C - c

cabbage su

· supɔmu

cackle kaka

caesarean section kɔnɔcibange

cake gato

cake shop patiseri

calabash bàra

· filen

calculate jate

calculation jate

calculator jatebɔlan

calf misiden

call wele

· weleli

call to prayer misiriwele

call together lajɛ̀�

caller welebaa

calm mada

camel ɲɔgɔmɛ

· ɲaamɛ

camera jatalan

· fototalan

Cameroon Kameruni

campaign kanpaɲi

can buwati

Canada Kanada

canal bajalan

candle busi

candy takalagɔmi

· bɔnbɔn

canoe kurun

· jikankurun

capitaine (fish) salen

· kapitɛni

capital faaba

capitalism kapitalisimu

capitalist kapitalisi

capture minɛ

· minɛni

car mɔbili

card karada

cardboard box karitɔn

care hami

carefully nɛmɛnɛmɛ

carp ntɛbɛn

carpenter jiridɛsɛla

carrot karɔti

carry on back bamu

cart wotoro

carve dɛsɛ

cassette kasɛti

cassette recorder maɲeto

casted person ɲamakala

cat jakuma

catapult kɔnɔbɔmana

catastrophe balawu

· kojugu

catch minɛ

catfish manɔgɔ

catholic katoliki

cattle herder misigɛnna

cattle slaughterhouse misifagayɔrɔ

cause bila

cave farawo

· kuluwo

CD sede

celebrate ɲɛnajɛ

celebration ɲɛnajɛ

· gintanba

cement siman

cemetery kaburudo

· sudonyɔrɔ

centimetre santimɛtɛrɛ

Central African Republic Santarafiriki

cesspit wuluwulu

CFA sefawari

Chad Cadi

chaff ɲaga

· bu

chain jɔlɔkɔ

· nɛgɛjɔlɔkɔ

· cɛni

chair sigilan

· sɛsi

chalk kabasu

· farasu

· lakɛrɛ

chameleon nɔnsi

change falen

· yɛlɛma

· bayɛlɛma

chapter sigida

· sura

· dakun

charcoal sarabon

· finfin

chase gɛn

chase after nɔgɛn

chat masala

· baro

check waritasɛbɛn

· sɛgɛsɛgɛ

· sɛki

checkpoint sɛgɛsɛgɛliyɔrɔ

cheek dafuruku

cheese foromazi

chemist furafeerela

cheque waritasɛbɛn

· sɛki

cherry serisi

cherubim serubɛn

chest kɔgɔ

· disi

chest pains disidimi

chew ɲimi

chewing tobacco siramugu

chick sɛden

chicken sɛsɛ

· sɛ

chicken (meat) sɛsogo

chief kuntigi

chief (of village) dugutigi

child denmisɛn

· den

childhood denmisɛnya

· bilakoroya

· denmisɛnma

chili pepper foronto

· kɛlɛkɛlɛ

chin bonbon

China Siniwajamana

chips firiti

chocolate sokola

choir kɔrali

choir member kɔraliden

choke degun

cholera kunfilanintu

· kunfilatu

choose sugandi

· ɲɛnatɔmɔ

chop ci

Christian Kretiɛn

· kerecɛn

Christmas Nowɛli

chuck fili

church Alabatoso

· egilisi

church service batoli

cigarette sigarɛti

cinema sinimanso

circle koori

· sɛrɛkili

circulate munumunu

circumcise boloko

circumcision bolokoli

circumcision ceremony furasi

circumference koorilamini

citizen fasoden

· jamanaden

civil servant forobabaarakɛla

clap tɛgɛrɛ fɔ

clapping tɛgɛrɛ

class kilasi

classroom kalanyɔrɔ

· kalanso

clay bɔgɔ

· bɔgɔlama

clean jɛya

· jɛ

· jɛ

· senu

· saniya

cleanliness saniya

cleanse saniya

cleansing saniyali

clear jɛman

clever kegun

cleverness keguya

client sannikɛla

cliff kulu

clinic dɔgɔtɔrɔso

clock mɔnturuba

· waatijiralan

close tugu

· surun

· datugu

cloth jɔsilan

· sifɔn

· bagi

· fini

clothes fini

clothes maker kalalikɛla

clothes peg finidulonnan

cloud kabanɔgɔ

· kaba

club tɔn

· gɛrɛn

coach degelikaramɔgɔ

· kaare

coast kɔgɔjida

cobbler garankɛ

cockerel donon

· dononkɔrɔ

cockroach ɲɛbɛrɛ

coffee kafe

coffee seller kafefeerela

coin warimisɛn

cola nut wòro

cold mura

· sumalen

· nɛnɛ

cold country nɛnɛmajamana

cold season fonɛnɛ

colleague baarakɛɲɔgɔn

collect cɛ̀�

colon tomi fila (:)

colonisation marali

colour ɲɛ

colt sòden

combatant kɛlɛkɛcɛ

· kɛlɛcɛ

come nà

come back segin

· kɔsegin

come down jigin

come from bɔ

comedian tiyatiribɔla

coming nata

· nali

coming and going taakasegin

comma nkɔri

commandment ci fɔlen

commerce jago

commission ci

commit kalifa

commit suicide yɛrɛfaga

committee komite

common noun forobatɔgɔ

companion tɔɲɔgɔn

companionship jɛɲɔgɔnya

compare kɛɲɛ

· suma

· sanga

compel wajibiya

competition ɲɔgɔndan

complete dafalen

· dafa

completely tewu

· pewu

computer ɔridinatɛri

concentrate cɛsiri

concentrate on ɲɛsin

concern hami

concession du

conclude kuncɛ

conclusion kuncɛli

concrete slab bambale

condemn lagosi

condom mananin

conference lajɛba

· kɔnferansi

confess jɔ̀�

confidence dannaya

confuse ɲaami

Congo Kongo

conjunctivitis apolo

· ɲɛdimi

conquest minɛni

consequence nɔ

consider jate

consonant dafata

conspiracy janfa

constellation dolokulu

constipation kɔnɔja

construction jɔli

· sojɔ

contagious illness fiɲɛbana

container palan

· foroko

contest sɔsɔ

context hukumu

continent bangu

contract bɛnkan

· layidu

contradict sɔsɔ

contribution bolomafara

conversation masala

· kɔrɔfɔ

· baro

convert tuubiden

· tuubi

cook tobili kɛ

· tobi

· tobilikɛla

cooker tobilikɛlan

cooking tobili

cooking pot todaga

· tobilidaga

cooking stone gakulu

cooking utensil tobilikɛminɛn

cool suma

· suma

coolness sumaya

· nɛɛma

cooperation tɛgɛdiɲɔgɔnma

copy sɛbɛnja

corn kàba

corner dogodogonin

· seleke

cornfield kabaforo

corpse sǔ

corral jasa

Costa Rica Kɔsitarika

cotton kɔɔri

cotton fibres kɔɔrimugu

cotton grower kɔɔrisɛnɛna

cough sɔgɔsɔgɔ

councillor kɔnseye

counsel laadi

counsellor laadibaa

count jate

· tɛrɛmɛ

· dan

countryside kungo

· burusi

· wula

courage jagɛlɛya

courageous farin

course kalan

courtyard dukɛnɛ

couscous bàsi

cousin kanimɛ

cover biri

· datugu

· datugulan

· bili

cow misi

· misimuso

cow enclosure wɛrɛ

co-wife sinamuso

cowrie shell kolonkisɛ

cow's milk misinɔnɔ

craftiness keguya

crafy kegun

crawl ɲunuma

· fofo

create da

created thing dafɛn

creator dabaa

creature dafɛn

creeper nsaban

creme kɛrɛmu

cricket nkɛɛrɛn

crime sariyatiɲɛ

criminal kojugukɛla

criticise lagosi

· kɔrɔmatigɛ

crocodile bama

cross gengenjiri

· tigɛ

crossroads sirakunbɛn

crow kasi

crowd jama

crown masafugula

crumbs kunkun

crunch ɲimi

crush nɔɔni

· ɲɔnɲɔn

cry kasikan

· kule

· kasi

· kulokan

cry out kulo

cucumber kɔnkɔn

cultivate sɛnɛ

culture dɔnko

cunning kegun

cup bɔli

current woyo

curse neni

· danga

· danga

custard apple sunsun

custom laada

cut kan

· tigɛ

· joli

cut throat of kantigɛ

cyclist nɛgɛsotigi

Côte d'Ivoire Kɔnɔwari

· Kodiwari