| xar ay saawo |
to plough in furrows |
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| ji; |
to plant seeds |
nji mi |
the planting |
| tex |
planting via punching holes
after a good rain |
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| faraas/faru |
to sow before the rains |
rëdd |
to plant in lines by tracing |
| tobbi |
to plant by punching hole before
placing seed |
wis |
to plant by scattering seed |
| jëmbët; |
to replant, plant |
njëmbët mi |
replanting |
| samp |
to plant [a post etc] in the
ground |
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| ñag |
to make a hedge |
tàppaat |
to make enclosure, barrier or
fence |
| taxas gi |
hedge or pile of thorny
branches |
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| ruuj |
to clear for cultivation |
raadu |
to level the soil after planting
peanuts |
| rijji |
to turn the soil over deeply |
gàbb |
to work the soil, turn the soil
over |
| jeqi |
to turn the soil over deeply |
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| bey |
to cultivate, weed |
mbey mi |
the weeding |
| baxaw |
to do the first weeding |
beyaat |
to re weed |
| bàllarñi |
to do the third weeding |
nabaat |
to do he last weeding before harvest |
| treete |
to treat with insecticide or
herbicide |
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| góob |
to harvest cereal crops |
ngóob mi |
the harvest |
| wiis |
to harvest by picking |
gub |
to cut grass |
| witt/watt |
to pick crops |
witt mi |
the picking |
| xalbét |
to knock down by throwing
stones etc. |
bàcc |
to beat branches to make the
fruit fall, thresh grain |
| raas |
to gather fallen fruit |
takk |
to tie |
| gas |
to dig, harvest root crops |
dagg |
to cut, to harvest cabbages etc |
| buddi |
to pull up |
déqi |
to harvest peanuts with a hoe
removing plant and roots |
| dajale |
to gather |
tar bi |
small pile of peanuts that have
just been harvested |
| naaf |
to gather the dried piles of
peanuts or rice into a big pile to
thresh |
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| ngar |
to gather cut millet plants into one
large pile |
saxaat/saqaat |
to harvest vegetables |
| suuxat |
to water, irrigate/take care of |
roose |
to water |
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| wal |
to pound a grain until it
becomes flour |
soq |
to pound a grain to remove the
hull |
| dëbb |
to pound |
bojj |
to separate the grains from the
stalk |
| bees |
to winnow, to sift |
jéri |
to ventilate, to air, to sift |
| foof |
the second winnowing to
remove the hull |
wol |
to mill |
| focci |
to sprout a head |
jebbi |
to resprout |
| naat |
verdant |
set |
to be clean, free of weeds |
| booy |
to be in fallow |
nàyyi |
to lie in fallow |
| yaa/yaatu |
to be wide, spacious |
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