tarnekuwa, a var. of [gero], q.v.

taru, Combretum herbaceum, Don. (Combretaceæ). A low undershrub with 4-winged fruit and hard root (hence also called [kariye galma], q.v., or “break hoe”).

tasshi, vide under [gawo].

tataba (Sok.). Syn. [mashayi], q.v.

tatarida, vide [tarin gida].

tatasai, large chillie peppers; vide under [barkono].

taura, Detarium senegalense, Gmel. (Leguminosæ). A small tree with white flowers and flattened oval fruit; the latter is used with that of [kanya] and [ḍinya] to make a sort of molasses (maḍi).

tawatsa or tawassa, Entada sudanica, Schweinf. (Leguminosæ); a common tree of the acacia type with white spikes of flowers and curious jointed and embossed pods; it yields an inferior gum; fibre is got from the root-bark; vide [yawa] and [meḍi].

tazargadi, a native medicine; the pounded fragrant leaves of a plant (Artemisia sp.?); brought by Arabs.

terkon ḅera, vide [tsatsarar ḅera].