ɩpa1ɪpacontractionpanlabourƆkɛ amʋ Adango lɛbla Kpakpahe ɔbɛɛ bégyi pa, abudunka sika, abʋhɔ lɔɔrɩ.One day Rabbit told Duck they would go hire as a labourer, so they should search for money, so that they should buy a truck.gyi ɩpaeat labourƆmɔ́ɔbɔ pa?Won't she hire labour?Gyi ɩpa, afʋ nya kɔba hɔ fʋ atɔ hianhɛ.Go work (for someone else) in order that you should get money and buy your necessary things.6.9.2Work for someonecomp.gyi ɩpahire oneself outph. v.bɔ ɩpahire someone
ɩpanɪpã́ʔnthanksNɩ ɔkɛ bakɛ fonu batɛ ɩbɔn a, mɩdɛ fʋ ɩpan da.Tomorrow at dawn when you hear a rooster's crowing I am thanking you.3.5.1.7.1Thankcomp.da ɩpanthank
ɩpɔɪpɔnswelling in the front part of the neckBʋtamamɔsɩ ɔha ánɩ́ ɔbʋ ɩpɔ.We don't laugh at someone that has goitre.2.1.1Head
ɩpɔnɪpɔ̃́ʔcontractionpɔn2cfpɔn11nguiltOlegyi pɔn.He was found guilty.Fʋ Ee! bwɛ fʋ Ee!; fʋ O-o! bwɛ fʋ O-o!; mɛnɩ Bulu méegyi fʋ asʋn ha fʋ pɔn.Your yes make yes, your no, no so that God will not judge you and find you guilty.4.7.6.2Condemn, find guiltycomp.ha ɩpɔnguilty
ɩpʋ2ɪpʊʔ(L)pl.apʋcontractionpʋ2n1groupcfiku 1groupɔdʋdʋɔ 1group8.1.3.3Group of things2a standard measure of somethingɔtatibi pʋ kʋlɛone length of loinclothHɔ ɔtatibi pʋ ba anɩ apʋ la oli.Buy one piece of loincloth so that we can make the funeral.
ɩsʋbɩtɩɪsʊbɪtɪ́(H)comp. ofɩsʋbɩtɩ 1npunishment; to treat badly for doing something wrongKwasi lɛsin ɔma yɔ sukuu sʋ, alanya ɩsʋbɩtɩ.Kwasi was late to school so, he has received a punishment.Nɩ fɔ́bwɛ lakpan a, fʋtenya ɩsʋbɩtɩ.If you commit sin, you receive a punishment.Ɩsʋbɩtɩ dɩn fʋsʋ.It's your own fault.Punishment is on you.cfbɩtɩ 1pull (on)4.7.7Punish
ɩsʋgyiɪsʊʤíʔnvictoryBulu tɛha ɩsʋgyi.God gives victory.ɩsʋ ogyipʋa victor, also a rulerGhana ɔmásʋ ogyipʋ gyi J. J. Rawlings.J. J. Rawlings is the ruler of the country, Ghana.Ɩsʋ ogyipʋ gyi ɔha ánɩ́ alagyi mʋ basʋ; ɩsatɔ ntɛ asʋn gyihɛtɔ.A victor is the one that has won over another in war or in a legal case.4.8.3.2Win
ɩsʋn2ɪsʊ̃́ʔncatarrh; common coldƖsʋn lakɩta mɩ, sʋ mmɛtalɩ fʋ ɔŋɛ wanklaan.I have a cold, so I can't breateh well.Catarrh has caught me so I can't breathe well.2.5.2Disease
ɩsʋraɪsʊraʔder. ofɩ-1sʋra22nperiod of mourningBʋ tɛdɩda tati bibi su sʋra.They put on black cloths when they mourn.Ɔha ánɩ́ mʋ ka ntɛɛ mʋ kulu owu a, ɔsʋrapʋ ogyi. Obósu ɩsʋra.The one whose wife or husband should die is a widow/widower. He/She will perform widowhood rites.2.6.6.4Mourn