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*    house-building!” v. kpalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    rhuã [ / ].



*bɔ 1 [ ˥ ] to build; b-owa [ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    build a house; ɔb-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he



*    built a house.



*bɔ 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to tell the future; to



*    predict; ɔbɔ mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he told me



*    the future; n-ɔbɔre [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “who



*    predicts comes”: chiefs support-



*    ing the Ɔba’s (and Ezɔmɔ’s [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ])



*    arms; they are said to tell the



*    future for the Ɔba. (2) to have



*    one’s future told by a “doctor”;



*    iɽayabɔ ʋ-ɔɣ-ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] I am



*    going to (go and) have my



*    future told at the doctor’s (i.e.



*    by casting the ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]).



*bɔ 3 [ ˥ ] to be kind to somebody;



*    to treat kindly; to favour;



*    ɔbɔ‿e gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he treats him



*    kindly; impersonal: ɔbɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    it is favourable for me; cf. isibɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (a name).



*bɔbɔbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], also bɔɽɔbɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    gentle drumming such as on the



*    oloi’s [ ˥ ˥ ] drum. (The word



*    occurs in the Ɔxwaɛ song 6.)



*b-ɔgɔ [ / ˩ ]; cf. bɛ 1 [ / ].



*bɔhũ [ ˩ ˩ ] big, of stalks of maize;



*    same as bɔɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ]; used with the



*    verb ye [ ˥ ].



*bɔlɔzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] fleshy, fat; uɣuye



*    bɔlɔzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] you are becoming



*    stout; v. itoto [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].



*bɔɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ] big and long, of cobs of



*    maize; v. bɔhũ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*bɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to spread grains (y-otɔ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] on the ground). (2) to



*    winnow, e.g. groundnuts, by



*    crushing the husks and blowing



*    away the light skin from the



*    palm of the hands; bɔʋ̃-isawɛ^



*    wɛ ni [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / / ] winnow those



*    groundnuts! (3) to shake off,



*    e.g. sand, dust, but also fruit



*    from a tree; bɔʋ̃-exae ni y-otɔ