(In process; items in the Western Niger column are remnants of Appendix:Niger-Congo Swadesh lists, which was used as template. 00:18, 26 August 2019 (UTC))
№ | English | Pulaar | Pular | Maasina Fulfulde | Borgu Fulfulde | Western Niger | Central–Eastern Niger | Nigerian Fulfulde | Adamawa | Bagirmi Fulfulde |
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1 | I | mi | mi | mi | mi | mi | mi | mi | mi | mi |
2 | you (singular) |
a | ||||||||
3 | he, she | o (mo) | ||||||||
4a | we (inclusive) |
en | ||||||||
4b | we (exclclusive) |
min/men | ||||||||
5 | you (plural) |
on | ||||||||
6 | they | ɓe | ||||||||
7 | this | ɗum | ɗun | ɗum | ɗum | ɗum | ɗum | ɗum | ɗum | ɗum |
8 | that | ɗun | ||||||||
9 | here | ɗoo | ||||||||
10 | there | ton | ||||||||
11 | who | homo, hommbo (pl.: homɓe) | ||||||||
12 | what | koɗun, honnɗun | ||||||||
13 | where | hoto, toye | ||||||||
14 | when | mannde, honnde, ndeye | ||||||||
15 | how | honno, noye | ||||||||
16 | not | alaa | alaa | walaa | walaa | walaa | walaa | walaa | walaa | |
17 | all | fow, fop, fuu | ||||||||
18 | many | buy, ɗuɗaal | ||||||||
19 | some | yoga | ||||||||
20 | few | seeɗa | ||||||||
21 | other | go'o | ||||||||
22 | one | go'o, gooto (human) | ||||||||
23 | two | ɗiɗi, ɗiɗo (humans) | ||||||||
24 | three | tati, tato (humans) | ||||||||
25 | four | nayi, nayo (humans) | ||||||||
26 | five | jowi, joyi; joyo, jowo (humans) | ||||||||
27 | big | mawɗo, maw- | ||||||||
28 | long | juutugol (=to be long/tall/big) | ||||||||
29 | wide | njaju | ||||||||
30 | thick | gouma,tekki | ||||||||
31 | heavy | teddugol (=to be heavy) | ||||||||
32 | small | famar | ||||||||
33 | short | raɓɓiɗugol (=to be short),dammuɗo | ||||||||
34 | narrow | ɓiɗɗi | ||||||||
35 | thin | shauɗo | ||||||||
36 | woman | debbo | debbo | debbo | debbo | debbo | debbo | debbo | debbo | debbo |
37 | man (adult male) |
gorko | gorko | gorko | gorko | gorko | gorko | gorko | gorko | gorko |
38 | man (human being) |
neɗɗo (pl.: yimɓe) | ||||||||
39 | child (a youth) |
ɓiɗɗo | ||||||||
40 | wife | ɓeyngu | debbo, jom suudu | kore | ||||||
41 | husband | moodi | gorko | |||||||
42 | mother | neene | inna | |||||||
43 | father | baaba | abba | |||||||
44 | animal | kullun, mardi | ||||||||
45 | fish | linngii | ||||||||
46 | bird | sondu | ||||||||
47 | dog | rawaandu, bareeru | bareeru | rawaandu | rawaandu | rawaandu | rawaandu | rawaandu, ɓoosaaru, kutiiru | rawaandu, ɓoosaaru | |
48 | louse | tenga | ||||||||
49 | snake | mboddi | ||||||||
50 | worm | ngilnga | ||||||||
51 | tree | lekki | ||||||||
52 | forest | ladde | ||||||||
53 | stick (of wood) |
sawru | ||||||||
54 | fruit | biɓɓe-leɗɗe | ||||||||
55 | seed | aawdi | ||||||||
56 | leaf | ɗerol, haako | ||||||||
57 | root | ɗaɗol | ||||||||
58 | bark (of tree) |
sheɓɓe | ||||||||
59 | flower | piindi | ||||||||
60 | grass | fuɗo, huɗo | ||||||||
61 | rope | ɓoggol | ||||||||
62 | skin (of a person) |
gurii,laral | ||||||||
63 | meat (as in flesh) |
teewu,kusel | ||||||||
64 | blood | ƴiiƴam | ||||||||
65 | bone | k'i'al | ||||||||
66 | fat (noun) |
ɓellere | ||||||||
67 | egg | boofo,ɓoccoɗe | ||||||||
68 | horn | luwal | ||||||||
69 | tail | wissho | ||||||||
70 | feather (rather not down) |
wiyengo,leɓol | ||||||||
71 | hair | cukulol, sukuundu), gasa | ||||||||
72 | head | hoore | ||||||||
73 | ear | nowru | ||||||||
74 | eye | yitere | ||||||||
75 | nose | hinere, kinal | ||||||||
76 | mouth | hunnduko | ||||||||
77 | tooth (rather not molar) |
nyiire | ||||||||
78 | tongue | demngal | ||||||||
79 | fingernail | feɗe ngo | ||||||||
80 | foot | koyngal, kosngal | ||||||||
81 | leg | kos ngal | ||||||||
82 | knee | howru, hosɓu ndu | ||||||||
83 | hand | junngo | ||||||||
84 | wing | biyeli, bippoɗi | ||||||||
85 | belly | reedu | ||||||||
86 | guts | cewɗi (singular: sewngol),ketetti | ||||||||
87 | neck | hoƴƴudu.daande | ||||||||
88 | back | ɓaawo, caggal | ||||||||
89 | breast | enndu; kunndulal = nipple | ||||||||
90 | heart | ɓernde | ||||||||
91 | liver | ke nye | ||||||||
92 | to drink | yarugol | ||||||||
93 | to eat | nyamugol | ||||||||
94 | to bite | soppugol, nngattaka | ||||||||
95 | to suck | murugol | ||||||||
96 | to spit | kartugol | ||||||||
97 | to vomit | tutugol | ||||||||
98 | to blow (as wind) |
luɗugol | ||||||||
99 | to breathe | foofugol | ||||||||
100 | to laugh | jalugol | ||||||||
101 | to see | yi'ugol | ||||||||
102 | to hear | heɗagol,nangol | ||||||||
103 | to know (a fact) |
anndugol | ||||||||
104 | to think | sikkugol,nyumol | ||||||||
105 | to smell (sense odor) |
urgol | ||||||||
106 | to fear | hulugol | ||||||||
107 | to sleep | ɗaanagol | ||||||||
108 | to live | wuurugol,jodugol | ||||||||
109 | to die | maayugol | ||||||||
110 | to kill | warugol | ||||||||
111 | to fight | haɓugol | ||||||||
112 | to hunt (transitive) |
ngasha | ||||||||
113 | to hit | piyugol | ||||||||
114 | to cut | hirsugol | ||||||||
115 | to split | shendugol | ||||||||
116 | to stab (or stick) |
tufgol | ||||||||
117 | to scratch (an itch) |
nyanyugol | ||||||||
118 | to dig | ngirgol | ||||||||
119 | to swim | mbuulol | ||||||||
120 | to fly | peerol | ||||||||
121 | to walk | yahadol | ||||||||
122 | to come | arugol,wargol | ||||||||
123 | to lie (as on one's side) |
waalol | ||||||||
124 | to sit | joɗɗgol | ||||||||
125 | to stand | darol | ||||||||
126 | to turn (change direction) |
wa ailitol | ||||||||
127 | to fall (as in drop) |
janoigol,tettoygol | ||||||||
128 | to give | gokkol | ||||||||
129 | to hold (in one's hand) |
jogol | ||||||||
130 | to squeeze | ɓiɗɗugol | ||||||||
131 | to rub | moytugol | ||||||||
132 | to wash | yiggol | ||||||||
133 | to wipe | moytogol | ||||||||
134 | to pull | poɗol | ||||||||
135 | to push | tutaki | ||||||||
136 | to throw | perugol | ||||||||
137 | to tie | kaɓɓol | ||||||||
138 | to sew | nyo'otol | ||||||||
139 | to count | limgol | ||||||||
140 | to say | wi'igol | ||||||||
141 | to sing | gimgol | ||||||||
142 | to play | pijol | ||||||||
143 | to float | mbeyol | ||||||||
144 | to flow | ilul | ||||||||
145 | to freeze | |||||||||
146 | to swell | ɓuutol | ||||||||
147 | sun | naange | naange | naange | naange | naange | naange | naange | naange | naange |
148 | moon | lewru | lewru | lewru | lewru | lewru | lewru | lewru | lewru | lewru |
149 | star | kodel | ||||||||
150 | water | ndiyam | ndiyan | ndiyam | ndiyam | ndiyam | ndiyam | ndiyam | ndiyam | ndiyam |
151 | rain | ndiyam | ||||||||
152 | river | shaangol | ||||||||
153 | lake | gassol | ||||||||
154 | sea (as in ocean) |
weendu | ||||||||
155 | salt | lamɗam | lanɗan, lanɗam | lamɗam | lamɗam | lamɗam | lamɗam | lamɗam, mannda | mannda | lamɗam |
156 | stone | haayre | hayre | haayre, hayre | hayre | haayre | hayre | hayre | hayre | hayre |
157 | sand | njareendi | ||||||||
158 | dust | sollare | ||||||||
159 | earth (as in soil) |
lesdi, leydi | leydi | leydi | leydi | leydi | leydi | lesdi, leydi | lesdi | leydi |
160 | cloud | ade, ndula | ||||||||
161 | fog | shammam,shuddi | ||||||||
162 | sky | dule, dow | ||||||||
163 | wind (as in breeze) |
keni, henndu | ||||||||
164 | snow | |||||||||
165 | ice | malemalleje | ||||||||
166 | smoke | shurka | ||||||||
167 | fire | yiite | ||||||||
168 | ash | doondi | ||||||||
169 | to burn (intransitive) |
wulol | ||||||||
170 | road | ɗatal | ||||||||
171 | mountain | 'yolde | ||||||||
172 | red | boɗeejum | ||||||||
173 | green | hakohakoje | ||||||||
174 | yellow | olol | ||||||||
175 | white | danejum | ||||||||
176 | black | ɓalejum | ||||||||
177 | night | òru | jemma | |||||||
178 | day (daytime) |
nyelauma | ||||||||
179 | year | hita nde | ||||||||
180 | warm (as in weather) |
guldum | ||||||||
181 | cold (as in weather) |
jangol | ||||||||
182 | full | hewal | ||||||||
183 | new | kesum | ||||||||
184 | old | nayewu | ||||||||
185 | good | boɗɗum | ||||||||
186 | bad | woɗa | ||||||||
187 | rotten (as, a log) |
nyoldum | ||||||||
188 | dirty | tuhundi | ||||||||
189 | straight | forti | ||||||||
190 | round | lelal | ||||||||
191 | sharp (as a knife) |
shattal | ||||||||
192 | dull (as a knife) |
welay | ||||||||
193 | smooth | ɓotiɗiɗum | ||||||||
194 | wet | shoftugol | ||||||||
195 | dry (adjective) |
jo'oral | ||||||||
196 | right (correct) |
footi | ||||||||
197 | near | ha'ade | ||||||||
198 | far | ɓadaki | ||||||||
199 | right (side) |
'yamo | ||||||||
200 | left (side) |
nano | ||||||||
201 | at | i | ||||||||
202 | in | nder | ||||||||
203 | with (accompanying) |
i | ||||||||
204 | and | ee | ||||||||
205 | if | to a | ||||||||
206 | because | gam | ||||||||
207 | name | innde | ||||||||
№ | English | Pulaar | Pular | Maasina Fulfulde | Borgu Fulfulde | Western Niger | Central–Eastern Niger | Nigerian Fulfulde | Adamawa | Bagirmi Fulfulde |