barɔ
Appearance
Baatonum
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bàrɔ (plural bàrɔbu, focus bàrɔwa, plural focus bàrɔba)
- griot, storyteller, chanter
- 2021 February 17, Pierre Barassounon, Sanu Biɔ, Thébault Biɔ, Léonard Goragui, Jean Soutar, Dictionnaire Baatonum, SIL International, page 3:
- Bàrɔ wi u dɔkɔru do
- The griot has a beautiful voice
Usage notes
[edit]- w-class noun
Related terms
[edit]- baa gɛsɛrɛ (“Songhai griot chanter”)
- buki (“gift given to a griot”)
- gãaku sunɔ (“chief griot”)
- gɛ̀sɛrɛ (“Songhai griot”)
- gɔ̃ɔge (“a griot who plays the violin, violinist”)
- karankugii (“a griot who plays the tambourine”)
- koroku (“a hunter griot”)
- korokuru (“hunting chant”)
- sàasaakuru (“griot profession, storytelling”)
- womu (“to chant”)
References
[edit]- Barassounon, Pierre, Biɔ, Sanu, Biɔ, Thébault, Goragui, Léonard, Soutar, Jean (2021 February 17) Dictionnaire Baatonum[1], Philadelphia: SIL International