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 />
gbaji n. Axe used to harvest palm-fruit. Also called eze<br />
gbakeke n. limping person<br />
gbambo n. Bottle-gourd<br />
Lagenaria siceraria<br />
A bottle-gourd filled with seeds used as a rattle<br />
also gula<br />
gbanga n. Borassus palm strips used to make door-covering mats<br />
gbangbe a. Imaginary, pretend (e.g. when children play games)<br />
me da gbangbe My imaginary father<br />
gbangya n. bean stew<br />
Îu gbangya dye a dyi eje ge prepare bean stew<br />
People sing;<br />
zadoge a ∫wa anyi wo Îu gbangya,<br />
if you can't get any other soup, make bean stew<br />
zadoge a ∫wa anyi wo Îu knando<br />
if you can't get any other soup, make locust bean sauce<br />
gbangya adv. cheaply<br />
a knu gari gbangya they sell gari cheaply<br />
a. gari yi gbangya gari is cheap<br />
gbankaci n. A type of sacrifice<br />
gbantsa n. Flute. A notch-flute made from a guinea-corn stalk with two fingerholes<br />
played for some of the post-harvest masquerades.<br />
gbantsi n. banana<br />
gbantsi cita n. banana. Small, sweet cultivar<br />
gbantsuku n. Unexpected catch<br />
gbara n. Hyena<br />
gbari n. Tree. Planted for shade in villages.<br />
Gbari n. Gbari people and language<br />
gbariza n. human being, Gbari person<br />
gbasha n. see shego gbasha<br />
gbashawu n. measles<br />
gbata v. to revenge<br />
gbata v. to pay a debt<br />
gbawun n. axe for women to cut firewood<br />
gb´dnu n. ground squirrel<br />
gb´dnu tsantsi n. Grass species. 'squirrel's tail'<br />
gbé v. to cut (especially firewood)<br />
ma gbe cimwa I'm cutting wood<br />
gbè v. to hunt<br />
gbe v. to burn and hunt in a reserved area<br />
a gbe kase They hunted the reserved area<br />
gbè(do) v. to resemble<br />
Ali gbèdo de wo magwe Ali resembles his sister<br />
gbegbe n. Plant sp.<br />
gbegberi a. empty<br />
ma lo mi lo to nuwon, ma ga gye shyawun vwye gbegberi I went to fetch<br />
water, but the pot was empty<br />
gbegi n. baboon<br />
gbegna v. to send off<br />
gbegun n. A trumpet<br />
gbeji n. Umbrella. A conical reed basket put over the head or a load in case of rain.<br />
gbeki n. smallpox<br />
gbelu n. Bird. ?Many-coloured bush-shrike<br />
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