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asenchane [HMM ] DE/YA n beetle sp. (domain: 1.6.1.7 - Insect.)
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ba₁ (impf: beena) v come { O daa bá ba. He won't come again. } (domain: 7.2.3.2.1 - Come.) cf: tu.
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baare₁ [H ] A1 v pass round, go behind { O baare sɔŋɔ kom kwaga. He went behind the house. | baare nɔɔno kwaga betray someone } syn: bebare. (domain: 7.2.3.5 - Move past, over, through.)
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babea [MM ] KA/SE 1adj brave syn: bembea. (domain: 3.1.1 - Personality.) 2n brave, courageous, skilful (person) (domain: 3.1.1 - Personality.)
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bachono KO/TE n stone slab set in the courtyard for pounding shea-nuts before frying them to make shea butter (domain: 5.2.1 - Food preparation.)
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badwoŋo [LM ] KO (der. of badwoŋi) n friendship { di badwoŋo become friends } (domain: 4.1.1 - Friend.)
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bage₄ [L ] A1 v hit hard, beat; strike, thunder (of lightning) { Doa kam bage tio kom. Lightning struck the tree. } (domain: 7.7.1 - Hit.)
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bam-peno [MM ] (from bane, peene) n patience, forbearance { Bam-peno tu mo vare varem pa wea bera. The patient person hoes through to the heat of the day. } (domain: 4.3.1.5 - Patient.)
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ban-zore [LL ] DE (from baro, zo 3 marry) n marriage, woman becoming a man's wife (domain: 2.6.1 - Marriage.)
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baŋwae [MH ] (ph. v. of ba6, ŋwae) v st be far away, distant (domain: 8.2.6.1 - Far.)
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bare v turn to look behind (domain: 7.2.2.6 - Turn.)
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be [L ] C3 (impf: bera; nominal: berem; past: bega) v mature, ripen (of fruit, grain); become cooked (of food); grow up (of people) { Wea bega. It has reached mid-day | Wea wó be-m. You will be late. } (domain: 6.2.5 - Harvest, 8.4.6.5.2 - Old, not young, 5.2.3.4 - Prepared food, 2.6.4.6 - Grow, get bigger.) [ wɛ-bere , der. berem ]
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be- [L ] num pf number of times { bena four times | kuni berepɛ seven times } (domain: 8.1.1.3 - Number of times.) [ bedwe , begera , belei , betɔ ]
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-bea [M ] KA/SE adj bound adult male of animals and birds { subea cock guinea-hen | nabea ox } (domain: 1.6.7 - Male and female animals.) [ ka-bea , kunku-bea , nabea ]
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bebala [LM ] KA/SE n kid, young male goat { Nɔɔno ná tera sɔŋɔ ne, n boŋo lore bebale mo. If you are away from home, your goat will produce only males.; Business left in another's hands may not prosper as expected. } (domain: 1.6.1.1.3 - Hoofed animals.)
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bebale [MM ] A1 v sift, sieve by shaking from side to side (domain: 7.5.1.1 - Separate, scatter, 5.2.1.1 - Cooking methods.)
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bebara [HH ] (der. of ba) n slander, gossip, tale-telling { ba bebara spread gossip | bebare-nyeno person who slanders } (domain: 3.5.1.8.4 - Gossip.)
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bebare [MM ] A1 v go around the outside syn: baare. (domain: 7.2.3.5 - Move past, over, through.)
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bebege A1 v become loose (domain: 8.2.7.2 - Loose.)
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bebele A1 v 1shake (domain: 7.3.1.3 - Shake, 7.3.4.5 - Actions of the hand.) 2bother, worry somebody (domain: 4.3.4.6 - Meddle.)
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bechare variant of bochare n
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bechero [LM ] O/BA n dog-fish, tiger-fish /hydrocynus sp. / (domain: 1.6.1.5 - Fish.)
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bechɔŋɔ variant of bochɔŋɔ n
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bedwe [LR ] (variant: bodwe) (from be-, -dwe) 1num once { bedwe baŋa ne all at once } (domain: 8.4.6.6 - Once.) 2adj same { Te ye bedwe mo. They are the same. } (domain: 8.3.5.2.1 - Same.)
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beeli A1 v hug (domain: 4.1.8 - Show affection.)
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