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*bigɔbigɔbigɔ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes



*    something very crooked, e.g. a



*    tree with a stem that is bent



*    several times, or a cripple



*    walking zig-zag; cf. bi [ ˥ ] gɔ [ / ];



*    v. xuɽuxuɽuxuɽu [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*bisibisi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] reddish brown, like



*    the ordinary kind of house-mud;



*    used with the verb ba 1 [ / ].



*b-isusu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to exorcise evil spirits



*    by offering them isusu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], i.e.



*    food that is taboo to them; cf.



*    bi 2 [ ˥ ].



*bo [ ˥ ] in b-oxi [ ˥ ˩ ] to make circles



*    as part of the ritual of bodily



*    purification.



*boaboa [ ˩ ˩ ] describes the walk of



*    a big man who is in a hurry: he



*    strides along powerfully and



*    does not look where he goes so



*    that he may stumble; a little



*    funny-looking; used with the



*    verb xiã [ ˥ ].



*bobo [ ˩ ˥ ] to move to and fro; of



*    a fowl about to lay an egg;



*    ɔxɔxɔ na bobo [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] this fowl



*    is running to and fro; cf.



*    bo [ ˥ ] (?).



*b-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ba 1 [ ˥ ].



*boɛboɛboɛ or buɛbuɛbuɛ [ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] de-



*    scribes an idle sort of walk, or



*    that of a man who is not feeling



*    well; used with the verb xiã [ ˥ ].



*boɛɛ [ ˩ ] describes the fall of an



*    object like a palm branch, or the



*    branch of a plantain, i.e. of a big,



*    leafy, but not heavy branch;



*    used with the verb de [ ˥ ].



*bolo [ ˩ ˥ ] to peel (skin); to strip



*    (bark of a tree); ɔbolo ʋ̃-egbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he tore my skin off (when



*    wrestling, e.g.); ɔbol-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    he has a bruise; bol-itue ni



*    n-ɔgi-aya b-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “strip that itue-tree (so) that it



*    may enable (us) to use (it) for