A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench

A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition Roger Blench and Musa Doma
zawun ga be wo ba gwo gandu nini The authorities will come and collect
tax today.
zaza(za) n. Everyone
Someone
zazaza lo 'fa everybody went to the farm
ze v. to become
wa ze minista, wo ke kpe nyanya eya m He became a minister, although
he knew nothing
ze ekni v.p. to fall over
zeba n. A type of vision. Either sex, not inherited.
nyigo za hnya yi zeba e They steal the things that a woman has
zeze adv. quickly
zeze, ezhi nuwa yi quickly, bring water
zezetsu n. guinea-pig
zha v. to be there (further away) cf. zhi
zha v. to drag
nagberi a zha kurya the hunter dragged the antelope
zhi v. to be there (close by) cf. zha
zhi dna ya zha it is further away
zhi v. to come
zhi ma zadogo go and get my brother
zhigbezhigbe a. sweet
kuci wo zhigbezhigbe sugar-cane tastes sweet
zhige v. to bring (persons)
to get (somebody)
zhni v. to return
zhyange n. Friendship between a man and an unmarried woman or girl, sometimes
leading to marriage.
ziya v. to pour
zna v. to be around
If applied to a person it has a pejorative implication, as roaming around with
nothing to do.
znagoti n. human being
znigba n. palm kernel
znigbami n. palm kernel oil
znimama n. unripe palm fruits harvested only for their seeds
zniri n. oddly-shaped palm-fruit
znu v. to cut
ma kuci znu I cut some sugar-cane
znucya v. to cut the throat
to slaughter
Musa á kinu zuncya Musa slaughtered the sheep
zo v. to finish
ewyi azo a dobwi o the guinea-corn is finished in the granary
zogo n. threshold
n. road
n. mat used to cover doorway
Zozo p.n. Personal name.
The meaning is something like 'difficult' and is given to a child born when
the parents are having a hard time. Also as Nizazo and Azozo.
Zubakpna n. Gbari section living near Zuba
zugo n. Hoe
zugo guri n. Hoe. A large hoe for building yam-heaps
zugo kunti n. Hoe. A small hoe for weeding
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