Zz
zaabe vII to bend
zaabite vII to bend
zaaren nm mediator
zabalö nf new-born( female),
baby-girl
zabalo nm new-born, baby-boy
zaban nm era, epoch, age, year
zabbite vII to swim
zabbo nm swim
zabiib nm vineyard
zabta nm threshing (by hand)
zacabah pt about
zagaxa nf quarrel, argument
zagra nf type of large bird,
‘Guineafowl’
zama nm brother-in-law (sister’s
husband and wife’s brother)
zamad nm 1. relatives, kinship
2. kind of
zamatto nf sister-in-law
(brother’s wife and wife’s sister)
zambil nf basket
zanan nm he-donkey, he-ass
zanbe nm sin
zangada nm type of cereal(s)
(Eleusine multiflora)
zanta nf story, narration, fable
, legend
zarä nf flowing small stream, rivulet,
trickle
zara nm seed(s), ~ zari-ambattan nm
seed dispersal, zariasqayyar
nm crop rotation
zaraabic nm young bull
zarafe vII to tear away, to snatch,
to take by force, to requisition (goods)
zare vII to flow
zarfo nf snatching, requisition
zariica nf agriculture ~ zariica
baclayshe vII to cultivate
zate nf discussion
zatteye vII to confer, to bestow
zattowe vII to treat (intr), to discuss,
to negotiate
zaytuun nm guava (Psidium
guajava)
zazac nm short rainy season
(in the lowland)
zazace vII to do the transhumance
(seasonal moving of the livestock)
to the lowland
zazco nf transhumance
(seasonal moving of the livestock)
to the lowland
zeega nm vagina
zeere vII to shout, to cry out,
to yell, to scream, to shriek,
calling out in need
zeero nf shout, yell, scream, shriek
zeet nm oil
zerraaf nf giraffe
zibbowe vII to be alone
zibo nm 1. uninhabited place
2. wild rel to zibbowe; ~
zibi-okolo nm zebra
zidhdhiime vII to speak, to talk
zifo nm ray/beam (of light)
zifra nf part, side
ziig-erhxe vIV intr to stay for
a short time with
ziizza nm beetle, coleoptera,
dung-roller beetle
zikra nf memory
ziliilico nm ray/beam (of light)
zingo nf roof of zink
zirab nm lying, lie, zirabbite ~
zirab-le vIII to be a liar
zirabbite vII to lie
zirho nm speech, language, talk
ziyaada nf abundance, surplus
ziyaade vII to surpass, ziyaade,
ziyaadishe ! ziyaadah abundantly
ziyaadishe vII to increase
ziyaara nf pilgrimage
ziyaarite vII to be pilgrim
ziyaariteenä nf pilgrim (female)
ziyaariteena nm pilgrim (male)
zizzaale nf honeybee(s); ~
zizzaalet-abba/zizzaaletreezanto/
zizzaalet-shuum
nm queen bee
zokhma nf cold (illness)
zoobä nf region
zooba nm mate(s), friend(s)
zoxishe vII to erode
zoxximnan nm erosion
zubbe nm penis
zuhre nm 1. muslim prayer time
(about at 12pm -2 p.m.)
2. early afternoon
zuknan nm rubbing, dusting,
cleaning
zulluwa nf wandering
zulluwe vII to wander
zumam nm nose ring for wife
zuret nm promenade, walk
zurriya nf line of descent,
lineage, progeny
zuruuf nm situation
zuuke vII to rub, to dust,
to clean
zuuluc nm anus
zuwa nf herding
zuwe vII to herd
zuweenä nf shepherdess
zuweena nm shepherd,
herdsman