Akoose–English Dictionary


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mbódémbódɛbembódémbódɛ ?n1/21tree, shrub growing around the home. Fruit were used for gumHupericum roeperianum2fruit from gum tree
mbôd etɔmnplantain blossom (purple coloured)Syn.abin2
mbódɛ́bódmbódɛ́bódn3/4black wasp, paper wasp (lives in houses and stings)Mbódɛ́bód ńlédɛ bad.The black wasp bites people.
mbogndried fruit of the alligator pepper familyformerly put on string and worn by nursing mothers
mbog etɔmn9/10petal from the flower knob of the plantain
mbolDial.var.mbəlnkind of tree
mbol e kábmbol é kábn9/101sitatungaTragelaphus spekii2bushbuck; “antelope”
mbom1mbomn9/10money, unit of measure used for counting money (extinct, used in precolonial times)Abomté ekəle mbom.He paid thousand mboms as bride price.mbom é ngábn10large sum of money
mbom2n3meetingMbom ńdé sú ébɛ.The meeting is in two days.Syn.mbomagmiítimâkób mbomv.expto meet, hold a meetingcatch meeting
mbom3Dial.var.ofmbon5
mbomagn3meetingMbomag ḿme débomɛɛ́ hɛ́n nɛ́n méesaá ngɛ̂n.The meeting which we held here was not in vain.Syn.mbom2miítim
mbómbɛɛPl.bembómbɛɛDualambómbon1/2namesakeMbómbɛɛ ǎhyɛ̌ áwêm.My namesake will come to my house.
mbom e kémmbom é kémn9/10Preuss’s red colobusPiliocolobus preussii
mbóm e ntyə́gmbóm é ntyə́g<ntyə́g1n9/10large wooden drum
mbómɛ́nmbómɛ́nn.mod9/101evil2stubbornmbómɛ́n e akann9crimembómɛ́n é badn10criminals
mbon1mbonn9/10ordinary toadMbon ewóó nkaŋ á yə̌l.The toad has nodules on its body.
mbon2mbonn9/10stump (of tree), base of treeLím mbon e bwɛl ne ásē.Dig out that tree stump.Adyɛ̌ á mbon e dií-mîn.He is sitting on the stump of a palm tree.mbon e abúún9rectum
mbon3nred cord tied round the motherʼs neck as protection until the child is weaned
mbon4nkind of spice
mbon5Dial.var.mbom3n9fullness
mbon6mbonn.mod9/10indirect insultAhɔ́bé mbon e ehɔ́b áwêm yə̌l.He insulted me.Ntúbé mə́ mbon.He insulted me.
mbon e mbwɛnn9/10giant forest toad, poisonous, it’s skin is smooth with a peculiar colour
mbonjambonjaDial.var.mbonjeDualambonjin9/10flowerNsuu ńchyáa mbonja.The nsuu plant bears flowers.
mbonjeDial.var.ofmbonja