Search results for "nja"
munja ti lwyashash cf: Amunja.
bird sp. that changes colours in dry and rainy season [In folklore, it stands for authority.]Daf (sem. domains: 2.2.2 Birds (L&N 04.B).)
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cinjak cf: acor.
n filter (irreg. infl. acicak₂) Bok, Daf (sem. domains: 1.4.5.4 Utensils, containers, implements, and conduits (L&N 06.P).)
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cinjang cf: cunjwang.
n guinea-fowl [In folklore, it is a symbol for cleverness]Daf (sem. domains: 2.2.2 Birds (L&N 04.B).)
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Munja
n masquerader [Munja is the most important of the masqueraders in Daffo. It acts like some kind of a religiously sanctioned police. Onlymen are allowed to see it, after their circumcision. Munja carries a net-like grass costume that covers the whole body of theperson who carries it.]Daf, Mgr, Mon (sem. domains: 5.10.5.2 Covered over (L&N 79.Y), 1.4.9.4 Architecture, painting, photography, and sculpture (L&N 06.W), 4.11.2.4 Not able to be known, Secret (L&N 28.E), 3.1 Supernatural Beings (L&N 12.A), 4.17.9.1 Religious practice, piety, impiety (L&N 53.A), 1.7.2 Socio-religious groups (L&N 11.B).)
Anjakawa₁ cf: Njakawa.
n masquerader sp. Mon (sem. domains: 5.10.5.2 Covered over (L&N 79.Y), 1.4.9.4 Architecture, painting, photography, and sculpture (L&N 06.W), 4.11.2.4 Not able to be known, Secret (L&N 28.E), 3.1 Supernatural Beings (L&N 12.A), 4.17.9.1 Religious practice, piety, impiety (L&N 53.A), 1.7.2 Socio-religious groups (L&N 11.B).)
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n red sorrel [Leaves are used as soup vegetable. The seeds are processed into what the Hausa call 'dadawa' which serves for makingnative soup in similar way as Maggi cubes.]Daf, Mon (sem. domains: 2.1.8 Herbs (L&N 03.C).)
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manjan
n sugar cane Bok (sem. domains: 2.1.3 Plants that are not trees (L&N 03.C), 2.1.7 Grasses (L&N 03.C).)
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njan cf: anjan.
n twin Bok, Daf, Mgr, Sha (sem. domains: 3.1 Supernatural Beings (L&N 12.A), 5.2.2.7 Pair, trio, group (L&N 60.G).)