T – t
ta n head
ta eînî n headache
tabag n a round plate woven from palm leaves, used to separate the wheat from the chaff.
taban n hardship, distress
tadî n necklace, either for people or for animals
tadûr n animal skin
taguneî n cucumber
tagur n nail, claw
tahir ra n circumcised person
talata n Tuesday
talib n student
tam n a good taste
tama ra n from the Tama region, a Tama person
tame n a sheep with a brown or black head, and a white body
tami n lamb
tamsi n tongue
tanay n a skin disease, such as a welt, wart, boil, tumor, etc.
tangaî n sleep
tara n The zygophyllaceae and its fruit. The grains are eaten in a time of severe famine.
tarba n time after the rainy season, around October, when the rainy season has ended but the cold season hasn’t started yet. The weather is dry and hot.
tarfi n flatulence
tari n clothes
tarme n personal effects of a house (clothes, rug, bedding, etc.)
taro n diarrhea
taro-nì, taro-giní v to have diarrea
tasu n a bowl or pot that has a cover
taw n wilderness n outside
tawnì, kidawní v stop
tebîr n the upper arm
tedî n a horn
tege n a shoe
tege herî n butterfly n moth
tege ra n those who like to work during the dark nights of the month
tegi n dowry
temina n thief
tene n daughter or, by extension, the daughter of one’s siblings (niece)
tene adajay n Gift presented by the parents of the groom to welcome the bride, usually a goat, a sheep, a cow or money. Literally, “That the bride does not go away.”
tene bîye n nuptial house, house for the girl
tene geyra n prospective groom
tene kerde n sister-in-law
tene segîr n married woman without children
tene seyra n bridesmaid
tene sîdak n wedding gift for the groom
tene teyra n virgin
tene tombo n a single woman who is of the age to be married
tene umura n the newly married bride
tenîya n The standard unit of value in cattle. One tenia is the equivalent of a healthy cow that is two years old. Camels, and other herds have a certain value in relation to the tenia. The tenia is how the value of an exchange of cattle is determined.
tergi n branch n a donkey or a horse that has given birth
tergos n a turban, a man’s head covering
teri n tools n iron
terî n termite
tersî n tailor
tey ra n The baobab tree. The wood of this tree is used to make the mortar and pestle, because it is such a solid wood.
ti pron a thing, usually something useless
tîbe n field
tîbînî n in a wadi, a place where there is a lot of water.
tîbîrîm n watering place
tidi n the place where animals are herded, and rest at night.
tidy adj short
timatim n tomato
timo n The bauhinia rufescens bush, a bush found on mountains and in the wilderness. The leaves are used as food for grazing animals, and the bark is crushed to help with burning eyes and wounds.
timsa n crocodile
tîne n thief
tîne-nì, tîne-giní v steal
tini n molar teeth
tintin n hummingbird
tir n name
tîrî n salt
tisik n basin for washing clothes or dishes
tîye n human excrement
tîyer n axe
tîyery adj skinned
tîyîr n root
todu n heart
todû n the vagina
todu ra adj a thoughtful, courageous person; one who thinks only of the needs of others.
togo n breast
togoro n The commiphora pilosa or commiphora calcicola tree, with a gray bark
togu n flour
togûnû n someone who refuses to move forward, who is stubborn.
toguru n butter-churning container
togwî n flour
toî n voucher. When we take something to pay for it later.
tolok n drip
tomay ra n one who takes advantage when something is offered to them, by taking what he can
tombo n young unmarried woman, a virgin
torbû n tail
torfu n bird
torfu huriya n bat
tou n debt
tow n commercial trip permitting one to trade or sell
tow bur n bullet
towe n an apron a cloth (pagne) that is wrapped and tied around the waist to keep from getting one’s clothes dirty while cooking
tshad n Chad, Lake Chad
tuba n Someone from the Bideyat region
tudu n back, spine, backbone
tûgûnû adj stubborn
tûjara n commerce
tûjaraî n trader
tûm n garlic
tumbey n archaic. antilope horn, or the trumpet made from this horn
tur n the father ram of the herd of sheep
turba n tomb, sepulchre
turda n The cordia rothii tree, a tree without thorns that is white with flowers at the end of the rainy season. The red fruit is eaten fresh or dried, and animals enjoy eating its leaves.
ture n monkey
tûre n man’s hat
tûrtûrda n termite hill
tûrû n fruit of the “tùrda” tree n a traditional drink made from millet before it is filtered after fermentation n a certain kind of grass that begins to grow just before the rainy season begins
tûw n gun
tûwe n the acacia senegalis tree
tûwe nango n arabica gum from the acacia senegalis tree, of high quality and very sweet
tûwî n before sunset, before 6:00 PM
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