Likpakpaanl – English
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bɔtɔ pl. bɔtɔ tiib noun sac ...ki nan kahn tikunabr aamombil mɔmɔk le ki di ŋa bɔtɔ tiib ponn ni. ...and counted all the silver money and put it in sacks. bub inf. var. bi bue verb hug, embrace bubaa 1 reflexive itself (cl. reflex.) bubaa 2 determiner one, a certain (cl. 8) Busub bubaa bi. There is a certain/one tree. budabu interrogative what (indirect question) M nyi budabu cha u dan na. I know why he came. (I know what let him come) bue demonstrative this - concordant with n. cl. 8 buen verb go away (see cha ) perf./imperf. change of form U yoor mbim ngbaan buen a. He took the children away. buenin dial. var. of beenin
bugbem dial. var. bugbum pl. igbei noun kapok tree 1.5.1 Tree
bugbum dial. var. of bugbem buk 1 verb be carrying on shoulder U buk kichɔk. He carried the axe on his shoulder. buk 2 verb push into, burrow U buk tibuul. He pushed leaves etc, under the yam mound top. bukokom pl. ikokon 2 noun thorn tree Tɔ, upeel ubaa nan jer nima chee le ki taa kool kool bukokom waatiir ngbaan. But a bush animal passed that way and trampled the thorn bush down. bukpaab noun farm, field, plot of land for farming bulnyoo noun Christmas, festival (Loan word)
