A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench

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A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition Roger Blench and Musa Doma funu n. Chaff from cereal fupa v. to skin an animal furi v. liar futuri n. Fresh leaves or plants fuya n. to finish up ma ya fa, la fuya I have finished up on my farm fuyari v. to peel off skin fwazhi v. to allow to lie fwyu a. all awyigbe, ba mi 'nya wyi fwyu the thieves stole all my properties fya v. to go gently, softly fyafya adv. secretly G. gá part. Standard maker of the future tense. Cf. ∫a ga v. to spread out cf. gamiba ma cewyi ga zhin é ekin 'o I spread the rice out on the floor gaba n. lion gabwa n. gourd for carrying loads gadá n. gerbil gada n. cutlass, -also eda matchet gadagba n. Drum. A large, barrel-shaped drum with two heads, beaten with a curved stick. Supported on the drummer's shoulder by a strap. gadambo n. Variegated locust gade n. Fish species. Smooth-skinned Gade n. Gade person or language gado n. bed (
A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition Roger Blench and Musa Doma gbaji n. Axe used to harvest palm-fruit. Also called eze gbakeke n. limping person gbambo n. Bottle-gourd Lagenaria siceraria A bottle-gourd filled with seeds used as a rattle also gula gbanga n. Borassus palm strips used to make door-covering mats gbangbe a. Imaginary, pretend (e.g. when children play games) me da gbangbe My imaginary father gbangya n. bean stew Îu gbangya dye a dyi eje ge prepare bean stew People sing; zadoge a ∫wa anyi wo Îu gbangya, if you can't get any other soup, make bean stew zadoge a ∫wa anyi wo Îu knando if you can't get any other soup, make locust bean sauce gbangya adv. cheaply a knu gari gbangya they sell gari cheaply a. gari yi gbangya gari is cheap gbankaci n. A type of sacrifice gbantsa n. Flute. A notch-flute made from a guinea-corn stalk with two fingerholes played for some of the post-harvest masquerades. gbantsi n. banana gbantsi cita n. banana. Small, sweet cultivar gbantsuku n. Unexpected catch gbara n. Hyena gbari n. Tree. Planted for shade in villages. Gbari n. Gbari people and language gbariza n. human being, Gbari person gbasha n. see shego gbasha gbashawu n. measles gbata v. to revenge gbata v. to pay a debt gbawun n. axe for women to cut firewood gb´dnu n. ground squirrel gb´dnu tsantsi n. Grass species. 'squirrel's tail' gbé v. to cut (especially firewood) ma gbe cimwa I'm cutting wood gbè v. to hunt gbe v. to burn and hunt in a reserved area a gbe kase They hunted the reserved area gbè(do) v. to resemble Ali gbèdo de wo magwe Ali resembles his sister gbegbe n. Plant sp. gbegberi a. empty ma lo mi lo to nuwon, ma ga gye shyawun vwye gbegberi I went to fetch water, but the pot was empty gbegi n. baboon gbegna v. to send off gbegun n. A trumpet gbeji n. Umbrella. A conical reed basket put over the head or a load in case of rain. gbeki n. smallpox gbelu n. Bird. ?Many-coloured bush-shrike -24-
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