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*    give a decision about a lawsuit;

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

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*    which he settled. bu [ / ] ― ude

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

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

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*    warned you! used when the man

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*    spoken to does not pay enough

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*    attention to the words; cf. ibude

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*bũ 1 [ / ] (1) to break, of wood,

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*    iron, bones, but not glass;

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

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

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

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*    for me! When followed by

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

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*    be wrinkled”, of a face. (2) to

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*    get broken, to be broken; ɔbũɽ̃ũ

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ] it is broken.

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*bũ 2 [ / ] to confess the name of a

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*    lover, by an adulteress; this was

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*    formerly obtained by subjecting

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*    the woman to the feather-ordeal;

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

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

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*buã [ / ] to do something enough;

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*    used as second member of a

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*    verbal combination; iguã buã-

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

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*    been talking long enough, but

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*    (lit. “that”) he does not hear

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*    me; ixiã l-oke l-ugboɣodo buã

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

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*    wide enough”, i.e. I do not want

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*    to travel any more; cf. bue

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*    [ / ] (?)

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

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*    a certain place; the word was

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*    said not to be known to some of

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*    the young people; uteɣabue

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

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*    really stayed a long time in the

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*    place where you went! (-teɣa-

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*    expresses that the speaker did

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*    not think that he would stay as

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

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