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*    cup or spoon, etc.; balɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    kua [ ˥ ] to scoop...out of...;



*    bal-amɛ kua ʋ-axe na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    scoop water out of this pot!



*basabasa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a shrub, Funtumia



*    africana; latex is similar to



*    rubber and is added to rubber



*    to increase its quantity.



*baʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ] (followed by ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “word”) to tell a lie; ɔbaʋ̃a ɛʋ̃ɛ



*    gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] “he tells (too)



*    many lies (against one)”.



*bebe [ ˩ ˥ ] to be naughty, of boys;



*    it implies acts like touching



*    what must not be touched,



*    riding a bicycle on the handle,



*    turning something over, etc.;



*    idase [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], however, implies



*    something skilled, like juggling



*    with breakable things and en-



*    dangering them in that way.



*b-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ba 1 [ ˥ ].



*bɛ [ ˥ ] ɣe [ / ] to see; ibɛ ɣ-ɛɽe



*    [ ˩ ˧ / ˩ ] I saw it; v. dɛ [ ˥ ] ɣe



*    [ / ].



*bɛ 1 [ / ] to tap palm-wine, by



*    making incisions with a knife;



*    ɔbɛ ɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is tapping



*    palm-wine (now); ɔb-ɔgɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    he taps palm-wine: he is a palm-



*    wine-tapper; v. so [ ˥ ].



*bɛ 2 [ / ] to strive after the



*    affection of young girls by



*    giving them all they want from



*    childhood upwards in order to



*    marry them at the age of



*    puberty. This does not con-



*    stitute a betrothal.



*bɛbɛɛbɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a protruding



*    abdomen; used with ye [ ˥ ] or ɽu



*    [ ˥ ]; ɔɽu‿ɛko bɛbɛɛbɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    he has an embonpoint.



*bɛlɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) (followed by kua [ ˥ ])



*    to cut into slices; same as



*    giagia [ ˩ ˥ ]; bɛl-ɔɣɛdɛ na kua



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] cut this plantain into