A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench

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A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition Roger Blench and Musa Doma bezamba n. Small grasshopper bi v. to bury (person, yam) bí v. to dig out (a planted seed) azu ba me kamba bi fwyu The guinea-fowl have dug out all the maize seeds I planted bibishnare n. mole-cricket bi..bo v. ask (question) ma bi yo bo bwari yina I asked him where the house was bida n. Meat, animal when slaughtered bingoi n. daughter brother's daughter bírí a. small birigi n. Net. Cast-net for fishing (
A Dictionary of the Gbari Language Trial Edition Roger Blench and Musa Doma bmido v. to mix (fluids) bmii adv. very fast bmina n. Feather Wing bmisna n. Grass sp. bmisna n. Bird's nest bmunu n. fingernail bmya v. to radiate to flash (lightening) bmya v. to make a roof bmya v. to be good bmya dye a lo makata it is good to go to school to look good bneko-bneko n. woodpecker bnenu n. fingernail bnutsni n. lash. ewye bnutsni eye-lash bo part. placed at the end of the sentence to mark the place where you are bo v. to rot bodnadnu n. elbow bodoe a. rotten, decayed remuri bodoe a rotten orange bogun n. A medicine to counteract charms prepared by your enemies. Worn around the wrist wrapped in a rag. Cf. shiba cigbe bokiti n. bucket (< E.) Boku n. Masquerade. A masquerade dressed in a sack-like costume that comes out in the day-time. Rarely seen today. boku n. house-rat bonu n. cow-itch, vine used to tie guinea-corn bundles Mucuna pruriens bonuko n. Musical instrument. A floating gourd upturned in a bowl of water, beaten with sticks during marriages. bonuko n. Gourd used in preparation of sorghum beer bori n. Grass species Pennisetum pedicellatum bota adv. Downwards boteku (Z.) n. giant rat (cf. eku) botere n. Dirty gourd or plate bozhingo n. thigh bu v. to turn inside out ma bu ede I turned my cloth inside out bu menti v.p. to spit bubo v. to whistle bubuì a. white bubui n. mist budiri n. Spine bubure n. Mould burodi a kpwe bubure the bread is mouldy budo v. to mix together dry substances bufu n. sack (
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