C - c
| cabbage | supɔmu |
| · | su |
| cackle | kaka |
| caesarean section | kɔnɔcibange |
| cake | gato |
| cake shop | patiseri |
| calabash | filen |
| · | bàra |
| calculate | jate |
| calculation | jate |
| calculator | jatebɔlan |
| calf | misiden |
| call | wele |
| · | weleli |
| call to prayer | misiriwele |
| call together | lajɛ̀ |
| caller | welebaa |
| calm | mada |
| camel | ɲaamɛ |
| · | ɲɔgɔmɛ |
| camera | jatalan |
| · | fototalan |
| Cameroon | Kameruni |
| campaign | kanpaɲi |
| can | buwati |
| Canada | Kanada |
| canal | bajalan |
| candle | busi |
| candy | bɔnbɔn |
| · | takalagɔmi |
| canoe | jikankurun |
| · | kurun |
| capitaine (fish) | kapitɛni |
| · | salen |
| capital | faaba |
| capitalism | kapitalisimu |
| capitalist | kapitalisi |
| capture | minɛ |
| · | minɛni |
| car | mobili |
| card | karada |
| cardboard box | karitɔn |
| care | hami |
| carefully | nɛmɛnɛmɛ |
| carp | ntɛbɛn |
| carpenter | jiridɛsɛla |
| carrot | karɔti |
| carry on back | bamu |
| cart | wotoro |
| carve | dɛsɛ |
| cassette | kasɛti |
| cassette recorder | maɲeto |
| casted person | ɲamakala |
| cat | jakuma |
| catapult | kɔnɔbɔmana |
| catastrophe | balawu |
| · | kojugu |
| catch | minɛ |
| catfish | manɔgɔ |
| catholic | katoliki |
| cattle herder | misigɛnna |
| cattle slaughterhouse | misifagayɔrɔ |
| cause | bila |
| cave | farawo |
| · | kuluwo |
| CD | sede |
| celebrate | ɲɛnajɛ |
| celebration | gintanba |
| · | ɲɛnajɛ |
| cement | siman |
| cemetery | kaburudo |
| · | sudonyɔrɔ |
| centimetre | santimɛtɛrɛ |
| Central African Republic | Santarafiriki |
| cesspit | wuluwulu |
| CFA | sefawari |
| Chad | Cadi |
| chaff | ɲaga |
| · | bu |
| chain | cɛni |
| · | nɛgɛjɔlɔkɔ |
| · | jɔlɔkɔ |
| chair | sɛsi |
| · | sigilan |
| chalk | kabasu |
| · | lakɛrɛ |
| · | farasu |
| chameleon | nɔnsi |
| change | bayɛlɛma |
| · | yɛlɛma |
| · | falen |
| chapter | sura |
| · | dakun |
| · | sigida |
| charcoal | sarabon |
| · | finfin |
| chase | gɛn |
| chase after | nɔgɛn |
| chat | masala |
| · | baro |
| check | waritasɛbɛn |
| · | sɛgɛsɛgɛ |
| · | sɛki |
| checkpoint | sɛgɛsɛgɛliyɔrɔ |
| cheek | dafuruku |
| cheese | foromazi |
| chemist | furafeerela |
| cheque | waritasɛbɛn |
| · | sɛki |
| cherry | serisi |
| cherubim | serubɛn |
| chest | kɔgɔ |
| · | disi |
| chest pains | disidimi |
| chew | ɲimi |
| chewing tobacco | siramugu |
| chick | sɛden |
| chicken | sɛsɛ |
| · | sɛ |
| chicken (meat) | sɛsogo |
| chief | kuntigi |
| chief (of village) | dugutigi |
| child | den |
| · | denmisɛn |
| childhood | bilakoroya |
| · | denmisɛnma |
| · | denmisɛnya |
| chili pepper | foronto |
| · | kɛlɛkɛlɛ |
| chin | bonbon |
| China | Siniwajamana |
| chips | firiti |
| chocolate | sokola |
| choir | kɔrali |
| choir member | kɔraliden |
| choke | degun |
| cholera | kunfilatu |
| · | kunfilanintu |
| choose | ɲɛnatɔmɔ |
| · | sugandi |
| chop | ci |
| Christian | kerecɛn |
| · | Kretiɛn |
| Christmas | Nowɛli |
| chuck | fili |
| church | Alabatoso |
| · | egilisi |
| church service | batoli |
| cigarette | sigarɛti |
| cinema | sinimanso |
| circle | sɛrɛkili |
| · | koori |
| circulate | munumunu |
| circumcise | boloko |
| circumcision | bolokoli |
| circumcision ceremony | furasi |
| circumference | koorilamini |
| citizen | fasoden |
| · | jamanaden |
| civil servant | forobabaarakɛla |
| clap | tɛgɛrɛ fɔ |
| clapping | tɛgɛrɛ |
| class | kilasi |
| classroom | kalanso |
| · | kalanyɔrɔ |
| clay | bɔgɔ |
| · | bɔgɔlama |
| clean | jɛ |
| · | saniya |
| · | senu |
| · | jɛya |
| · | jɛ |
| cleanliness | saniya |
| cleanse | saniya |
| cleansing | saniyali |
| clever | kegun |
| cleverness | keguya |
| cliff | kulu |
| clinic | dɔgɔtɔrɔso |
| clock | mɔnturuba |
| · | waatijiralan |
| close | tugu |
| · | surun |
| · | datugu |
| cloth | sifɔn |
| · | fini |
| · | bagi |
| · | jɔsilan |
| clothes | fini |
| clothes maker | kalalikɛla |
| clothes peg | finidulonnan |
| cloud | kaba |
| · | kabanɔgɔ |
| club | tɔn |
| · | gɛrɛn |
| coach | degelikaramɔgɔ |
| · | kaare |
| coast | kɔgɔjida |
| cobbler | garankɛ |
| cockerel | donon |
| · | dononkɔrɔ |
| cockroach | ɲɛbɛrɛ |
| coffee | kafe |
| coffee seller | kafefeerela |
| coin | warimisɛn |
| cola nut | wòro |
| cold | nɛnɛ |
| · | sumalen |
| · | mura |
| cold country | nɛnɛmajamana |
| cold season | fonɛnɛ |
| colleague | baarakɛɲɔgɔn |
| collect | cɛ̀ |
| colon | tomi fila (:) |
| colonisation | marali |
| colour | ɲɛ |
| colt | sòden |
| combatant | kɛlɛkɛcɛ |
| · | kɛlɛcɛ |
| come | nà |
| come back | kɔsegin |
| · | segin |
| come down | jigin |
| come from | bɔ |
| comedian | tiyatiribɔla |
| coming | nali |
| · | nata |
| coming and going | taakasegin |
| comma | kɔrin |
| commandment | ci fɔlen |
| commerce | jago |
| commission | ci |
| commit | kalifa |
| commit suicide | yɛrɛfaga |
| committee | komite |
| common noun | forobatɔgɔ |
| companion | tɔɲɔgɔn |
| companionship | jɛɲɔgɔnya |
| compare | sanga |
| · | suma |
| · | kɛɲɛ |
| compel | wajibiya |
| competition | ɲɔgɔndan |
| complete | dafalen |
| · | dafa |
| completely | tewu |
| · | pewu |
| computer | ɔridinatɛri |
| concentrate | cɛsiri |
| concentrate on | ɲɛsin |
| concern | hami |
| concession | du |
| conclude | kuncɛ |
| conclusion | kuncɛli |
| concrete slab | bambale |
| condemn | lagosi |
| condom | mananin |
| conference | lajɛba |
| · | kɔnferansi |
| confess | jɔ̀ |
| confidence | dannaya |
| confuse | ɲaami |
| Congo | Kongo |
| conjunctivitis | apolo |
| · | ɲɛdimi |
| conquest | minɛni |
| consequence | nɔ |
| consider | jate |
| consonant | dafata |
| conspiracy | janfa |
| constellation | dolokulu |
| constipation | kɔnɔja |
| construction | jɔli |
| · | sojɔ |
| contagious illness | fiɲɛbana |
| container | palan |
| · | foroko |
| contest | sɔsɔ |
| context | hukumu |
| continent | bangu |
| contract | layidu |
| · | bɛnkan |
| contradict | sɔsɔ |
| contribution | bolomafara |
| conversation | masala |
| · | kɔrɔfɔ |
| · | baro |
| convert | tuubi |
| · | tuubiden |
| cook | tobi |
| · | tobilikɛla |
| · | tobili kɛ |
| cooking | tobili |
| cooking pot | tobilidaga |
| · | todaga |
| cooking stone | gakulu |
| cooking utensil | tobilikɛminɛn |
| cool | suma |
| · | suma |
| coolness | sumaya |
| · | nɛɛma |
| cooperation | tɛgɛdiɲɔgɔnma |
| copy | sɛbɛnja |
| corn | kàba |
| corner | seleke |
| · | dogodogonin |
| cornfield | kabaforo |
| corpse | sǔ |
| Costa Rica | Kɔsitarika |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Kɔnɔwari |
| · | Kodiwari |
| cotton | kɔɔri |
| cotton fibres | kɔɔrimugu |
| cotton grower | kɔɔrisɛnɛna |
| cough | sɔgɔsɔgɔ |
| councillor | kɔnseye |
| counsel | laadi |
| counsellor | laadibaa |
| count | jate |
| · | tɛrɛmɛ |
| · | dan |
| countryside | burusi |
| · | kungo |
| · | wula |
| courage | jagɛlɛya |
| courageous | farin |
| course | kalan |
| courtyard | dukɛnɛ |
| couscous | bàsi |
| cousin | kanimɛ |
| cover | bili |
| · | datugulan |
| · | datugu |
| · | biri |
| cow | misi |
| · | misimuso |
| cow enclosure | wɛrɛ |
| cow's milk | misinɔnɔ |
| co-wife | sinamuso |
| cowrie shell | kolonkisɛ |
| craftiness | keguya |
| crafy | kegun |
| crawl | fofo |
| · | ɲunuma |
| create | da |
| created thing | dafɛn |
| creator | dabaa |
| creature | dafɛn |
| creeper | nsaban |
| creme | kɛrɛmu |
| cricket | nkɛɛrɛn |
| crime | sariyatiɲɛ |
| criminal | kojugukɛla |
| criticise | lagosi |
| · | kɔrɔmatigɛ |
| crocodile | bama |
| cross | tigɛ |
| · | gengenjiri |
| crossroads | sirakunbɛn |
| crow | kasi |
| crowd | jama |
| crown | masafugula |
| crumbs | kunkun |
| crunch | ɲimi |
| crush | ɲɔnɲɔn |
| · | nɔɔni |
| cry | kulokan |
| · | kasi |
| · | kulo |
| · | kasikan |
| · | kule |
| cucumber | kɔnkɔn |
| cultivate | sɛnɛ |
| culture | dɔnko |
| cunning | kegun |
| cup | bɔli |
| current | woyo |
| curse | neni |
| · | danga |
| · | danga |
| custard apple | sunsun |
| custom | laada |
| cut | kan |
| · | tigɛ |
| · | joli |
| cut throat of | kantigɛ |
| cyclist | nɛgɛsotigi |