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Tangle words starting with B

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Ba Beginning
Baa Loud
Bamu Bend
Baaju Smash, or crush
Baaje Will smash, crush or break into smithereens
Baalkimana A weaved grass used for roofing
Baalu eat. ( particularly something raw like fruits, cassava or other root crops that…
Baalugo Has eaten it
Baanu Earlier
Baawuu Ideop
Babbale A friendly type of fight using whip, usually by youth
Babba Fulani
Babbuluk Derogatory
Babur Motorcycle
Bagrum Jaw
Bagtha Pigeon
Bagthukwili Dove
Bagya Of pap/porridge: not too thick and not too watered-down
Bai Dog
Bajukkondo unripe seeds of peanuts
Bakki DET. Enough
Bala Pride, arrogance, smugness
Balaak Warm (particularly water)
Balam Tiny termites eaten by chicken
Ballu Write (it)
Balla Writing
Balu To show, present, exhibit, display
Bana Anger, annoyance, fury, rage
Banbana Tanglang
Banei Intentionally, deliberately, purposely
Banganje Name of one of the seven major Tangle settlements/Towns
Banthe Tire
Banthiyo Tiredness
Banthugo Is tired
Banthu Lay, put down
Banthiji Laid down
Banu Earlier on, not quite long ago
Baraku bambara nuts having colours
Bare Name of one of the seven major Tangle settlements/Towns
Bassu Smash, demolish, shatter
Basshiji Smashed, demolished
Basshugo Has crushed, smashed
Basukur Motorcycle
Bat Onomatopoeic word echoing the sound of cutting
Batha Corn stalk, maize stalk, millet stalk etc
Bathak-bathak/buthuk-buthuk Descriptive of leaves as fresh and soft
Bathu Roam
Battu Spread (usually of bad news)
Bature Hausa
Bau A type of tree with round sour fruits
Be You (to a male and carries a tone of pleading/endearment).Ka gu wut pimanei be
Bebe Stammerer, stammering
Beeluk Oily juice that appears on a nose when the nose is pressed
Beiyi The rest, remnants
Bekle A type of food made from bambara nuts
Bekkujek short and fat whether animal or human being
Bel quant
Belo To cross over/crossing over
Bela A special type of dance performed after victory/success
Bel’ik Disenchantment, disappointment, despondency
Belkama First born/birth
Belle Leaves that are expressly used by women as loincloth
Belle/bellu Line up/to line up
Bellume A type of harmless bees that often live in anthills
Belu Break
Bel swang To disappoint, to break promise
Beltede Crossing a river
Beluk Fifth toe of a cock
Belwiddi Break relationship
Bemji stoop
Benjulung Describes a bent form; a waist or nose in a curved form
Benge Calf
Benji Descriptive of a full and flowing river
Benou Slimy
Benu Fold
Benei Folding
Bente Loincloth
Ber Bear
Berei Inside, between, middle
Berji Fermented
Beru Create, compose, fabricate
Berei Carving
Betheke Mud, mire, sludge
Bezbeze Surprise, astonishment, amazement, wonder
Bezu Surprise, amaze, astonish
Biijik kondo Immature, unripe seeds of peanuts
Biliri Name of one of the seven major Tangle settlements/ Town
Billiri Name of a clan
Bina Groaning
Birna Plucked
Biru Pluck massively (particularly unripe fruits, hence suggestive of destructive ac…
Bitambini A tiny, winged insect that produces honey-like substance in the hollow of trees…
Bitbit A martial song/dance of the Tangle people
Boo Ideop
Bobo Gazelle/antelope
Boi Sweat. (Fig.) Fruit of one’s labour
Bokjam-kebe Kindhearted, compassionate
Bokko In future. much later on
Bokkoti Bucket
Bokkoti roba Plastic bucket
Bol Horn
Bolo
Bending down Boleigo
Boleigo Has travelled far/abroad to stay (of a male person)
Bongubonga Brown colour
Boni Trouble, problem, difficulty
Bonthol Convulsion, seizure, paroxysm (used mainly with reference to a dying animal, hu…
Boobok Armpit
Bool Ball (from English)
Booru Wash, cook in a careless manner
Boorei Mixing flour with liguid
Bore Name of a clan
Borollo From Hausa (borori, bororo)
Bos An expression that urges one to be unperturbed, calm, at ease
Bothi Migration, to migrate
Botheigo Has (a male person) migrated
Bothatgo Has (a female person) migrated
Bothougu Has (pl. neuter) migrated
Bothok-bothok Watery (of food)
Bothom Dark and getting cool
Bothu To search for by going round a place
Boyo Porridge
Bubbburu To force one’s way out of a door (especially animals)
Buga/pobuga Window
Bugei Will sneak, slip
Bugu Unfasten, loosen, slacken off
Buge Will loosen/unfasten
Buk Soft, mild, tender
Bukbuk Remnants of grains, often crushed ones
Bukka To clear a farm of tall grasses before harvest by using cutlasses and sickles
Bula Washing blue
Bulakbulak Clean, neat, spotless
Bulam Young, tender animal
Bulbul Flying termites normally caught, fried and eaten
Bulokbulok Warm
Bungrang Oval shape like head or calabash
Bura Possession, convulsion
Buredi Bread
Buret-buret Many, disorderly, carelessly kept
Burthangu Scatter, mix up something
Burum-bukum A narrow and swampy stream
Bussi Rotten
Buthak-buthak Too soft, very succulent, juicy
Buthee/Buthe-buthee Brain, intelligence
Buthok-buthok Very soft, particularly food that is well cooked
Buthu Soak
Buthgo Has soaked
Buthug-buthug Fresh (of leaves)
Buttak Old, tattered, discarded, useless thing
Buttu-butta Descriptive of twilight, approaching dawn; not dark, not bright
Buttul (usually of water) spoilt, muddy, mucky
Buubu To pull down (a house, a wall etc.)
Buulo Rear exit for emergency
Buru Melt, dissolve
Buurumen The thicker part of a sieved beer
Bwa Hole
Bwal A type of spear
Bwalin A type of tree whose fruits have nuts
Bwanthiji Tired
Bwanthu Lay it down
Bware To massage, rub down
Bwas describing crashing sound
Bwathak Sweat
Bwathal Mat made of grass for sleeping on
Bwattal Muddy or not clear (of water)
Bwidi/bwithi A type of coloured, spotted bambara nuts
Bwil Straight
Bwilbwile Narrowing
Bwili Chest of a chicken
Bwilinthum Smooth-skinned, brown lizard
Bwilu To narrow
Bwilji Narrowed
Bwillashi Narrowed
Bwinbwin Smooth
Bwini Palm fronds used for making mats and hats
Bwirikle To squeeze under foot
Bwiritbwirit Very soft; well ground (particularly of the flour of ground corn.)
Bwitil Narrow (particular with reference to holes)
Bwithi A black seed of Bambara nuts used in playing a game
Bwituru Crush, squash
Bwitirei Crushing, squashing
Bwol A type of grass found in marshy areas