bə

See also: Appendix:Variations of "be"

Enggano

Noun

bə

  1. water

References

  • Roger Blench, The Enggano
  • ABVD, 2, 3

Ghomala'

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ə

Particle

bə

  1. if...then
    Ò sɔ̀' bə̀, ó síŋ á. ― If you're coming, then tell me.
    Sîmo ghə ŋkáp bə é gɔ yó mə́twâ. ― If Simo has money, (then) he'll buy a car.

References

  • Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
  • Mkounga Tala Teku Blaise (2015), The Structure of the left periphery in Ghɔmáláʼ

Koshin

Pronoun

bə̀

  1. they (third-person plural pronoun)

References

  • Pierpaolo Di Carlo; Jeff Good (2012), What are we trying to preserve? Diversity, change, and ideology at the edge of the Cameroonian Grassfields (in Koshin)

Zari

Verb

bə

  1. to be

References

  • Bernard Caron, The pronominal system of South-Bauchi West Chadic languages (2003)
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