Page-020-R
*  ukela‿(o)wa [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] shake
* that sand off before you enter
* the house! ɽueɣ-erhã na n-ɔm-
* ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ bɔʋ̃ɛ kua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ] shake
* this tree (so) that its fruit is
* shaken off! bɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to
* brush and slap oneself with the
* hand, if covered with dirt, as
* after a walk in the bush, or in
* order to remove insects; v. udiã
* [ ˩ ˥ ].
*bũ [ ˥ ] to be plentiful, numerous;
* eʋ̃i na bũ gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “these
* things are numerous”: many of
* these things are there; iɽ̃ã bũ
* [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] they are numerous; bũ [ ˥ ]
* gbe [ ˥ ] means also “to suffice”.
*bu 1 [ / ] (1) to meet; bu ʋ̃ɛ ɣade
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “meet me coming”: come
* and meet me! ibu‿ɛɽe xiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]
* “I am meeting him going”: I am
* going to meet him. (2) to be
* equal in quantity, e.g. two heaps
* of grains when being compared
* by people when trading. bu [ / ]
* y-ɔ [ \ ] to pay a sum of money
* towards something; iy-isil-isɛ̃
* bu y-osa n-iʋ̃ɔ̃-ɽe (ʋ̃ɛ [ / ])
* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “I took five shillings
* paid towards the debt I owe
* him” (ɽ is not nasalised).
*bu 2 [ / ] to decide; bu ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to
* fix a date, to make an appoint-
* ment for something; ɔbu ɛdɛ mɛ
* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] “he promised me a time”:
* he gave me a date, i.e. when he
* would come. ibu‿ɛdɛ nɛ n-ɔɣaya
* re [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] I fixed a date for him
* when he should come, lit. “which
* he should take to come”;
* ibu‿ɛdɛ nɛ n-iɣaya s-eʋa (sɛ [ ˥ ])
* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] I notified him when
* I should arrive there. bu ɛʋo
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to found a settlement; ɣa
* bu ɛʋo na [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] who founded
* this “town”? bu ohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to