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ayaa₁ n wheels (sem. domains: Transportation.) lit: legs
ayaa₂ n legs

ayaa tantan n (measurement) foot (sem. domains: Space.)
ayaa-tɔ n on foot

ayee *** no Ɔ naa ayaa tɔ walking on foot (sem. domains: Communication.)

ayɛ post 1at the house (sem. domains: Food Preparation/Consumption, Space.) 2location of (French 'chez') N kpe mɛ daa ayɛ. I am going to my senior brother's house

ayɛnɛɛ n 1curiosity 2novelty (sem. domains: Communication.)

ayɩn adj scarce Kesu nɩmʋ nkyu ɩɩ bʋ ayɩn. This year water is scarce. (sem. domains: Existence.)
ayɩn-bi v Praise

ayu n guinea corn (sem. domains: Plant, Animals and Plants.)

ayu-waatɩɩ n guinea corn chaff (sem. domains: Plant, Animals and Plants.)

ba₂ 1pro they (sem. domains: Pronouns.) 2v come

ba₁ v come N ba Kusun tɔ ndaga. I have come to work today. Lɔrɛ nɩɩ ɔ taa ba nfɩɩ. He came here by car. Ɔ gyankpaa ba ngyaŋɛ mʋ tɔ. He came to the meeting first. Fee biti fʋ taalɛ ba kɛ a natɛ? Will you be able to come for a walk? (sem. domains: Space, Bodily functions.)

baagɛ borrowed word from English bag [for travelling](sem. domains: Transportation.)

baakyaaga n ash used in making soap (sem. domains: Fire.)

baala v hide Abɩlɩsa mʋ ba maa biti mʋ mʋ ɔ baala oyu kamaa. When the elders were looking for him he was hiding behind a tree. (sem. domains: Manipulation.)

baaŋɛ v operate Ba baaŋɛ ɔkyɩɩ ɔtɔ wuya mʋ. They operated on a pregnant woman. (sem. domains: Health.) lit: cut open into two parts

baaŋɛ opiresin borrowed word from English n operation (sem. domains: Health.)

baarɛ v (action of touching somebody/something without getting hold of it/him/her, not getting hold can be intentionally or unintentionally) Ɔkyɩɩ mʋ maa ɔnyɩn mʋ ba ma kɔ mʋ, ɔkyɩɩ mʋ baarɛ ɔnyɩn mʋ kamaa nsana. When the woman was fighting with the man, the woman attacked the man by doing that to the man. (sem. domains: Manipulation.)

baarii v embrace Nbii mʋ ba maa lɩɩ sukuu bee ba kowu mʋ bamʋ nyi baarii bamʋ. When the children were returning from school to the house their mother embraced them. (sem. domains: Personal Interaction.)

baasa n needle (sem. domains: Crafts.)

baata₂ v stitch Ɔ ŋɛ mʋ n-yɩɩ kpakya nɩɩ kɩfɛ wuya baata mʋ. He cut himself with a cutlass and then a herbalist/doctor stitched him. (sem. domains: Health.) lit: sow

baata₁ v sew (with machine or hands, also used for mending of clothes) Ɔ baata kaalɛ pʋpwɛ sa mu-bi. He/she has sown a new dress for the child. (sem. domains: Crafts.)

baawʋlɛ n lover (sem. domains: Personal Interaction.)

badɩbaŋɔɔ n monitor lizard (sem. domains: Animal, Animals and Plants.)