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boumfishing rod attached to sides of boat
boumboumbehind, buttocks
bousfish with very hard skin (type of filefish?)
boutcigar
boutèybottle; quart (liquid measure); dimi boutèy pint; boutey sèl saltcellar
boutikshop
boutikèshopkeeperTFC formaltion from boutik? (this form not in FEW 1, 106, 25, 21b, nor in any other CFCs
boutonbutton; bud; pustulesynveblé
boutonnento button
boutonnyèbuttonhole
boutoucudgel; thick stick used to kill large fish
boutoutoubird Swainson's motmot (Momotus momota)unspec. var.houtoutou1Onomatopaea imitating its call?
bouvégrooving plane
bouwéto stuff; to pack downsynfoulé
bouwivariant of bouyi
bouwikdonkey
bouwóexecutioner
bouyèlhandsome, well dressedvariant of bwiyèl?
bouyito boil; to cook; to bubble; to rumble (of stomach)unspec. var.boui, bwi
bouyonbrothsynbraf
boyóintestine; umbilical cord; shoemaker's thread; thread in cocoa
brafbrothsynbouyon
brokóhalting, lameTE broko (DECTT)
bwa1arm; armful
bwa2(a) wood; ti bwa two little sticks struck together during wake(b) forest; gran bwa high woods; (c) tree: bwa bandé tree whose bark is said to have aphrodisiac qualities (Roupala montana); bwa chandèl tree (Piper tuberculatum? Erythalis fruticosa?); bwa chebon wood used for making charcoal (Diospyros ierensis); bwa denn bayleaf tree (Pimenta racemosa); bwa di wòz rosewood (Cordia sebestena); bwa dowanj tree with thorns (Maclura tinctoria;) bwa fè tree with very hard dark wood (Isertia parviflora); bwa fló balsa wood (Ochroma pyramidale); bwa kanno trumpet tree (Cecropia peltata); bwa lamori saltfish wood (Machaerium robinifolium); bwa leza black fiddle wood (Vitex divaricata); bwa nè bois noir (Sloanea trichostica ); bwa san bloodwood (Croton gossypifolius); bwa somou wood used to make chairs; bwa ti fèy petite feuille (Maprounea guianensis)