tabernaclen.1Iziraali ‘biihi tenti Ngming’puohi ‘deu2(place of worship) Naangmini ‘puohibu ‘deu.
tablen.1(piece of furniture) ‘gbori-seuruu; ‘gboridiruu; tebuli; ‘gbori-gbe anaahi2(food) siimaa ‘diibu3tableland‘ji-gbanggbali4(list) yeli’juri ‘yoe ang seu ‘tu taa ‘poeng5(in the Bible; also tablet) ‘kuurii bungseuripebee.
tabletn.1bungtali2(sheets of writing paper) lierihi3(lump of hard soap) fanfang kpagirii; (of medicine) tiing’biri; tiingkpagirii pl. tiing’bie; tiingkpaga; also tiing’bi kpaga.
taciturnadj.(person) (in the habit of saying very little) ning‘gbuli; ning boin; ba kala; batoguna; ningsiriti.taciturnlyadv.siriti; ‘gbuli bila.taciturnityn.ba togumbu; boinlung; siriti; bakalibu.
tack1n.(nail) ‘pimbiri2n.(stitch) (siebu) ‘ngmiihi di nyogibu3n.(of ship) mani’gbori-kpong ‘torijie4v.(fasten with tacks) (1) kpaahi (ning) ‘pimbie mari5v.(fasten withtacks) (2) di ‘ngmiihi nyogihining tani.
tackle1n.1(set of ropes on a ship) ‘gbori-kpong ‘ju ‘ngmie2(equipment) tuma bung innihi; tungtungbuunhu3liribu; va liribu.
tackle2v.(deal with; attack a problem, piece of work) segihi; maali; kpe (yela) ‘puo; ‘pigi; kaa (yeli) ‘jieng e.g.I don’t know how to tackle this problemN ba bang bila ni mang na segihi a yeli nga.
tacticn.1(means of achieving an object) dabaara; dawari; ‘daliili2(pl. often with sing vb) taanhu jeuri dawari; ‘daliili (fig) (plans; methods) dawari.tacticaladj.dawaree yeli.tacticlyadv.aning dawaree; aning dabaara.
tagn.1(of a shoe-lace) nagitie ‘ngmilerihi nuori ‘kuruhuu bii wuraaba2(label) bung seumaruu3(quoted phrase) (yeliyagang) (nie) nonyina ‘tuubu4(loose, ragged end) ‘choncholi. question tags; (gram) jugihibu e.g. isn’t it?; (che bii); bila naani?5(game) (‘bibilii dieng) karinyogitaa; bennii.
tail1n.1(of an animal) juuri; (W) zuuri (D) pl. jue; zue e.g.Dogs wag their tails when they are pleasedka baahi ‘puuhing wa peli a mang ‘vigiriye a jue2(e.g. of an aircraft) ‘muni; juuri; ‘mung-juuri (attrib.)tail endn.baahaang; ‘muning.tail lightn.loori ‘muni ‘buung-jie. the tail of the eye: ‘nimbi-kpiila. watch from the tail of one’s eyes: fiina; fiila nie; tails (of a coin) ‘libi-wari/’kuruu ‘puori.
tail2v.1tail after somebody‘tuuro (nie) yengyeng bila; cho (nie) ‘muning2tail a person‘tuuro nie ‘puoring; va cho; liri nie3tail off/away (a) (become smaller in number, size) wuo; i fiing; ‘sigi; also wuoli; ngmaa bahi; ‘le (b) (of remarks) (yeliyaga) (nie) nuori; mila; mina; buri buri yela.taillessadj.bung jungmaa.
tailor1n.(kparihi) siera pl. sieriba; tiila; ‘teela. tailor-made(fig) bungsigihi nene2v.ngmaahi se p.c ngmaaha siera3v.(adapt) tegi; leuhi.