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 />
Pygmy mouse<br />
Mus musculus<br />
bantna n. typhoid or malaria<br />
bantu n. Spirit of a person who has recently died. It wanders about and can be seen<br />
for up to forty days.<br />
bantu ∫e∫e n. Loofah<br />
Luffa cylindrica<br />
lit. 'spirit's breast'<br />
banzo n. refuse, rubbish<br />
Basa p.n. Basa person or language<br />
base v. to cool down<br />
et. ba + ese<br />
basha n. Bird sp.<br />
basna(sna) n. Pain, either emotional or physical. Has the sense of empathetic pain, i.e.<br />
shared with someone else.<br />
basnisni n. swollen part of body<br />
bashnishni n. Sloping land<br />
bata n. Container used by old woman to store her tobacco (