W - w
| wages | sara |
| wagon | wotoro |
| wahabite | wahabiya |
| wait for | kɔ̀nɔ |
| · | makɔnɔ |
| wake up | kunun |
| · | wuli |
| · | lakunun |
| walk | yaala |
| · | tɔgɔma |
| · | taama |
| · | taama |
| wall | kogo |
| · | dɛnɛ |
| wander | yaala |
| · | yaalayaala |
| want | bɛ ... fɛ |
| war | kɛlɛ |
| warm up | wɔlɔkɔ |
| warn | lasɔmi |
| warning | lasɔmili |
| warrior | kɛlɛcɛfarin |
| · | kɛlɛkɛcɛfarin |
| wash | kò |
| washing board | jirinin |
| waste | tiɲɛ |
| watch | mɔnturu |
| · | waatijiralan |
| watch out | kɔlɔsi |
| · | janto |
| water | ji |
| · | sɔn |
| · | fusufusu |
| water carrier | jitala |
| water pot | jifiɲɛn |
| · | jidaga |
| water seller | jitigi |
| watering | sɔnni |
| watering can | arosuwari |
| watermelon | nsɛrɛ |
| wave | jikuru |
| way | sira |
| · | cogo |
| way of life | balocogo |
| we | an |
| wealth | nafolo |
| wear | don |
| weave | da |
| weaver | gesedala |
| weaving | dali |
| wedding | furusiri |
| Wednesday | araba |
| weed | bín |
| weed killer | binfagalan |
| week | dɔgɔkun |
| weigh | suma |
| · | peze |
| weighing scales | sumanikɛlan |
| weight | girinya |
| welcome | bonya |
| · | kunbɛn |
| · | bisimila |
| weld | sude |
| welder | sudelikɛla |
| well | kɔ̀lɔn |
| · | kosɛbɛ |
| · | koɲuman |
| well water | kɔlɔnji |
| west | tilebin |
| western | tilebinyanfan |
| wet | ɲigin |
| what | mùn |
| wheat | alikama |
| wheel | sen |
| wheelbarrow | burɛti |
| · | buruwɛti |
| when | ni |
| · | minkɛ |
| where | min |
| · | minni |
| whether | yala ni |
| which | jumɛn |
| while | ka ... to ... |
| whip | gɛɲɛ |
| · | lamaga |
| whirlwind | fununfunun |
| whisky | wisiki |
| whistle | filenin |
| · | file |
| white | jɛman |
| · | jɛ |
| white man | tubabukɛ |
| white person | farajɛ |
| · | nansara |
| · | nanpe |
| · | tubabu |
| whiteboard | tabulo |
| whiten | jɛ |
| · | jɛya |
| who | jɔn |
| whole | mumɛ |
| why | munna |
| · | mun y'a to |
| widow | muso-cɛ-salen |
| wife | furumuso |
| · | muso |
| wild animal | wara |
| wild boar | kungolɛ |
| will | sago |
| wind | fiɲɛ |
| wind instrument | fɔlifɛn fiyɛta |
| window | finɛtiri |
| wine | diwɛn |
| wing | kama |
| · | kamafura |
| wink | ɲɛkɔmi |
| winnow | fiyɛ |
| wipe | jɔsi |
| wisdom | hakilitigiya |
| wise person | hakilitigi |
| wish | sago |
| witch | subaga |
| · | soma |
| witchcraft | suya |
| · | subagaya |
| · | somaya |
| with | fɛ |
| · | ni ... ye |
| · | ye |
| wither | fɔsɔnfɔsɔn |
| without | ni ... tɛ |
| witness | seereya |
| · | seereya |
| · | seere |
| woman | muso |
| womb | dɛbɛ |
| · | kɔnɔbara |
| · | denso |
| wonder | kabakoya |
| · | kabako |
| wonderful | kabakoma |
| wood | yiri |
| · | jiri |
| wood cutter | jiritigɛla |
| wooden | jirilama |
| · | jirima |
| wool | sagasi |
| word | kuma |
| · | kumaden |
| · | daɲɛ |
| word game | daɲɛlatulon |
| work | baara |
| · | nɔ |
| worker | baaraden |
| workman | baaraden |
| workplace | cakɛda |
| · | baarakɛyɔrɔ |
| workshop | baarakɛyɔrɔ |
| world | diɲɛ |
| · | duniya |
| World Cup | Kupidimɔndi |
| world war, first | Alimankɛlɛ fɔlɔ |
| worm | ntumu |
| worry | jɔrɛli |
| · | hamina |
| · | kɔnɔnafilila |
| · | jɔrɛ |
| · | hami |
| worship | batoli |
| · | bato |
| worshipper | batobaa |
| · | batokɛla |
| worthless | fu |
| wound | joli |
| · | joginda |
| wounded person | joginbaatɔ |
| wrap | meleke |
| write | sɛbɛn |
| writer | sɛbɛnnikɛla |
| · | sɛbɛnbaa |
| writing | sɛbɛnni |
| wrong | gasi |
| · | hàkɛ |