Doomu Yalla Flashcards
ndekete
I didn’t realize
caat mi
the youngest (in family)
dafa aay gaf
bring bad luck
aay
to be bad, mean, culturally inappropriate
-aay
way of __v___-ing
tëddaay
way of lying down
bañ
refuse
rëbbi
to hunting
feeñu
appear to
Yalla feeñu na Toni
God appeared to Toni
Yalla daan feeñu Toni
God used to appear to Toni
melokaan
form
daar
cow
Yalla daan na feeñu Toni ci melokaanu daar bu bare meew bu ñewee di nampal
God used to appear to Toni in the form of a cow with much milk and breast feed him
musiba
misfortune
yam ag/yemmoog
at the same time
Dama dem kër Amadou yam ag Yamar di ko door.
I went to Amadou’s house at the same time as Yamar was hitting him.
doxe
walk with (implement)
doxe gannaw
sneak up behind/walk behind
roy
to imitate
roy baatam
imitate her voice
jaaxle (intr.)
to be worried/puzzled/have problems
mu jaaxle lool
she was very worried
jaaxal (tr.)
to worry
Binta dafa ma jaaxal.
Binta worries me.
baat bu mu miin
a voice she was accustomed to
naan
continuous form of “ne” - saying
Yangi naan “baakan”
You were saying “nose.”
baat bu mu miin di woy, naan ko
a familiar voice sang, saying to her…
kaddu
speech/sentence/proverb/word
ba mu deggee kaddu yooyu
when she heard those words
yuuxu
scream
dafa yuuxu, yuuxu gu tar, reer ci all bi
she screamed, a piercing scream that was lost to the bush
