Dagbanli Dictionary

Noun

lam

Bengal bean plant, cow-itch Mucuna pruriens A vine with hairy pods which cause intolerable itching on contact with the skin. If people are gathering for a purpose you disapprove of, gather the hairs of the pod in your palm and blow them out into the crowd which will quickly disperse.

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What does “lam” mean in Dagbanli?

Bengal bean plant, cow-itch Mucuna pruriens A vine with hairy pods which cause intolerable itching on contact with the skin. If people are gathering for a purpose you disapprove of, gather the hairs of the pod in your palm and blow them out into the crowd which will quickly disperse.

Also spelled Dagbani — both spellings refer to the same Mabia (Gur) language spoken in northern Ghana.

Meanings

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Bengal bean plant, cow-itch Mucuna pruriens A vine with hairy pods which cause intolerable itching on contact with the skin. If people are gathering for a purpose you disapprove of, gather the hairs of the pod in your palm and blow them out into the crowd which will quickly disperse.

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Forms

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Sentences using “lam”

Real-world usage from Mozilla Common Voice and the University of Ghana HCI Lab corpus.

O ʒila daam na ni niriba lam.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

O ʒila daam na ni niriba lam.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

O ʒila daam na ni niriba lam.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

O ʒila daam na ni niriba lam.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

O ʒila daam na ni niriba lam.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice

O ʒila daam na ni niriba lam.

Source: Mozilla Common Voice