anglais

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W C.	bándakɔtaayɔrɔ
Wahhabi	wáhabiya
Wahhabi Muslim	bólolayɛlɛla, bólominala
waist	kòdo, tɛ́fala
waistline	tɛ́fala
wait	mákɔ̀nɔ, mákɔ̀nɔn
wait for	bàto, dɔ́kɔ̀nɔ, kɔ̀nɔ, kɔ̀nɔn, ɲɛ́kɔ̀nɔ
wait impatiently	kɔ́rɔtɔ
wake early	lásòri
wake up	kúnun
wake up suddenly	bòromoto
waking up	kúnun
walk	dɔ́taama, táama, táamasen, yáala, yára
walk along the roadside	mála
walk along the side	mála
walk by foot	áwusakulun
walk round sth.	lámurumuru
walk stately	màɲa, màɲan
walker	táamala
walking	táama
walking companion	bìlańkɔɲɔɔn
walking-stick	béde, bèleke, bére, gbéde, gbèleke
wall	bónju, dànan, dàndan, kóko
walleye	búun, gbɛ́
walls left standing after the roof is removed	bón
wander	fèlenfelen
wander over the country	bìla
wandering	báyinbayinɲa
war	kɛ̀lɛ
war axe	jénde, jénne
war drum	tábala, tábule
ward	bùu
wardrobe	àlimɔri, àrimɔri
warehouse	mɔ̀nɔbon
warfare	kɛ̀lɛ
warm grey colour	bìdinfadi
warm up	dɔ́kala, gbà, gbà, kála, kála
warmth	kálaya, káliya
warn	jàsere, jàseremalá
warning	jàseremala
warp thread	jèse
warrant officer	bólontii
warrantee	bólomaya
warrantor	bóloma
warrior	kɛ̀lɛden
wart	dóndo
warthog	lɛ̀fali
wash	júunba, kò, lákò, sɛ́ɛsɛɛ
wash (grain) by shaking a vessel	bùubuu
wash inside	dɔ́kò
wash lower parts	sáninɲa, sániya
wash off	bɔ̀
wash oneself	sáninɲa, sániya
wash thoroughly	wúran
washing	kò, kòli
washing powder	sàfinamuu
waste	búrunka, búrunkɔ, dɔ́nɔɔ, rɔ́nɔɔ
watch	tùmalan
watch has never worked at all	báara
watch out!	hánhan
watch over	kɔ̀rɔsi
watchtower	gbálan
water	jí, sɔ́
water dweller	jɛ́ɛ
water has flooded widely	bɔ́
water jug	kàrkuleti
water pitcher	kàrkuleti
water tower	jíbondon
waterfall	gbɔ́rɔndɔ, súrundu
water-melon	sáragbɛ
waterskin	fóroko
wattle	dádorodoro
wave	láfirinfirin
waver	yílanyilan
wax	kàɲa
way	bólo, dàbari, dàlu, fɛ̀rɛ, ɲá, ɲɛ́, síla, súuya
way of doing	cóo, kɛ́ɲa
way of life	báloɲa, mɔ̀ɔya
way of speaking	dáfɔɲɔ
way out	bɔ́da, bɔ́nda
wayfarer	táamaden
we	ân, ándèlu, ánnù, ǹ, ǹnu
we have failed to reach a lode, we have struck dead rock	nára
we live in Conakry	sìi
weak player	cúnɛ
weaken	fìsaya
wealth	kɔ̀ngbɛ, nànfolo
wean	dábɔ
wean a child	dádɔbàsan
weaning	dádɔbasan
weapon	kɛ̀lɛlan
wear out	mùruku
weariness	sɛ̀ɛ
weary	bólolakumu, sɛ̀ɛ
weary smb to death	bólolabɔ
weary smb 's arms	bólolakumu
weather	bándakolo, bándaya
weather, atmospheric situation, climate	bána, bánda
weave	dán, jèse, sìdi, sìri
weave?	móyimoyi
wedding	kɔ́ɲɔ
wedge	bálan, dɛ́n
Wednesday	àraba, kúnunlon
Wednesday evening (sunset) to Thursday	àlamisa, àlimisa
weed	bínbɔ̀, bɔ̀bɔ, dɔ́bɔ̀bɔ
weed out	bɔ̀bɔ
weeding	bínbɔ
week	lɔ́ɔkun, lɔ́ɔtɛ
weekend	lɔ́ɔfin, lɔ́ɔjuu
weep	kàsi
weeping	kàsi
weft	fàle
weighing machine	mùrujan, sìkali
weight	dá, jídan
weir	bábilin, bàlan, bálan, bárasi, bárosi
welcome	bìsímila, làbɛnnin, lákɔ̀ɲɔma, ɲásìi, ɲɛ́sìi
well	àa, cúru, kéle, kóɲà, kóɲìma, kɔ̀lɔn
well .	lè, l', nè, n'
well twisted rope	sánjulu
well-being	bànaya
well-built	bɛ̀dɛmabɛ̀nnin
well-built person	dénkun
well-versed in magics	gbɛ̀lɛn
welt	bílinbilin, fíringbi, nìri
welwitschia bug	bàlakɔ̀nbɛn, bàlankɔ̀nbɛ, bàndankɔ̀nbɛn
West	tèlebe
West African adder	bɛ̀lɛnin
West African bamboo	bɔ̀
West African boxwood	bàdi
West African ebony	dàbakalasunsun, sùnsunfin
West African plum	kòdo
wet	súma
wet to the skin	bɔ́rɔsɔ
wether	sàa, tɛ̀ɛn
wetland rice	méreke
wharf	bɛ́lɛnyɔrɔ
what?	mède, mùn
whatsit	fénkɛ, fénkɛ
wheat	àlikama, dàramɛɲɔ
wheedle smb.	mábɔrɔn
wheel	làsin
wheelbarrow	díidii
when	ní, n'
when a hunter kills a hyena, he cuts off both its tale and mane)	súluku, súlukuba
when marrying, she wasn't virgin	báfaanin
where are you living? [working, settled down...]	dìnkira
where?	mín
whet, point	lákìɲɛ
whether (interrogative parenthetical expression)	fɔ́
whetstone	dádiyalan
whey	tɔ́rɔdɔ
which	mɛ̂n, mɛ̂n, mîn, mîn
which?	jôn, jɔ̂n, mɛ̂n, mîn, ɲìman, ɲùman
whip	bìnsan, bìsan, bònsan, bɔ̀nsan, gbònsan, nìri
whip made of wire with a lead core	bábilɔn
whirl	míninminin
whirlwind	fólonkònjon, fólonkònton, tɔ́nkɔlɔn
whisk	bìnsan, bìsan, sòngbala, sùngbala, wèleke
whiskers	dɔ́di, kàrankanbe, kàrankaranmasi
whisper	dákɔdɔkuma
whistle	fùle
white	gbɛ́, gbɛ́, gbɛ́man
White	fàdagbɛ
white	fúnɛ
white colour	gbɛ́
white dough of pounded karite kernels	búmun, búnbun
white elongated aubergin	sìsɛkilijaado, sìsɛkilijaaro
white horse	dàfe, dàfegbɛ
white horse speckled with black	dàfe, dàfegbɛ
white person	tùbabu
white pumpkin	bàda, bàra, fɛ́
white silk-cotton tree	bànan, bàndan
white yam	dánda
white-collar worker	bìrolamɔɔ
white-flowered silk-cotton tree	bànan, bàndan
white-mouthed cow	dábada, dábara
whiten	gbɛ́ya, lágbɛ
whiteness	gbɛ́, gbɛ́ya
whiteskinned person	mɔ̀ɔnɛngbɛ
whitewash	mùn
whitewash with kaolin	bɔ́rɔngbɛ
who eats all kinds of muck	dámakojuu, dámakojuu
who is there? (a question to the person knocking at the door)	dá
who never brings his work to completion	bólomajuu, bólomanjuu
who precisely?	jóntìi, jɔ́ntìi
who?	jôn, jɔ̂n
who? (implies more than one participant)	jôn, jɔ̂n
whole	gbúnturun, mɛ́rɛtɛtɛ, mɛ́rrɛ
why	bò, mùnná
why are you sitting here uselessly?	gbɔ̀dɔ
wick	sàraba
wick of an oil lamp	dá
wicked	júu, júu, níjuu, sɔ̀nma
wicked tongues	dáwuyen
wide	póntonpantan
widow	gbɔ̀ɔ
widow's mourning	fìriya, fùreya, fùriya, lànda
widow's white clothes during her mourning	lànda
widower	gbɔ̀ɔ
widowhood	gbɔ̀ɔya
width	kànkan, kɔ́nɔ
wife	fúdumuso, fúrumuso, mòso, mùso, nàmiɲɔɔn
wife's birthplace	bídanna, bíranna
wild beasts	búrun
wild cat	ɲàaribakanjan
wild dog	nɔ́ɔnsiwulu, nɔ́wɔsi, nɔ́wɔsiwulu
wild duck	búrujɔn
wild eggplant	bàɲɔyɔ, bùsumoyen, bùsunwɔɲɛ
wild feline sp.	sóliwada
wild pig	bìrifin
wild water-fowl	búru
wild white rose	kòbadanin, sárabada
wild yams	dànanfàare, jànbi
wilderness	búrun, wà, wàa, wàɲan, wɔ̀ɲan, wúla
wilderniss	kónko
will	sàwo, sàwoya, wànin, wànin
win	lákadi, nɔ̀, sé, súdan, s'
win over	ládàa, ládàha
wind	fɔ́ɲɛ, fɔ́ɲɔ
wind around	másìdi
wind blew	fɔ́ɲɛ, fɔ́ɲɔ
windbag	dádɔkolon, dádɔkonte, dárɔkolon
window	bónda, dálen, fɔ́ɲɔda
window's mourning	fùreyá, fùriya
windpipe	kánfereke
windpipe, trachea	wòrofe
wine palm	bàn
wing	kàba, kàman, kànban
winged ephemera termite	bíri, só, tòrogbeden
winner	ɲɛ́baa
winnow	dɔ́fɛ
winnowing basket	sèede
winower	fɛ̀dɛ
winter thorn	báransàn
wipe	látɛ̀rɛndɛ, sòsa, sùsa
wipe off by rubbing one's hand over	bɔ̀rɔndɔ
wipe out	búrunka, búrunkɔ
wire	nɛ̀ɛjulu, nɛ̀ɛjulu, nɛ̀ɛjulu, télegaramun
wire netting	bùjɔ
wireless	àradiyo, àraja, àrajɔ, ràjɔ
wireless station	kúmabon, wúɲanbon
wish	dúba, dùwa, dùwau
wit	dádɔdi, dádɔdi, dádɔdiya, dádɔduman, dárɔdi, dárɔdi, dárɔdi, dárɔduman
witch	súmuso
witch doctor	dàbaritii
with	bólo, fɛ̀
with a swelled belly	bìnbi
with happy New Year	sànbɛnsànbɛn
withdraw	bólobɔ, bɔ́, mábɔ, mábɔ
withers	kásaba
without discrimination	bɔ́
without exception	kɔ́dɛ
without sauce	bɛ́ɲɛ, gbɛ́
without smb 's knowledge	ɲákɔtɔ
withstand sth.	kɔ́kɔ̀nɔn
witness	séde, sére
witty	dádɔdi, dádɔduman, dárɔdi, dárɔduman
wizard	dàbaritii
wizard woman	ɲàgba
Wolof	wɔ́lɔfɔ
woman	mòso, mùso
woman at the advanced stage of pregnancy	bànda
woman bearing a child	jìbabatɔ, jìbatɔ, jùbaatɔ, jùbabatɔ, jùbatɔ
woman married off without a bridewealth	álamandi
woman who is not in her first youth	sákɔdɔ, sákɔdɔnin
woman your mother's age	káɲa
woman's bead girdle	bàya
woman's nature	mùsoya
woman's sex	bɛ̀, byɛ̀, kòlon, mùsoya
womanhood	mùsoya
womanizer	kámerenba, kánberenba, kánmerenba
womb	dénso, dɛ́bɛ
women's hair-pick	bàla
women's headgear	báyi
wonder	kábananko
wood	lɔ́ɔ
wood chips	lɔ́ɔ
woodcarver	kùle
wooden dish	kúnan
wooden spatula	bínka, bínkan
woof	fàle
wool	júuba
word	dákudunɲa, dákurunɲa, kúmaden
words	bábu, dá, dádɔkan, kúma
work	báara, báara, báarada, báaradiya, bólomina, cé, cé, cɛ́, ké, kí, màce
work (working time) is over	báara
work effectively	bɛ̀rɛmasɛsɛ
work with all seriousness!	sɛ̀bɛ, sɔ̀bɛ
worker	báaraden, báarala, báaralila, bólolabaarala
working capital	jàwokun, mánankun
workman	báaraden
workmate	báarakɛdɛɲɔɔn
workplace	báarada, báaradiya
work-place	sɛ́bɛda
workshop	báarabon, tòngbo
workweek	lɔ́ɔba
world	bána, bánda, bánfen, dúnuɲa, dúɲa
worm	tùmu, tùnbu
worm out the essence of sth.	dɔ́boso, rɔ́boso
worn	kóron, kóron
worry	jɔ̀dɛ, jɔ̀dɔ, jɔ̀rɔ, jɔ̀tɛ, sílan
worship	bàto, lábàto
worshipper	bàtola
worshipping	bàto
worthless	kóron, kóron
wound	bárama, báramanɔ, dá, dáfɔn, jéli, jókin, jókin, jóli, jóyin, jóyin, jɔ́ki, jɔ́ki, jɔ́ku, jɔ́ku, mábarama, mábon, mádimin
wound oneself	mádimin
wounded	dálama, jɔ́kitɔ
wrap	másìdi, mínin
wrap in leather	tù
wrap up	lásìdi, lásìri, méleke
wrapper	tàafe
wrapper tied in "goat tail"	bàkɔdɔnko
·	bàkɔrɔnko
wrath	sàri
wrathful	bàlawutɔ
wrest	bòsi
wrestling	bári, báribɔ, sɛ̀, sɛ̀don
wring	bídi, bídin, bírin
wring out	bísi, dɔ́bidi, dɔ́bidin, jíjà
wrinkle	mɔ̀ndɔmɔndɔ
wrist	bólokan, bólokudujɔn
wrist and forearm	bólokan
write	sɛ́bɛ, sɛ́bɛya, wàlafi
write up	wàlafi
writer	méleku, sɛ́bɛyala
writhe	bírinkiti
writing	sɛ́bɛli
written permission	dìɲɛsɛbɛ
wrong	júu, júu