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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 [ / ] (?).