baan-yuil mbaan-yuinibaan-yuediviner's bagNgan-kperisa ale bo baan-yuini po.There are wonderful things in the diviner's bag.
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baani1to burn (restr.), to singe offKu la baani titoku la, jaamu din chali a sing beli ain wa nyu nyiam. When it had burnt its throat, the creature ran down to the river to drink water. Aguuk ta wuuk ale bolim sing wa buni po baani nangkeringsanga.Aguuk went into his barn with grass and fire and burnt the ants.Bisanga baani biaka ate ba ko la.The children singed the (skin of the) dog which had been killed.2to roast (e.g. ground-nuts, round beans, millet on the cob; e.g. by putting them in heated sand; baani not used for meat)Nurwa baani sungkpaam ate wa doawa. The man roasted ground-nuts for his friend.
baanoabaanoawa,baanoababaana, or baanodiviner, soothsayer, fortune-teller (sb. who explores the will of supernatural forces as ancestors or the earth(Prov.) Baanoa a bog, alege te wa bisa nye se kpi?The soothsayer divines, but how do his children come to die? (Nobody can perform miracles)
baarito stroke, to caressNuruwa kala a baari wa biaka chiaka.The man is sitting stroking the back of his dog.
baasa1to be soft, weakTantanga a baasa kama, kan pa se siaka.The clay is (too) soft, do not build the wall (with it).2to be good, better, well, alright, okay, healthy Biika diem ka nying-yogsa, alege jinla ku baasa ka [or wa] jig kama. Yesterday the child was ill, but today he is well.(Official greeting:) "Fi nying ka po?" - "Ku baasa"."How is your body?" - "It is well".(Prov.) Yie noruk dan baasa, wa yueni ain ku nueri kama.When the blind man's sore is a little better, he says it has healed (lit. finished).
baasingl lbaasingka,baasingsa, baasim, baasintaweak, soft, flexibleNurwa ale yuag yiti la, wa ka nur baasing.The man, who recovered from illness, is a weak person.baasa v., baling adj.
badekl mbadeksa1themselvesBa nya badek.They are proud (lit. they see themselves).2(of) their ownBa ngman ze badek biik a gaari.They no longer recognized their own child.wadek
badiakh hbadiaka,badaasa vagina, vulvaBaa gberi badiak ka chum nying.They have sexual intercourse (lit. fuck the vagina) because of tomorrow (i.e. for having children).
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badierikl m mbadierika,badierisasp. fishBisanga yig badierik beli po. The children caught a badierik in the river.Citharinus distichodoides, or Labeo sp.?
badunungbadɥnuŋ; h h hbadunungku or badungku,badungta or baduintaGround Hornbill(Prov.) Badunung dan jiag, ku kan kali wuuk zuk-oa.However tired the Ground Hornbill is, it will not sit in the grass (However poor you are, you are still a human being).Bucorvus abyssinicus
baganingh m hbaganingka,baganisaraft zither with straw chords and a calabash sounding boxPa n baganik a te mu ate n taam Akpeyeri. Give me my guitar, and I will go to Akpeyeri.
baiba:i, baisomeNurba bai kan ngob waaung lam.Some people do not eat the meat of the waaung-monkey.- (A curse:) Mi pa ku miena a nyo ká ngan-bai nisa po.I put everything in the hands of somebody (lit. some creatures; mentioning any divine spirits in the context of a curse is taboo or at least very dangerous).ba-bai
bainmbani,banaborder, boundary, bound(Prov.) Kaduk miena ta ka bana kama.Every farm has its boundary.Engl. boundary
bakesingbakesingka,bakesingsaunripe shea nut (not good for eating)Wiima a yaali bakesingsa.Monkeys like unripe shea nuts.
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