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bigɔbigɔbigɔ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes
    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