W - w
| waft | fìfa |
| wagon | wòtoro |
| waist | cɛ |
| wait | kɔ̀nɔ |
| wait | mǎkɔ̀nɔ |
| wake up | kunu |
| wake up | lakunu |
| wake up very early | sòli |
| walk | taama |
| walk | taama |
| walk | yaala |
| walk around | munu-munu |
| walk painfully | dɛ̀mɛ̀dɛmɛ |
| wall | kogo |
| wander | yaala |
| wander | yaala |
| want | nège |
| want | ŋànìya |
| want | ɲini |
| war | kɛ̀lɛ |
| warm | gǎn |
| warm | gǎn |
| warm | gòni |
| warm | kalan |
| warm up | gǎn |
| warn | suda |
| warn | sɔ̀mi |
| wash | kǒ |
| washing | kòli |
| wasp | dǒndòli |
| waste away | nàgàsi |
| watch | filɛ |
| watch | lajɛ |
| watch over | dɛ̀ndɛn |
| watchamacallit | fɛnkɛ |
| water | ji |
| water | sɔn |
| water | ɲigin |
| watermelon | nsɛrɛ |
| wax cloth | tàafe |
| way | cogo |
| way | cogoya |
| way | dàbàli |
| way | fɛ̀ɛrɛ |
| we | an |
| we | anw |
| weak | bolomadɔgɔ |
| weak | mìsɛn |
| weak | [k] bolo ka dɔgɔ |
| weak person | fàantan |
| wealth | nàfàlo |
| wear | dǒn |
| wear out | sɛ̀gɛn |
| weave | da |
| wed | furu |
| wed | furu |
| wedding | furu |
| wedding | kɔɲɔ |
| wedding ceremony | furusiri |
| wedding preparations | furutaama |
| wedge in | banban |
| Wednesday | araba |
| weed | bin siyɛn |
| weed | kɔrɔsiyɛn |
| weed | siyɛn |
| weeds | bin |
| week | dɔgɔkun |
| week | kùnɲɔgɔn |
| weigh | suma |
| weight | girinya |
| weight (lose) | fàsa |
| weighty | girinman |
| welcome | bìsìmila |
| weld | nɔrɔ |
| well | ayiwa |
| well | kosɛbɛ |
| well | koɲuman |
| well | kɔ̀lɔn |
| well | ɲɛnama |
| West | tìlèbin |
| Westerner | nànsara |
| Westerner | tùbàbu |
| wet | ɲigin |
| wetten | sumaya |
| what | mǔn |
| when | minkɛ̀ |
| when | ni |
| when in fact | k'à sɔ̀rɔ... |
| where | min |
| whereas | k'à sɔ̀rɔ... |
| which | jùmɛn |
| which number | jòlìnan |
| whip | busan |
| whip | lamaga |
| whisper | ŋùnùŋunu |
| whistle | fìle |
| whistle (to) | fìle fiyɛn |
| whistling | fìle |
| white | jɛ |
| white | jɛman |
| white (be) | jɛ |
| white (be) | jɛ |
| white people land | farajɛla |
| white person | fàràjɛ |
| white person | nànsara |
| white person | tùbàbu |
| whiten | jɛ |
| whiten | jɛya |
| whiteness | jɛya |
| who | jɔn |
| whole | bɛɛ |
| whom | jɔn |
| why | mùnna |
| width | bònya |
| wife | mùso |
| wild beast | wara |
| wild game | sògo |
| wilderness | kungo |
| will | bɛnà |
| will you | sa |
| wind | fiyɛn |
| wind up doing [sth] | bǐn kà [f] kɛ |
| wine | capalo |
| wing | kàman |
| winter feeding | sàmìya |
| wintering | sàmìya |
| wipe | jɔ̀si |
| wipe | jɔ̀si |
| wipe down | jɔ̀si |
| wipe down | jɔ̀si |
| wire | nɛ̀gɛ̀juru |
| wisdom | hakili |
| wish | sàgo |
| wish | ŋànìya |
| wit | hakili |
| witch | subaga |
| with | ...ni X ye |
| with | ...ni X ye |
| with | ...ye |
| with | ni |
| with an eye to | kamǎ |
| with greater reason | jànko |
| without | -ntan |
| without reason | gansan |
| withstand | kun |
| witness | seere |
| woman | mùso |
| woman in labor | tìntɔ |
| wood | dɔgɔ |
| woods | tu |
| word | daɲɛ |
| work | baara |
| work | baara kɛ |
| work | ɲǐ |
| work | ɲɛ̌ |
| work hand | baarakɛla |
| work on | baara |
| work out | ɲɛnabɔ |
| worker | baarakɛla |
| workplace | baarada |
| work-place | baarakɛyɔrɔ |
| workplace | cakɛda |
| world | diɲɛ |
| world | duniya |
| worm | tùmu |
| worn out | kolon |
| worry | baasi |
| worry | hami |
| worry | hami |
| worry about | hami la |
| worse | ...ye |
| worsen | juguya |
| worship | bàto |
| worship | bàto |
| worthless | kolon |
| worthless | lankolon |
| worthless | mànàmana |
| worthless person | dangaden |
| worthless person | fùgàri |
| wound | joli |
| wrap | meleke |
| wrap around | meleke |
| wrap around | munu-munu |
| write | sɛbɛn |
| writing | sɛbɛnni |
| wrong | jàlàki |
| wrong | juguya |
| wrongdoing | jàlàki |