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.

Related terms

1. bəyə

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)