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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 | 
| wait impatiently | kɔ́rɔtɔ | 
| wait.for | ɲɛ́kɔ̀nɔ | 
| wake.up | kúnun | 
| wake.up.suddenly | bòromoto | 
| waking.up | kúnun | 
| walk | dɔ́taama | 
| · | táama | 
| · | táamasen | 
| · | yáala | 
| · | yára | 
| 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 | 
| wander | fèlenfelen | 
| wandering | báyinbayinya | 
| wanderings | bìlansenfɛya | 
| · | bìlasenfɛya | 
| war | bàlau | 
| · | bàlawu | 
| · | kɛ̀lɛ | 
| war axe | jénde | 
| · | jénne | 
| war calamities | bàlau | 
| · | bàlawu | 
| ward | bùu | 
| wardrobe | àlimɔri | 
| · | àrimɔri | 
| warehouse | mɔ̀nɔbon | 
| warfare | kɛ̀lɛ | 
| warm grey colour | bìdinfadi | 
| warm up | gbà | 
| · | kálan | 
| warm.up | dɔ́kala | 
| · | gbà | 
| · | kála | 
| warmth | kálaya | 
| · | káliya | 
| warn | jàsere | 
| warning | jàseremala | 
| warp thread | jèse | 
| warrantee | bólomaya | 
| warrantor | bóloma | 
| warrior | kɛ̀lɛden | 
| warthog | lɛ̀fali | 
| wash | júunba | 
| · | kò | 
| · | lákò | 
| · | sɛ́ɛsɛɛ | 
| wash (grain) by shaking a vessel | bùubuu | 
| wash lower parts | sáninɲa | 
| · | sániya | 
| wash off | bɔ̀ | 
| wash oneself | sáninɲa | 
| · | sániya | 
| wash.inside | dɔ́kò | 
| washing | kò | 
| · | kòli | 
| washing.powder | sàfinamuu | 
| waste | búrunka | 
| · | búrunkɔ | 
| watch | tùmalan | 
| watch over | kɔ̀rɔsi | 
| watch.out! | hánhan | 
| watchtower | gbálan | 
| water | jí | 
| · | sɔ́ | 
| water dweller | jɛ́ɛ | 
| water jug | kàrkuleti | 
| water pitcher | kàrkuleti | 
| water tower | jíbondon | 
| waterfall | gbɔ́rɔndɔ | 
| · | súrundu | 
| water-melon | sáragbɛ | 
| waterskin | fóroko | 
| wattle | dádorodoro | 
| waver | yílanyilan | 
| wax | bùsi | 
| · | kàɲa | 
| way | bólo | 
| · | bɔ́ | 
| · | dàbari | 
| · | dàlilu | 
| · | fɛ̀rɛ | 
| · | ɲá | 
| · | ɲɛ́ | 
| · | síla | 
| · | súuya | 
| way of doing | cóo | 
| way of life | báloɲa | 
| · | mɔ̀ɔya | 
| way of speaking | dáfɔɲɔ | 
| way out | bɔ́da | 
| · | bɔ́ńda | 
| way.of.doing | kɛ́ɲa | 
| wayfarer | táamaden | 
| we | ân | 
| · | án | 
| · | ándèlu | 
| · | ánnu | 
| · | ánnù | 
| · | ǹ | 
| weak player | cúnɛ | 
| weaken | baga | 
| · | fìsaya | 
| weakness | baga | 
| wealth | kɔ̀ngbɛ | 
| · | nànfolo | 
| wean | dábɔ | 
| wean a child | dádɔbàsan | 
| weaning | dádɔbasan | 
| weapon | kɛ̀lɛlan | 
| wear out | mùruku | 
| weariness | sɛ̀ɛ | 
| weary | bólolakumu | 
| · | sɛ̀ɛ | 
| weary out of patience | bànsan | 
| · | bàsan | 
| weary smb. to death | bólolabɔ | 
| weary smb.'s arms | bólolakumu | 
| weather | bándakolo | 
| · | bándaya | 
| weave | dán | 
| · | sìdi | 
| · | sìri | 
| weave? | móyimoyi | 
| wedding | kɔ́ɲɔ | 
| wedge | dɛ́n | 
| Wednesday | àraba | 
| · | kúnunlon | 
| 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 | làbɛnnin | 
| · | lákɔ̀ɲɔma | 
| · | ɲásìi | 
| · | ɲɛ́sìi | 
| well | cúru | 
| · | kéle | 
| · | kóɲà | 
| · | kóɲìma | 
| · | kɔ̀lɔn | 
| well established | bánbannɛn | 
| · | bánbannin | 
| well... | l | 
| · | lè | 
| · | lê | 
| · | nè | 
| · | n' | 
| well.twisted.rope | sánjulu | 
| well-being | bànaya | 
| well-built | bɛ̀dɛmabɛ̀nnin | 
| well-built.person | dénkun | 
| well-versed in magics | gbɛ̀lɛn | 
| welt | fíringbi | 
| · | nìri | 
| West | tèlebe | 
| West African adder | bɛ̀lɛnin | 
| West African bamboo | bɔ̀ | 
| West African boxwood | bàdi | 
| West African ebony | dàbakalasunsun | 
| · | sùnsun | 
| · | sùnsunfin | 
| wet.to.the.skin | bɔ́rɔsɔ | 
| wetland.rice.sp. | méreke | 
| wharf | bɛ́lɛnyɔrɔ | 
| what? | mède | 
| · | mùn | 
| whatsit | fénkɛ | 
| · | fénkɛ | 
| wheedle | bálima | 
| · | bárima | 
| wheedle smb. | mábɔrɔn | 
| wheel | làsin | 
| · | lásin | 
| wheelbarrow | díidii | 
| where? | mín | 
| whet, point | lákìɲɛ | 
| whey | tɔ́rɔdɔ | 
| which | mɛ̂n | 
| · | mîn | 
| which? | jôn | 
| · | jɔ̂n | 
| · | mɛ̂n | 
| · | mîn | 
| · | ɲìman | 
| · | ɲùman | 
| whip | bìnsan | 
| · | bìnsan | 
| · | bìsan | 
| · | bìsan | 
| · | bònsan | 
| · | bònsan | 
| · | bɔ̀nsan | 
| · | bɔ̀nsan | 
| · | gbònsan | 
| · | gbònsan | 
| · | nìri | 
| whip made of wire with a lead core | bábilɔn | 
| whip with sth. | bìrindi | 
| · | bìrinji | 
| whirl | míninminin | 
| whirlwind | fólonkònjon | 
| · | fólonkònton | 
| · | tɔ́nkɔlɔn | 
| whisk | bìnsan | 
| · | bìsan | 
| · | sòngbala | 
| · | sùngbala | 
| · | wèleke | 
| whiskers | dɔ́di | 
| · | kàrankanbe | 
| · | kàrankaranmasi | 
| whistle | fùle | 
| white | fúnɛ | 
| · | gbɛ́ | 
| · | gbɛ́ | 
| · | gbɛ́man | 
| white colour | gbɛ́ | 
| white dough of pounded karite kernels | búmun | 
| · | búnbun | 
| white horse | dágbɛ | 
| white person | tùbabu | 
| white pumpkin | bàda | 
| · | bàra | 
| · | fɛ́ | 
| white silk-cotton tree | bànan | 
| · | bàndan | 
| white.elongated.aubergin | sìsɛkilijaado | 
| · | sìsɛkilijaaro | 
| white-collar worker | bìrolamɔɔ | 
| white-flowered silk-cotton tree | bànan | 
| · | bàndan | 
| whiten | gbɛ́ya | 
| · | lágbɛ | 
| whiteness | gbɛ́ | 
| · | gbɛ́ya | 
| whiteskinned person | mɔ̀ɔnɛngbɛ | 
| whitewash | mùn | 
| whitewash with kaolin | bɔ́rɔngbɛ | 
| who | jôn | 
| · | jɔ̂n | 
| who eats all kinds of muck | dámakojuu | 
| who eats quickly | dádɔterin | 
| · | dálakalin | 
| · | dálaterin | 
| · | dárɔterin | 
| who insults easily | dádɔterin | 
| · | dálakalin | 
| · | dálaterin | 
| · | dárɔterin | 
| who never brings his work to completion | bólomajuu | 
| who talks uncessantly | dádɔfasa | 
| · | dádɔfasan | 
| · | dárɔfasan | 
| who.precisely? | jóntìi | 
| · | jɔ́ntìi | 
| whole | gbúnturun | 
| · | mɛ́rɛtɛtɛ | 
| · | mɛ́rrɛ | 
| whose garrulousness is uncheckable | dádɔfasa | 
| · | dádɔfasan | 
| · | dárɔfasan | 
| why | bò | 
| · | mùnná | 
| wicked | júu | 
| · | níjuu | 
| · | sɔ̀nma | 
| wicked tongues | dáwuyen | 
| wide | póntonpantan | 
| widow | gbɔ̀ɔ | 
| widow's mourning | lànda | 
| widow's white clothes during her mourning | lànda | 
| widow's.mourning | fìriya | 
| · | fùreya | 
| · | fùriya | 
| widower | gbɔ̀ɔ | 
| widowhood | gbɔ̀ɔya | 
| width | kɔ́nɔ | 
| wife | fúdumuso | 
| · | fúrumuso | 
| · | mòso | 
| · | mùso | 
| · | nàminɲɔɔn | 
| wife's birthplace | bídanna | 
| · | bíranna | 
| wild dog | nɔ́ɔnsiwulu | 
| · | nɔ́wɔsi | 
| · | nɔ́wɔsiwulu | 
| wild eggplant | bàɲɔyɔ | 
| · | bùsumoyen | 
| · | bùsunwɔɲɛ | 
| wild pig | bìrifin | 
| wild sesame | bɛ̀nɛjɔ̀n | 
| wild water-fowl | búru | 
| wild white rose | kòbadanin | 
| · | sárabada | 
| wild.feline.sp. | sóliwada | 
| wilderness | búrun | 
| · | wà | 
| · | wàɲan | 
| · | wɔ̀ɲan | 
| · | wúla | 
| wilderniss | kónko | 
| will | sàwo | 
| · | sàwoya | 
| · | wànin | 
| · | wànin | 
| win | lákadi | 
| · | láwàsa | 
| · | nɔ̀ | 
| · | sé | 
| · | s' | 
| wind | fɔ́ɲɛ | 
| · | fɔ́ɲɔ | 
| wind around | másìdi | 
| windbag | dádɔkolon | 
| · | dádɔkonte | 
| · | dárɔkolon | 
| window | dálen | 
| · | fɔ́ɲɔda | 
| windpipe | kánfereke | 
| wing | kàba | 
| · | kàman | 
| winged.ephemera.termite | bíri | 
| · | só | 
| · | tòrogbeden | 
| winner | ɲɛ́baa | 
| winnow | dɔ́fɛ | 
| winnowing.basket | sèede | 
| winower | fɛ̀dɛ | 
| winter thorn | báransan | 
| 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 | 
| · | kísi | 
| wit | dádɔdi | 
| · | dádɔdi | 
| · | dárɔdi | 
| · | dárɔdi | 
| witch | súmuso | 
| witch doctor | dàbaritii | 
| with | fɛ̀ | 
| with a swelled belly | bìnbi | 
| with.happy.New.Year | sànbɛnsànbɛn | 
| withdraw | bólobɔ | 
| · | bɔ́ | 
| · | bɔ́ | 
| · | mábɔ | 
| · | mábɔ | 
| withers | kásaba | 
| without exception | kɔ́dɛ | 
| without financial means | dádɔkolon | 
| · | dárɔkolon | 
| without sauce | bánka | 
| · | bɛ́ɲɛ | 
| · | gbɛ́ | 
| without smb.'s knowledge | ɲákɔtɔ | 
| withstand sth. | kɔ́kɔ̀nɔn | 
| witness | bɔ́ | 
| · | séde | 
| · | sére | 
| witty | dádɔdi | 
| · | dárɔdi | 
| wizard | dàbaritii | 
| wizard.woman | ɲàgba | 
| Wolof | wɔ́lɔfɔ | 
| woman | mòso | 
| · | mùso | 
| woman married off without a bridewealth | álamandi | 
| woman who is not in her first youth | sákɔdɔ | 
| · | sákɔdɔnin | 
| woman's sex | bɛ̀ | 
| · | bɛ | 
| · | byɛ̀ | 
| · | byɛ̀ | 
| · | kòlon | 
| woman's.bead.girdle | bàya | 
| woman.bearing.a.child | jìbabatɔ | 
| · | jìbatɔ | 
| · | jùbaatɔ | 
| · | jùbabatɔ | 
| · | jùbatɔ | 
| womanizer | kámerenba | 
| · | kánberenba | 
| · | kánmerenba | 
| womb | dénso | 
| · | dɛ́bɛ | 
| women's hair-pick | bàla | 
| women's hairstyle | bóloɲa | 
| women's headgear | báyi | 
| women's underwear | bíla | 
| wonder | kábananko | 
| woo | bàdo | 
| · | bàro | 
| wood | 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 | 
| · | bólomina | 
| · | cé | 
| · | cé | 
| · | cɛ́ | 
| · | ké | 
| · | kí | 
| work in manufacturing medicaments | bási | 
| · | bɛ́si | 
| · | bísi | 
| work with the highest efficiency and minimum labour | bɛ̀rɛmasɛsɛ | 
| worker | báaraden | 
| · | báarakɛla | 
| · | báarala | 
| · | báaralila | 
| · | bólolabaarala | 
| working capital | jàwokun | 
| · | mánankun | 
| workman | báaraden | 
| workplace | báarada | 
| work-place | sɛ́bɛda | 
| workshop | báarabon | 
| · | tòngbo | 
| workweek | lɔ́ɔba | 
| world | bána | 
| · | bánda | 
| · | bánfen | 
| · | dúɲa | 
| worm | tùmu | 
| · | tùnbu | 
| worm out the essence of sth. | dɔ́boso | 
| · | rɔ́boso | 
| worn | kóron | 
| worry | jɔ̀dɛ | 
| · | jɔ̀dɔ | 
| · | jɔ̀rɔ | 
| · | jɔ̀tɛ | 
| worship | bàto | 
| · | lábàto | 
| worship God | bàdo | 
| · | bàro | 
| worshipper | bàtola | 
| worshipping | bàto | 
| worthless | kóron | 
| wound | bárama | 
| · | báramanɔ | 
| · | dá | 
| · | dáfɔn | 
| · | jéli | 
| · | jókin | 
| · | jókin | 
| · | jóli | 
| · | jóyin | 
| · | jóyin | 
| · | jɔ́ki | 
| · | jɔ́ki | 
| · | jɔ́ku | 
| · | jɔ́ku | 
| · | mábarama | 
| · | mábon | 
| wounded | dálama | 
| · | jɔ́kitɔ | 
| wrap | másìdi | 
| · | mínin | 
| wrap in leather | tù | 
| wrap up | búnbu | 
| · | búnbun | 
| · | lásìdi | 
| · | lásìri | 
| wrap.up | méleke | 
| wrath | sàri | 
| wrathful | bàlawutɔ | 
| wrest | bòsi | 
| wrestling | bári | 
| · | báribɔ | 
| · | sɛ̀ | 
| · | sɛ̀don | 
| wring | bídi | 
| · | bídin | 
| · | bírin | 
| wring out | bísi | 
| · | jíjà | 
| wring.out | dɔ́bidi | 
| · | dɔ́bidin | 
| wrist | bólokan | 
| · | bólokudujɔn | 
| wrist and forearm | bólokan | 
| write | sɛ́bɛ | 
| · | sɛ́bɛya | 
| write with vowels | sìira | 
| writer | méleku | 
| · | sɛ́bɛyala | 
| writhe | bírinkiti | 
| writing | sɛ́bɛli | 
| written.permission | dìɲɛsɛbɛ | 
| wrong | júu |