A DICTIONARY GBARI LANGUAGE - Roger Blench

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 (