waken baibayi or waken Gwari, Dolichos Lablab, Linn. A cultivated climbing bean on fences, trees near houses, or on hut roofs, &c.; called also w. damfami, w. darni, &c.
waken barewa or waken damo, Vigna membranacea, A. Rich. and other spp. Wild twining beans in fields &c. vide [gayan gayan]. (Vigna vexillata, Benth. Vigna pubigera, Baker, &c.).
waken gizo, Vigna triloba, Walp. A bean twining on fences, &c. greatly resembling the common cultivated bean; eaten by goats, &c. The saying ka yi ḍiya ka watsas, is used of this (from the scattering of the seeds when the pods burst).
waken tumḳa, vide [yawa].
waken Turawa or waken Masar, W. Stambul, &c. Cajanus indicus, Spreng. “Congo Pea,” “Pigeon Pea.” An erect shrub introduced for cultivation. A form of Indian “dal.”
walkin tsofo or walkin wawa, Trichodesma africanum, R. Br. (Boragineæ); a coarse herb with white flowers, common near villages, &c. (Etym. “old man’s” or “fool’s apron”).
wasa wasa, a food made of beans; vide under [wake].
wayo, a var. of [dawa], q.v.
wutar barewa, a species of fungus; vide under [tumukun suri].
wuta wuta, vide [ḳuduji].