Akoose–English Dictionary


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ebóŋgɛ́l é nlóeʼbóŋgɛ́l bé nló<nlón7/8skullMod awóó ebóŋgɛ́l é nló.A person has a skull.
ebóokɔ́ɔbebóokɔ́ɔn1/2yellow-billed barbetTrachylaemus purpuratusSyn.ntâŋ ékə́ə́lé
eboókunɛbeboókunɛn1/2palm-nut vultureGypohierax angolensis; raptor spSyn.kíiʼnɔn
ebóónlóComp.ofebóŋ2nlón7wooden pillowpillow of headBɔɔ́b bad béhágáá ebóŋ á nló nɛ́ŋgāne mbóŋgé.In the past, people used a log under their heads as a pillow.
ebóténguleeʼbótéŋgulen7/8lizard, male; common agamaAgama agamaCf.ehɛlngɔmbengule
ebɔ́dɛɛn1plain
ebɔg1eʼbɔgn7/81rite, procedure2dish made of roasted plantains and oil given during childbirth ceremony
ebɔg2mebɔgn7/8kind of pumpkin
ebɔg3Sp.var.ofebog
ebɔ́keDial.var.ofebə́ke
ebɔln7fruitful
ebɔlɛɛbebɔlɛɛn1/2cassava (tied in leaves and cooked in longish bundles)
ebɔ́lɔ́geʼbɔ́lɔ́gn7/8tree used as firewood (caterpillars live on it)Neoboutonia manniiEbɔ́lɔ́g éhabpɛ ngɛn.The branches of ebɔ́lɔ́g easily break.
eʼbɔmn14nasal mucousAhémé eʼbɔm á dúu.He blew his nose.nkén mé eʼbɔmn3clot of mucous from nose
Ebɔmn.prquarter of Nyasoso that was given to the Basel Mission. It was believed to be an evil and cursed place of evil spirits where unrepentant criminals were executed by being beatenCf.âbɔm
ebɔmɛnɛ (mesúsúɛ)n1game involving running round a circle of peopleBɛ̌ndem bébɛle ebɔmɛnɛ.The children are playing ebɔmɛnɛ.
ebɔɔ1eʼbɔɔn.mod7/8rottennessApwag eʼbɔɔ éʼ kɛ́d.He is removing a rotten cashew nut.ebɔɔ é ngomenyə̌eʼbɔɔ éʼ ngomenyə̌n7/8carcass of snake ?
ebɔɔ2eʼbɔɔn7/8tree used for boards split by hand, “caraboard”Annickia chlorantha
eʼbɔɔb<bɔɔbn14now, nowadaysAtóg ádé póndé e eʼbɔɔb.There is poverty nowadays.
eʼbɔɔ́bDial.var.eʼbɔɔ́d<bɔɔ́bn14long agoPóndé e eʼbɔɔ́b embǒŋ tóma chii.Days gone by were better than today.
eʼbubmebubDial.var.eʼbudn14/6kind of rat (like bush rat), “company beaf;” dark mongoose, red mongoose
ebubɛ́leʼbubɛ́ln7/8kind of tree (leaves are used to tie corn to preserve it)
ebubudeʼbubudn71unclear, hazy, faintly, dim, cloudyAnyénné á ebubud-tê.He did not see it clearly.Mennyén nɛ́ɛ á ebubud-tê.I cannot visualize my mother, what she really looked like.I saw my mother faintly.2squintCf.âbubed
ebubwɔ́geʼbubwɔ́gn7/8mongoose, black-legged mongoose, “polecat,” “fox”Bdeogale nigripes, etcnyəŋge ebubwɔ́gnyəŋge ébubwɔ́gn9/10pale fox; sand foxVulpes pallida