A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench
A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench
A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench
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A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition <strong>Roger</strong> <strong>Blench</strong> and Musa Doma<br />
Îu ya v. to leak<br />
nuwa Îuya e shyawun lo water is leaking from the pot<br />
Îyi v. to eat<br />
Îyi ena v.p. the fire burns<br />
Îyi eshni v.p. Dance. A type of dance performed by women involving movement of the<br />
waist. lit. 'east the waist'.<br />
E.<br />
eba n. twin, usually in plural aba<br />
eba n. Tree, the seeds are used to make soup<br />
Irvingia gabonensis.<br />
eba n. Door. a type of door made from raffia midribs with a socket to make it<br />
swing freely. No longer in use<br />
ebe n. pestle<br />
ebe n. locust swarm<br />
ebe n. knife<br />
ebe n. compound wall or a wall between two buildings<br />
ebe n. joke (cf. ma..ebe)<br />
ebma n. Fish species.<br />
Citharinus spp.<br />
ebmi n. hole in a tree<br />
ebmì n. outdoors, outside<br />
ebo n. calabash<br />
ebu n. Bambara groundnut<br />
Vigna subterranea<br />
ebu n. back of a person<br />
ebwa n. hand<br />
ebwa n. Fish sp. Elephant-snout fish Mormyrus spp<br />
ebwa n. nose<br />
ebwa n. Aluminium<br />
Container of metal<br />
Dish of metal<br />
ebwa n. play, celebration<br />
ebwabu n. Nostril<br />
ebwi n. weeping<br />
ebwo n. hole in the ground<br />
burrow<br />
e∫a n. Husband<br />
e∫e n. Seed<br />
kamba'∫e maize seed<br />
generation of household<br />
e∫´lena int. Why?<br />
he sun lo e∫´lena? Why did you do that?<br />
e∫i n. child<br />
offspring<br />
young creature<br />
something incomplete<br />
wogma kpe ebi nyaawo fifty<br />
e∫o n. situation<br />
action<br />
eca n. fibre knotted and used to make masquerade costume<br />
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