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
