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 />
eti n. Tree. Breadfruit. A very tall tree with large, lumpy, round, green fruits<br />
which appear in March/April. The seeds are cooked with rice.<br />
eti n. wound<br />
sore. bujugo fa mi eti n the fly won't leave my sore alone<br />
etna n. persuasion, deceit<br />
etnasunyi n. Deceiver<br />
eto n. Spear-grass<br />
Imperata cylindrica<br />
eto n. Fashionable appearance<br />
etsa n. Tribal mark<br />
etse n. arrow<br />
etsi n. Guinea-yam, (generic)<br />
Dioscorea guineensis<br />
etsi n. cutting-grass<br />
cane-rat<br />
Thryonomys swinderianus<br />
etsi n. running<br />
etsin n. mancala, the board game played with 2 x 6 rows of holes<br />
dara, the game played with 5 x 6 rows of holes<br />
etsin n. stories told to children at night<br />
etsna n. laughter<br />
etso n. path<br />
correct way (cf. wulu) e da'tso n it is not correct<br />
etsu n. rat (general)<br />
house-rat<br />
etsu n. death<br />
etsu n. spitting cobra<br />
etsu n. chief, ruler<br />
etsu wa fula knyari ku the chief is wearing a red cap<br />
etsu munu n. Mushroom. A large, but rare mushroom, considered a delicacy. Found on<br />
old anthills. Anyone who sees it and cooks it may become a chief in future.<br />
etsun n. smell<br />
n. odour<br />
n. stink<br />
etsun n. Colobus monkey.<br />
Colobus polykomos<br />
etswa n. Blacksmith<br />
ewa n. snake (general)<br />
ewye n. eye<br />
ewye bnutsni n.p. eyelash<br />
ewye gege n.p. deep-set eye<br />
ewye kpokposun n.p. eye-bone<br />
ewyi n. Guinea-corn.<br />
ewyi ? n. Guinea-corn. Lit. 'two seeds'<br />
ewyi buyibuyi n. Guinea-corn. White-seeded variety for eating<br />
ewyi eyi atsantsi n. Guinea-corn.<br />
Lit. 'buffalo tail' -a variety grown for medical purposes<br />
ewyi kuci n. Sweet sorghum,<br />
Sorghum mellitiferum<br />
ewyi kyana n. Guinea-corn. Red-seeded variety for eating<br />
ewo n. trade<br />
ewo n. business<br />
ewo n. money<br />
ewo bere n. coin<br />
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