Geranci

Geranci yare ne wanda asalin sa daga jihar Bauchi, Najeriya. Kamar yadda bincike ya nuna akwai sama da mutane 200,000 waɗanda ƴan asalin ƙabilar Gera ne kuma Geranci shine yaren da suka fi ji da iyawa a yayin magana. Duk da cewa yanzu Hausa ta kusa gama laƙume yaren, a da akwai ƙauyuka da suka kai 30 waɗanda duka yaren Gera ne, amma yanzu bazai wuce ƙauyuka 4 ba ko su Hausa kusan gama haɗiye su.

Geranci
Dangin harshen	Afroasiatic (en) Harsunan Chadi Yaren Chadic West Chadic A (en) Yaren Bole-Tangale Geranci
Lamban rijistar harshe
ISO 639-3	gew
Glottolog	gera1246

Kalmomi

Kalmomin Geranci da Hausa da Turanci:

Geranci	Hausa	Turanci	(notes)
auzau	manomi	farmers
babi	biyar	five
bana	gida	home
bar	goma	ten
bara	gada	small antelope
basi	ribi	beniseed
bawi	baki	mouth	[báwî]
belmi	goggo	baboon
beshim	shidda	six
bewa	bunsuru	he goat
biɗi	biri	monkey
bigini	inane	Where?	[bìgínî]
bini	dutsen nika	grinding stone	bìní
binmi	sani	to know	[bín!mí]
birbi	dare	night
bisaɓu	damina	rainy season
bisi	karba	take	[bìsì]
bishimbulu	bakwai	seven
biwi	baya	back	[bíwì]
bizawa	kaka	harvest time
boɓa	uba	father
bori	koma	go back	bórì
bougendiki	bakin hanya	mouth of the road
buɗa	wanka	to bathe	ɓùdá
buɗa	toka	ashes
bufishi	da rana	day
bunu	nan	here
bur	ba ni	give me
bura	gawa	dead body	bùrá
burmi	guiwa	knee
burni	ba ni	give me
busa	hazo	harmattan
busimi	kirji	chest
busiya	hula	cap/hat	[búsìyà]
buwa	rami	hole	[bùwá]
buya	gemu	beard
gab	cikin	inside	gǝb
ɓa	Allah	God
ɓaninja	tara	nine
ɓiliwi	tsuntsu	bird
caɗeca	yayane	How is it?
catili	jemage	bat
dana	kujera	chair
dari	daddawa	locust bean	[dǝri]
darni	danga	fence (local)	[dǝrni]
dauduwa	kudi	money
dejana	burugali	stick for blending soup
denasiri	masara	maize
dina	shekara	year
dinza	alade	pig
diumi	zabuwa	guinea fowl
dora	aboki	male friend	dórà
dora	rafi	pond	dórá
dumbula	kadangariya	female lizard
dunja	kwado	toad
duru	gyada	groundnut
dusa	buge shi	beat him
dusha	doki	horse
duwa	duka	to beat
duwala	doya	cassava (fresh)
ɗani	sama	up, sky, heaven
ɗashi	gobe	tomorrow
ɗawimi	an samu	found
ɗelimsa	harshe	tongue
ɗelmi	ɗanɗena	lick
ɗeru	babu	no; none
ɗishi	fata	skin of an animal
ɗuwa	wari	bad smell
faɗa	ciwo	pain
fala	gona	farm
fanni	cire mini	remove it for me
faya	wadansu	others bilabial fricative	[fàyá]
faya	wutsiya	tail	[fáyà]
feɗa	fartanya	hoe
ficci	fita	going out
fiɗi	fito	go out
fishi	rana	sun
fituwi	shekaranjiya	day before yesterday
gaara	tsofuwa tsoho	old person
gab	cikin	inside
gali	tara	gather together	galî or galii?
gawa	daki	room
gembuwa	kofa	door
gendiki	hanya	road
gicci	dauka	taking
gini	dauka	take it
ginni	dauko mini	take it for me
gisira	gishiri	salt	gisɨra
giwi	dutse	stone
gowa	kadewa	pumpkin
gulɓuni	farshe	fingernail	gulɓɨni
gurgutu	kurciya	laughing dove
gwalfa	sarauta	authority, power
gwami	hada	gather together
gwandi	burgu	giant rat male bandicoot?
gwandimi	zaure	parlor, sitting room
haɗi	ka ci	eat (command)
hama	ruwa	water
handimi	wake	beans (generic)
hani	ina	Where?
hara	kaya	thorn
harɗa	hakarkari	ribs
hauni	nuna mini	show me
haushi	gari	flour for bread
hauya	muciya	TZ stirring stick
hawi	ciki	stomach
hawiya	one	thousand
haza	hanji	intestines
huɗu	fuɗu	four
huki	sake	release (it)
huni	zuba	pour it for me
hurɗu	takwas	eight
husha	wuka	knife for cutting meat
isa	koyi	egg
jijana	burugali	small forked stick for blending soup
jimusuni	abin su	their thing; theirs
jinguma	damisa	leopard
jitina	abinci	food free	var. jicina
ka	kai	head
kabaɗi	hamsin	fifty
kabeshim	settin	sixty
kabishimbulu	saba'ín	seventy
kaɓaninja	tasa'in	ninety
kahuɗu	arba'in	forty
kahurɗu	tammanin	eighty
kakunu	talatin	thirty
kalfa	rumfa	shed
kali	wuce	pass
kalmi	dodo	Gere idol
kambulu	ashirin	twenty
kamiya	anjima	later
kamya	da	long ago	kǝmya & maybe [my] cons
kande	zan je	I will go
karatu	karatu	reading
karfa	takalmi	shoe	f=bilabial fricative
karkali	kura	hyena
kasmi	bera	rat (house)	kasǝmi – ǝ is transitional v
kasuwa	kasuwa	market
kawa	fada	fighting	[káwà]
kawa	kunya	shy	[káwà]
kawuya	shinkafa	rice (head of grass)
kirfa	kifi	fish	f=bilabial fricative
kirni	gaya mini	tell-me
kirsa	kuraraji	disease of a cow (boils)
kirsi	gaya masa	tell-him
kiti	koyo	learn (command)
koi	kalwa	locust pod flour
kukuɗa	kunu	“pap”, drink from flour
kumbu	damo	monitor lizard (land)
kumi	kunne	ear
kunu	uku	three	kunnun (nasalized)
kwaɗa	kwarya	calabash
kwali	garma	plough
kwalmi	na ji	I have heard	transitional vowel
kwamnimi	ya 'ishe ni	I am full	kwamnɨmi
kwanga	lauje	sickle to cut rice and grass
ƙ		with, and, pronoun
ƙeɗuwi	kitse	fat
ƙsansa	da safe	early morning
laawi	yaro	child
lanu	yaron nan	this boy
laumi	zaafi	hot
lawi	nama	meat
li	tashi	stand
lini	wuya	neck
linza	jijiya	root
loomi	haihuwa	birth
lumba		one hundred
lumba	karkashi	leaf for soup	lùmbá
lumba	dri	one hundred
lumsa	juji	rubbish heap
lunga	yaayi	bushy or weedy
lungura	riga	cloth
mala	daji	bush	maala?
malu	sarki	chief
mamba	zawo	diarrhoea
mandursha	kunama	scorpion
man	bari	leave it
mani	bari	leave it
mansa	bar shi	leave him
marɗa	gero	millet
mauri	ɓarawo	thief
meɗa	wani	someone
membi	wani wuri	somewhere
misini	giya	alcohol/beer
mizi	miji	man
moi	ɗaya	one
mori	mai	oil
mundi	mune	we (emphatic)
mundu	mata	woman
munu	nawa	how much?
mbarmi	mutani	human being
mbashini	kokowa	traditional wrestling
mbauda	kwando	basket (big)
mbera	baƙo	stranger
mbo	wawa	fool
mbulu	biyu	two
naya	wancan	that-one
ne	gani	look	nê
nena	ganni	look-at-me
newa	karfi	strong
niga	ga ni	here I am	[nɨga]
nimini	nawa	my own	[nɨmɨni]
nimishi	naki	your (singular, fem)	[nɨmɨshi]
nu	wannan	this
ndali	duba	look
ndei	sanyi	feeling cold	ndǝi ndéí
ndei	tafi	go (command)	ndèì
ndini	yara	children
ndiya	sa'a	cow
ndoma	jini	blood
ndosi	tukunya	a pot (for cooking)
ndui	zo	come
nduƙnaya	ta can	over there	nduƙɨnaya
ndurmbera	baaƙo	stranger
ndushi	kawo	bring
ngaimi	kulle	cat
ngama	daɗi	good
ngani	ɗaura	tie
ngarngazi	mijin kadangare	male lizard
ngirga	jaka	shoulder bag
ngora	jaki	donkey
ngwaimi	ganye	leaves of a tree
ngwali	jifa	throw
njoni	jiya	yesterday
nwanda	tauri	hard	nwàndá
nwanda	uwa	mother	nwàndá
nwaki	ɗanɗana	“taste”
har	har	until, up to, even
ragsha	zagi	insult	rǝgsha
randa	rina	wasp
rewi	konkot	long, slim snake, moves fast, mildly poisonous	rèwí
rewi	tsoro	fear	réwí
ri	shiga	enter
rini	yau	today	[rínì]
rini	inuwa	shadow	[rìní]
ruda	dutse	hill, mountain
ruɗi	ɗebo	carry it
rwani	murfu	hearth
rwanrwan	gulma	gossiping
rwanshirwani	gofan tukunya	forked stick used to secure TZ pot while stirring
sara	hanu	hand
sawa	dawa	guinea corn
se	ka sha	drink
si	kafa	leg
sima	suna	name
sini	kwanta	lying down
sinnya	zuma	honeybee	[sinɲa]
sisiɓa	angulu	vulture
soyi	maye	witchcraft
succi	aika	sending
suɗa	aiki	work
sumburi	zomo	hare
sundi	sune	them, they
shafa	itace	wood
shanga	guza	monitor lizard (water)
shasha	akuya	goat
shi	ya haɗu	have
swaka	magana	talking
swamɗa	ɗamara	tucking in shirt
swari	rawa	dancing & singing
shwanda	ɗata	bile
shwandini	fisari	urine
shwanƙla	rago	lazy
taawa	fa'a	smooth area on stone (for drying, etc.)	táawà
taɗiya	tacan	that place
tami	zauna	sit down
tandi	taka	step on it
taumi	ya	kare finish
tausa	kama shi	hold him
tawi	kama	hold it	tǝwi
teera	sanda	shepherd's staff	tée!rá
telca	tsalle	jumping
tera	wata	moon	tèrâ free var. cera
toɗi	barci	sleeping
tukumi	magirbi	hoe used for digging
tunku	tinkiya	sheep
tunu	hakane	like that
tushi	zuciya	heart
tuɗigeni	shitta	four days hence
tutaɗiya	gaata	day after the day after tomorrow
tuwa	jibi	next tomorrow
twakla	ƙoko	drinking calabash
twana	shuuka	planting
waimi	karfe	iron (metal)
waitir	kajin dutse	rock fowl small black bush fowl that travels on the ground in flocks
wambi	makudewa	to bend
wani	fada	say
wanki	zubar	to pour
wansini	kashi	bone	[wansɨni] or [wansini]
wara	miya	soup
warga	girki	cooking
warya	barewa	small antelope
wasa	rani	dry season
washa	hakori	teeth
washuwi	sauri	quick
wasina	tafiya	travelling, walking	[wasɨna]
wasuwi	maciji	snake
wata	tuwo	TZ
waya	bishiya	tree	wàyá
waya	maagani	medicine	wàyá
waya	hayaƙi	smoke	wàayá
wui	nono	milk
wula	awaki	goats	[wúlà]
wula	igiya	rope	[wùlá]
wunshini	hanci	nose
wusi	wuta	fire
wuya	ciyawa	grass
yaanu	menene wannan	What is this?
yali	karami	small	yǝli
yankini	ɗan'aniya	small top stone of grinding stone	yankɨni
yausa	fakara	partridge
yawi	dawo	come back
yeɗa	kare	dog
yibi	kaza	chicken
yiɗi	ido	eyes
yinimi	ya yi min	I'm satisfied
yuna	yawo	roaming about
zarina	zagaya	circling around
zauni	sa mini	put some in for me
zawa	noma	weeding
zawi	gudu	running
zeura	susa	maggot
zi	gudu	escape!
ziɗi	bugu	pound
zura	dariya	laughing
zwangra	harawa	groundnut leavings

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