping	sìidiyama
grout	bòro
grove	tú
grow	bìla, bònbaya, bònɲa, bùnɲa, jíriwa, lábònɲa, lábùɲa, sɛ̀nɛ, yíriwa
grow abundant	bɔ́
grow angry	ɲásìsi, sìsi
grow barren	lɔ̀
grow beautiful	bɛ̀dɛya, bɛ̀rɛya
grow big	bèlebeleya
grow black	fìn
grow boastful	jáman
grow bolder	kùnnatɛ̀ɛ, yílilatɛ̀ɛ
grow brave	fárin
grow difficult	gbà
grow disgusting	máɲain, máɲanin, máɲein
grow dull	bídibada
grow experienced	sé, s'
grow fat	bònɲa, bùnɲa, tɔ̀lɔ
grow ferocious	fárin
grow fibrous	kàro, kàron
grow frayed	fúsufusu
grow kind	bɛ̀dɛya, bɛ̀rɛya
grow lazy	dɔ́bìla, rɔ́bìla
grow light	fɛ́ya
grow listless	búdɛya
grow miraculous	mákaba
grow musty	bónbuya, búnbun, búnbuya
grow neat	bɛ̀sɛya
grow numerous	bɛ̀dɛya, bɛ̀rɛya
grow old	kɔ̀dɔ, kɔ̀rɔ
grow painted	máɲɛ̀ɛn
grow poor	bólomadɔɔya, bólomandɔɔya, dɔ̀ɔ
grow powerful	sébaaya
grow rich	bànaya
grow sloven	dàngbaya
grow smooth	mánùnkun
grow strong	dù
grow succulent	dónbo
grow thin	bára, fàsan
grow tidy	bɛ̀sɛya
grow tired	kùmu, kùmun, kùun
grow turbid	bùdu, bùdun
grow unable	dɛ́sɛ
grow up	bálikuya, bònbaya, mɔ̀ɔbaya
grow up, become independent (about a child)	bɔ́
grow visible	mákà
grow white	gbɛ́
growing	bònɲa, bùnɲa
growing thin	bára, fàdi-bɔ-n-na
growl	wúrundu, wúrundun
grown-up	mɔ̀ɔba
grown-up girl, girl of marriageable age	súnkudun
growth	màkafo
gruel	mɔ̀nin
guarantee	bólomaya
guarantor	bóloma
guard	kɔ̀nɔgbɛnna, kùnnasìi, tɔ́nden
guava	bùyaki
guayaba	bùyaki
guess	bìsiki, bìsiki, bìsikiya, sòbi
guest	lólan, lónan, lóndan, lónlan
guide	bìla, bólominala, lásin, ɲɛ́bìla, ɲɛ́bila, ɲɛ́mìda, ɲɛ́mida, ɲɛ́midala, ɲɛ́mina, ɲɛ́mìna, ɲɛ́minala
guilt	fìli, jàraki, yàraki
Guinea corn	áwusan, bìnbiri, bìnbirin, kénìnke, lɔ̀nban
guinea fowl	kàmi, kàmin, kàmun
Guinea franc	dàlasi
Guinea fulbe, Futa-Jallon Fulbe	fúla
Guinea peach	bàdi, dundura
guinea pig	báɲina
Guinea pig	tùbabuɲina
Guinea sorrel	dà, dàkumu, dàkumun, dàkumunin
Guinea yam	dánda
gulf	jídoo
gully	fólon, jífɔlɔn
gum	gbáasa, tìndi
gum of the African myrrh	bàrakanti
gumma	dà
gun	gbònkan, màrafa, màrifa, mòrifa
gunpowder	múu, támuu
gurgle-gurgle!	búyibuyi
gush	dɔ́bɔ, gbɔ́rɔndɔ, rɔ́bɔ
gushing water	gbɔ́rɔndɔ
gust of wind	fɔ́ɲɛ, fɔ́ɲɔ
gutter	sɔ́ɔli
gymnastics	fàdidɔfulen