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bakoaibakoani,bakoaweekWa jam goa paari bakoai.He stayed for a week (lit.: he came, slept and reached a week).Hausa bokwai
balaal lpeacefully, peaceably (without being disturbed or causing disturbance), contentedly, happily, softlyBiika diem yoku an goa ya, alege jinla saliuku wa doa ka nna balaa.Last night the child did not sleep, but this morning he is lying peacefully.Mk 4,39 Wa ...yaa weeni... nyiamu me a nye balaa.He told ...also the water to become calm (lit. ‘to make calm’).
balan-girih h h hbalan-gini,balan-giebanan-giricrabKoku sing beni po ain ku yig balan-gie ate pina yig.The ghost went down to the river to catch crabs, and hyenas caught (him).synman-giri
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balang-gaungbalang-gaungku,balang-gantabanang-gaung sp. grasshopper (green colour)Balang-gaung a kala wuuku nying.A grasshopper is sitting on a blade of grass.
balerikh h hbalerika balirik, baleerikgravel for plastering the floor of a room or a courtyard (balerik is produced by winnowing zingi-gravel; the smaller particles are removed)Nipooma a ji balerik.The women are carrying balerik-gravel.
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balim mbalini,next year, the following year, after one year(Prov.) Wen a tuni pami ka bali nying.God pays his debts the following year.
bali di choain two years, the year after nextBali di choa a dan paari, mi le cheng Tamale.In two years I will go to Tamale (lit. when the companion of the next year has reached...).
balingl lbalingka,balingsa, balingtasoft, weak, calmYieri gbang balingka.Remove the soft leather.gbaaling, balingni, balingku, balingmu
balingi1balim1to be (get, become) soft, weak, calm, tamed; to calm downNurwa a tag buuku gbangka ate ka baling.The man prepared the skin of the goat until it was soft.Lalika a baling kama.The bull has been tamed.2to tame, to soften, to make weak Naapierika a baling lalika. The shepherd tamed the bull.3to be (get, become) thin, lean, meagreMi le yuag la, n baling yega-yega.When I was ill, I became (was) very lean.4to be (get) loose, to loosen (restr.), to be slack Goni gbangka baling kama.The skin of the calabash drum is slack.
balingsam m m balingsangaleanness, weakness, softnessBalingsa le ta wa.He is lean (lit. leanness has him).
baluk1l lbalukubaluta or balta1(small) sp. monkeyBaluku baga gongka a jueli.The monkey can climb up the kapok tree.2timid or fearful person or animal, coward (not always pejorative); sb. unprepared to fight or to risk sth. Biika yogsa ase ka baluk la. The child is a coward (lit. ...is fearful like a baluk). Wa ka baluk: Ba yaali fob wa te wa deri yiti chali.He is a baluk: They wanted to slab him and he ran away.
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ban-gerungh l mban-gerungku,ban-gerintasp. grasshopperBan-gerintanga a kal siaka nying.The grasshoppers are sitting on the wall.
banamam m hwhich team? which group of people?Ka banama [m m h] ale de gbeni jinla?Which team won the hockey match today?
banbalanbalathose, the other, (in Sandema the form banbala is more common, in Wiaga nbala) Nipo-banbala a nyini ka Atiim Yeri. The other women came from Atiim's house.
banchibikl l lbanchibika,banchibsacassava, maniocMi vuk banchibik mi talimu po donla.I planted cassava on my farm this year.Manihot esculenta
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