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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 (

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