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pusadv.smash!Pupoiŋ tele yɛrɛ pus.Smash! The pot fell down and broke.
pusiv1to get / be out of controlWɩɩ la mɩɩra pusi nɛ.The matter is out of control.2to boil overSuono la pusi nɛ.The beans are boiling over.
puuv1to catch up withVɛŋ lɩma mʋ puu.Go quickly and catch up with him.2to meetMɩ jaŋ puu Hayugo dɩa lɛɛ?Will I meet Hayugo in her house?
puwuolocfgbɛ̀rɩ̀gɛ́n, 1disabled or handicapped person2sick person3weakling
pʋ̀acf-pʋɔŋv1to rot, spoil, decayNammɩa la pʋa nɛ.The meat is rotten.2to be spoilt (a child)Bile pʋa nɛ.The child is spoilt.id. Ʋ nyuŋ pʋa.He is softheaded, stupid.
pʋgɛvto add ingredients to vegetable leaves as foodLa dɩa pʋgɛ ŋɩŋɛrɛɛ arɩ kɩŋkɛsɩmɛɛ nɛ.Yesterday we prepared black plum leaves with bean cakes.
pʋgʋmɛvto be weak, exhaustedŊ nɛ bɩ waa aŋ faasa tɩŋ tɩntɩŋŋaa, ŋ jaŋ pʋgʋmɛ.If you are not grown up yet and you work much, you will weaken.
pʋgʋmʋŋn, weevil
-pʋgʋŋ-adjsfxweakgelipʋgʋŋa weak catnɩpʋgʋŋa weak, sick person
pʋ́gʋ́sɛ́v1to put little oil into food, to apply little pomadeBa yie kɛŋ nʋʋ la pʋgʋsɛ suono la nɛ.They added very little oil to the beans.Nʋʋ la bɩ yʋgɛ, ŋɩɩ nɛ tɩɩ la kaa pʋgʋsɛ la nɩsaa.The pomade is not enough, that is why we applied little on our hands. 2to be weak, not strongBile pʋgʋsa nɛ.The child is not well grown.
pʋɩvto get soft, soggyŊ joŋ kuorimɩaa hɛ lɩɩŋ lɛ, ba jaŋ pʋɩ.If you soak corn, it will soften.
pʋllɛvto get white, to make white, to shineDɩ ŋ chɛsɛ ŋ gɛrɩŋ, ʋ jaŋ pʋllɛ.If you wash your shirt, it will get white.
pʋlʋmʋŋn, 1light, illumination, brightness2open cleared plot of land
pʋmpʋan, flatulence, wind
pʋnan, domestic animal
-pʋnʋŋ-nounsfxhair, fur, bristle, feathernyupʋnaahair (of the head)bʋʋpʋnaagoat's fur
pʋŋv1to absorb sth., to swellƲ sɩŋ gaarɩ nɛ ʋ pʋŋ.She soaked gari and it absorbed water.2to constipateƲ bɩ banjɩra wuo mʋ, ʋ pʋŋa nɛ.He cannot go to the toilet because he is constipated.3to increase, be manyNɛsɩŋ pʋŋa nɛ.The cows have increased.
pʋŋan, a kind of insect, if animals eat it, they will get a blotted stomach
pʋŋŋmɛnɩŋn, animal donated to in-laws as contribution to a funeral performance
pʋŋmɩaŋn, a kind of insect
pʋɔgɛvto thin outPʋɔgɛ mɩa la ta.Thin out the millet.
pʋɔlɛvto move togetherNɩaa pʋɔla kʋkɔ yɔbɔ dʋgʋgʋ.Many people were coming to the market together.
-pʋɔŋcfpʋ̀a-adjsfxrotten thing, inferior thingnammɩɩpʋɔŋrotten meatgɛrɩpʋɔŋinferior clothbiipʋɔŋspoilt child
pʋɔran, (Engl.) powder