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ENGLISH-BOLE WORDLIST A

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uffalo k‰�m<br />

bugle b�g�l�<br />

build solu<br />

builder an solu<br />

building s�lu<br />

bull b�jimi<br />

bullying rann�<br />

bundle up ��lu<br />

burden wula = ula<br />

burial mb�l�<br />

burinter mb�lu<br />

burlap ash�sha<br />

burn b�kku, �ssu<br />

burnous �lkebb�<br />

burrow borom<br />

bush bumbu, m�la<br />

bush baby j�ya<br />

bush, dense l�rim<br />

bushbuck g��i<br />

business uz�r<br />

bustard bad�, t�ggar�u<br />

busybody am buyo, s�r�n g� k�mo<br />

but kala = k�<br />

butcher am p�w�<br />

butt d�mpu<br />

butt in z�wa b˘<br />

butter kumpa<br />

butterfly t�pil�li<br />

buttocks sumbu<br />

buttocks, project upward d�ng�nu<br />

button hant� = ant�<br />

buy g�jju<br />

by the way b�ki<br />

C<br />

cage bi�ik�<br />

cake, bean s˘to<br />

cake, fried m�she, s�n�s�r, t�busk�<br />

cake, steamed l�mb�<br />

cakes, sweet of millet �lk�k�<br />

calabash (see also ‘gourd’) kul�<br />

general term, d�mba very large,<br />

g˘ra for water, gul� small, kambi<br />

calabash, s�m� for marriage gifts,<br />

tosse cups, t�sum cup, w�s�mbi for<br />

English-Bole Wordlist 177<br />

honey, w�kk� = �kka large, z�lma<br />

medium sized for water, z�ra<br />

perforated for washing locust bean<br />

cakes<br />

calabash decoration d�t�, k�du,<br />

m�s�ki, p�rey�<br />

calabash decoration (type) b�rasi type<br />

with black hard back<br />

calabash fragment l�kk�<br />

calamity ��ttuki = ��ttuk<br />

calf (of cow) d�lo, kinnam<br />

calf (of leg) b�nt�l<br />

call �shu = �su, �ndu<br />

callus k�ng�<br />

calm down r�r�mu<br />

calm, be ��rwu, k�lwu, sh�mu = simu<br />

camel r�mo<br />

camp for travellers zong�<br />

camphor k�p�r<br />

can gitu, monu<br />

can, tin pampam<br />

cancer, breast d�nge<br />

cane rat g�maki<br />

canoe g�re<br />

canstrated man d�lt�<br />

canteen amas�i<br />

cap t�jiy�<br />

cap with two points l�pa<br />

cap, woman’s k�l�zagi<br />

capital (money) d‰sho<br />

capsule d�íya s��i<br />

car m�t�, mutik�<br />

carcass r�pa<br />

care for j�ng�y�y�tu<br />

care for (sick person) w�ntu<br />

careful, be hank��l!<br />

carefully ank�l(i), b˘n�w�ne, d�namd�n�m<br />

= d�n�m-d�n�m<br />

carelessness jir�k�n<br />

caring for �l�nt��e<br />

carpentry, do y�mmu = ny�mmu<br />

carress sowu = s˘s�wu<br />

carrion r�pa<br />

carry �l�, w�ltu = �ltu<br />

carry by arms and legs d�dd�y�l� boys<br />

carry child on the back m˘lu<br />

carrying on the head dan��r�

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