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*    give a decision about a lawsuit;



*    ohiɛ̃ n-ɔbuɽu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] the “case”



*    which he settled. bu [ / ] ― ude



*    [ ˩ ˩ ] to give warning, advice; ibu



*    ɽuɔ‿(u)de fo nɛ [ ˩ / / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I have



*    warned you! used when the man



*    spoken to does not pay enough



*    attention to the words; cf. ibude



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*bũ 1 [ / ] (1) to break, of wood,



*    iron, bones, but not glass;



*    ibũ‿obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] I broke (my) arm;



*    ɔbũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he broke it; iter.:



*    bũnɔ‿ɛ̃ gũ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] break them



*    for me! When followed by



*    ikuɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], bũnɔ means “to



*    be wrinkled”, of a face. (2) to



*    get broken, to be broken; ɔbũɽ̃ũ



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ] it is broken.



*bũ 2 [ / ] to confess the name of a



*    lover, by an adulteress; this was



*    formerly obtained by subjecting



*    the woman to the feather-ordeal;



*    ɔbũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] she confessed him



*    (to be her lover); cf. ka 1 [ ˥ ].



*buã [ / ] to do something enough;



*    used as second member of a



*    verbal combination; iguã buã-



*    ɣ-et-ɔmahɔ̃ [ ˩ / / ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] I have



*    been talking long enough, but



*    (lit. “that”) he does not hear



*    me; ixiã l-oke l-ugboɣodo buã nɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “I have gone far and



*    wide enough”, i.e. I do not want



*    to travel any more; cf. bue



*    [ / ] (?).



*bue [ / ] to stop for a long time in



*    a certain place; the word was



*    said not to be known to some of



*    the young people; uteɣabue



*    ʋ-eke n-uyo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] you have



*    really stayed a long time in the



*    place where you went! (-teɣa-



*    expresses that the speaker did



*    not think that he would stay as



*    long as that); cf. buã [ / ] (?).