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bay11. to give (form used before a nounsynpou22. for, to (form used before a noun
bay2tub, barrel cut into two used as a tub
bayéto yawn
bayèbarriersynbarikad
baynajfisherman who sits in the middle of the fishing boat and pulls the oar (see grapen, kapitenn)
bazilikbasil (Ocimum sanctum)
bazoudistunned; under a spell, mad with love
bèbutter. margarine
bebèsilly​
bebèllittle toy, knick-knack; person who gives him/herself airs; bebèl chimen Shaw's Black-backed Snake (Liophis melanotus)
bèfcow, bull, ox, calf (generic term term fir bovines), e.g. manman bèf cowsynvach
before a vowel twazunspec. var. oftwathree, e.g. t. jou thre days
begeyéto stammer; to stutter in fear
begeyèstammerer
bèkbeak; bèk dajan silver-beak, bec d'argent (Ramphocelus carbo magnirostris); gwo bèk bird (Saltator albicollis? Oryzoborus angolensis?)
bekéwhite person
bektéto pick
bèlbeautiful (regardless of gender), pretty; bèl chimenvariant of bebèl chimen; bèl di nwit plant ('similar to Cymbogon citratus, or rather Cestrum nocturnmum​?)
belanjennaubergine (Solanum melongena)
belèdance, accompanied by drumming and singingProbably Afr. (Kikongo mbele, see also Koelle 1963, 184) rather than the usually cited F bel air
belevanpuppet
belfiydaughter-in-law
belibannbellybandsynbann1
belmèmother-in-law; stepmother
belsèsister-in-law