B to D

Bb
bá v.t be loose (of a baby
carried on the back)
bẹdẹ adv. never
bẹdẹbẹdẹ (rhirírín) adv. forever,
continuously (of time)
bẹnẹ v.t romance
bẹré v.t tear
bẹsiẹye conj. until
bi (gere) v.t push
bibi v.i grope, roam
aimlessly
biebí a. black
biko v.i please
bioma v.i make way for
bo1 v.i crow
bo2 v.i swim (of fish)
bọ (tẹ) v.t build
bọrọ v.t comfort
bọrọbọrọ a. warm
(vwiọrọvwiọrọ)
bu v.i be plentiful
búbú a. awkward, clumsy
bue v.t scrape
buebu quant. many
búnọ quant. too many/much
brabra a. bad
bró1 int. how many?
bró2 int. how much?
bru v.t. cut
brúdú v.i worry (about/over
something)
brúche v.t advise




chá v.t support/aid
chavwọ v.t screw
chere v.t cook
chiyi v.t tread (on
something)
cho v.t steal
chúko v.t help




Dd
da v.t. drink
dádá a. sharp
dede v.t. welcome
dédévwo conj. nevertheless
dẹ v.t. buy
dédé a. careful
di v.t block
dia v.i menstruate
dié int. what
diguẹ v.t request one to say
dino adv. nearly
do1 v.t thank, general
greeting which expresses variety of
sentiments
dó2 (vwi) v.t throw
doghodogho a. slack
dọdọn a. lean/thin
du v.t mate
duvwu v.t pound


Dj
djádjá a. peppery
djávwe (sínu) v.t hide
djé1 v.t show/explain
dje2 v.t spray (somebody
with medicine by mouth)
djẹ1 v.i run
djé2 v.t drive away (animate
objects)
djẹ3 v.i germinate
djídjí1 (ghẹghẹ) a. foolish
djídjí2 adv. foolishly
djoma v.i introduce (oneself
to)
dju v.t fan