Báná be ne bifíá ya ñkóbõ Búlu, ású bifíá bíá taté aa "a". Ñgê wo kômbõ ke ékañg'á èfe, fítí' ékañgá jé.
Voici un dictionnaire de la langue Boulou pour les mots et les verbes qui commencent par la lettre "a". Pour accéder á une autre lettre, clique son lien.
Here is a dictionary of the Bulu language for words that start with the letter "a". To access the words of another letter, click its link.
Bulu | Abui/Pluriel | Eñglish | Français | |
a | il/elle | he/she | ||
aa | avec | with | ||
aakítí, äkítí, akítí | demain | tomorrow | ||
aañgôé, äñgôé, añgôé | hier | yesterday | ||
aba-sañga | meba-sañga | immature plantain fallen down | ||
abafa | mebafa | en paire | paired (like one carrying the other) | |
abak | tas (de quelque chose) | stack, a pile of things | ||
abak | mebak | un morceau fait de feuilles sèches de banane plantain | a pad of dry plantain leaves | |
abak | mebak | tas (de quelque chose) | stack, a pile of things | |
abak | mebak | personne agée | senio citizen, old person | |
abam | odeur d'urine | smell of urine | ||
abambak | un petit arbre (de la famille Compositae) | a small tree (family Compositae) | ||
abambá | enroullement de tabac or d'un tissue | truss of tobacco or of cloth | ||
meban | omoplate | shoulder-blade | ||
aban | épaule d'un couteau | shoulder-blade | ||
abanda | résidence temporaire | temporary residence | ||
abanda | mebanda | charnière | hinge | |
abánda (ä sò "e bán") | mebáda | fétiche, charme | fetish, charm to make onself | |
abañ | un arbre qui est très dure et est utilisé pour fabriquer des meubles | a hard-wood tree used to make furniture | ||
abañ | mebàñ | dauphin | dolphin | |
abañ | un animal (aggressif) qui vit á côté des rivières | an (aggressive) animal that lives close to rivers | ||
mebañkpwát | un oiseau qui vit dans les anciens champs | |||
abas | mebas | queue de poisson | fish's tail | |
abas | pince à épiler | tweezer | ||
abas | cõté plat d'un object (comme l'hélice d'un avion) ou d'un outil (comme un ameçon) | flat end of an object (like the wiñg of an airplane, or of a hook, etc) | ||
abata | mebata | endolorie de mebata | sore of the yawas | |
abata | mebata | le côté résistant de quelque chose qui est en train de tourner ou d'un mouvement circulaire (comme l'avion, un tourbillon) | the reistant par of an object that is turniñg (like the wiñg of an airplane) | |
abayek | aigle-rapace huppé | crested hawk-eagle | ||
mebá | case à palabres, salle à mañger, salon | palaver-house, diniñg room, liviñg room | ||
abáé | frappe (á l'aide de la main ouverte) | slap with open hand | ||
abáé | le village de la femme qu'on a épousé | the village from which someone got a wife | ||
abáé | une petite abeille | a small bee | ||
patch (a piece of something that was added (or is supposed to be added) to repair a hole | ||||
abá'a-ñkol | une vigne | a vine | ||
abàm | mebàm | planche | wood | |
abám | (petit) conteneur (de quelque chose) | (small) container | ||
enveloppe | envelope | |||
conteneur d'un couteau | sheath of a knife | |||
abándá | charnière | hiñge | ||
abàn | jalousie féminine | woman's jealousy | ||
abàt | mebat | marque, marqueté | mark, spot, spot on an animal | |
abe | quelques | few | ||
abeba | mebeba | une variété d'arbre | a variety of tree | |
abek | un petit tas d'herbes á brûler | small burniñg stack | ||
abek | une sorte de flute en bois | a kind of wooden horn | ||
abek | a trou dans la terre créé par certaines termites | a ground hole created by some termites | ||
abe'ele | petite cloche | small bell | ||
abel | cola | |||
abelebe, abelebele | mouche de paradis | Paradise Fly | ||
abem | une plante de la famille Leguminosae | tree of the Leguminosae family | ||
abem | a group or swarm of caterpillars | |||
mebemba | étable (où on garde les animaux) | stable (where you keep animals) | ||
abemen | magasin | storage | ||
abêndêk | mebendek | un arbre de la famille des Rubiaceae | a tree of the Rubiaceae family | |
abendé | mebendé | commandement | command | |
abeñ | agréable, bon, beau, beauté, belle | good, great, wonderful, handsome, gorgeous | ||
abeñ | un champ fait par une (seule) femme | a farm/garden made by one woman | ||
mebeñge | cloche, clochette | bell | ||
abet | mebet | intérêt | interest | |
abep | un genre de grenouille | a kind of frog | ||
mebé | cuisse | thigh | ||
abé | mebé | trou | hole | |
mebé | breast | |||
abé | péché, mauvais, mal, outrage, désastre , iniquité | bad, rage, outrage, disaster, iniquity | ||
abia | jeu de hasard | gambling | ||
abia | a small plantain, cooked with the skin, because too small to peel | |||
abin | testicule, scrotum | testicule, scrotum | ||
abík | verre qui vit sous la peau des humains ou des animaux | worm that lives under the skin of humans or animals | ||
abí | mebí | excrément, caca | fesces | |
abijô'ô | mebijô'ô | savon | soap | |
abinda'a | le bout florrissant de la banane | flower at the end of a youñg banana | ||
abìp | mebìp | enflure causée par une morsure d'insecte | hive, swollen bite from insect | |
abíáé | mebíáé | l'acte de donner naissance | the act of giving birth | |
abíáé-mõsõ | mebíáé-mõsõ | enfant d'adoption | adopted child | |
abíàlé | mebialé | naissance | birth | |
abím | mebim | quantité, montant, mesure | quantity, size, width, amount | |
abím avá | mebím avá | cette quantité, cette mesure | this quantity, this size, this width | |
abíñ | un arbre á l'écorce rugueuse, de la famille Petersia africana | a tree with rough bark of the Petersia africana family | ||
abíôm | chasse á l'aide des filets | huntiñg usiñg nets | ||
mebo | pied | foot, leg | ||
abok | mebok | citrouille | pumpkin | |
abok | mebok | rat sauvage qui vit sous la terre, du genre Aenomys hypoxanthus | (wild) rat nesting in bushes, type Aenomys hypoxanthus | |
abol | mebol | smell of carcass, or sandbank in the sun | ||
abolot | mebolot | very young tender animal, especially sô (used with "món" or "õyõm") | ||
abom | morve | snot, thick mucus from nose | ||
abomenjañ | une herbe pimentée | herb that has taste pepper | ||
abomvele | espace entre les maisons construites in ligne | space between houses in a row | ||
abon | la période qu'une fille/femme reste dans la maison de son mari futur | the time a woman stays in the house of her future husband | ||
aboñ | meboñ | genou | knee | |
aboñ | meboñ | une section ou un morceau d'un object qui a été coupé en plusieurs morceaux | a section of an object that was cut in several parts | |
aboñ | meboñ | moment | time, period | |
aboñkô'ô | mebonkô'ô | étappe, échelle | step | |
abot | un arbre et ses fruits, de la famille Guttiferae, lié á la famille des pommes Mammee | a tree and its fruit, of the family Guttiferae, and related to the Mammee-apple | ||
aboto'o | une vigne herbacée de la famille Asclepiad. Cet arbre est Cyanchum adalinae | a herbaceous vine of the Asclepiad family, Cyanchum adalinae | ||
abòm | mebom | vol de fille | girl kidnappiñg (cultural) | |
abõk | mebõk | entaille | notch cut in stick or on a tree that will be chopped | |
abõl | dim, no longer bright | |||
abôé | un arbre moyen de la famille Euphorbiaceae, Alchornea cordata | a medium-size tree of the family Euphorbiaceae, Alchornea cordata | ||
abõk | notch cut in stick and especially in chopping a tree | |||
abôk | mebôk | danse | dance | |
abô'a | lá où un animal se couche | lyiñg place of an animal | ||
abôbôn | mebôbôn | fontanelle d'un bébé, sommet d'une montagne | top-crown of a baby's head, pick of a hill | |
abôla'a, abôla'a énòñ, abôla' énòñ | head end of bed | |||
abôm | mebôm | sillon, motte | hill | |
abôm | mort complête | outright death | ||
abôm | fullness (of a container, etc) | |||
abô'ôbô-ñgôé | la région du nombril du porc | the umbilical region of a pig | ||
abôme-ñgon | pleine lune | full moon | ||
abôme-soñ | tombeau complet/rempli | filled grave | ||
abôndé, abônda | pommade (comme produit de beauté ou de santé) | pomade (as beauty accessory or for health) | ||
abôndôñ | mebôndôñ | source d'ruisseau | source of stream | |
abôñ | meboñ | rivage, section d'une rivière | bank of a river (or stream), usually used as a bathing place | |
abôñ | meboñ | un trou dans un arbre, qui sert de nid á un oiseau | hole in a tree, where birds nest | |
abôñ | meboñ | manque de chance pendant la chasse | bad luck in hunting or trapping | |
abôñgakoko | meboñ | une vigne de la famille Rubiaceae, Uncaria africana | a vine of the family Rubiaceae, Uncaria africana | |
abôp | mebôp | araignée | spider | |
abua | être démuni(e), par example être sans nourriture (le contraire c'est afok) | helpless (the opposite us afok) | ||
abubá | nourriture braisée dans des feuilles (de banane) | bundle of food | ||
abui | beaucoup, nombreux, abondant | a lot, great quantity | ||
abuk | tune of the mvet | |||
abúk | añgle, coin | añgle, side | ||
abu'u | mebu'u | pipe | pipe | |
abu'u ndá | coin de la maison | corner of a house | ||
abum | ventre, grossesse | belly, stomach | ||
abup | fétish créé á base de la peau du testicule | fetish covered with genetic skin, and carried about | ||
abut | arbre du mvut, de la famille Anacardiaceae, Trichoscypha species | tree of mvut, of the family Anacardiaceae, Trichoscypha species | ||
abúi | mebúi | rameau | broche, little branch broken off with leaves, spreg; spray | |
abúk | soupir | |||
abúsá | mebúsá (Wo yiane belan abúsá éyoñ woò dup meyañmimfin yá ndá.) | brosse | brush (for painting), bushy tail of animal | |
abut | l'arbre qui porte les fruits de mvut, de la famille Anacardiaceae, de l'espèce Trichoscypha species | tree bearing mvut, of the family Anacardiaceae, Trichoscypha species | ||
ada-abo | le pas | step | ||
ade'e | kinds of Bee-eater (bird) Melittophagus | |||
adip | being closed for a path | |||
adip | fence with traps | |||
adit | lourd | heavy | ||
adô | a kind of neckalce of large beads | |||
adua | medua | rembourrage du fusil | gun-wadding | |
adùm | a variety of tree, ill-smelling | |||
afaé | petite fuite d'un vaisseau | little leak in vessel | ||
afaé | un lézard du type hemidactilus | gecko lizard, hemidactilus | ||
afak | l'endroit qui séparrre les deux grandes branches d'un double-arbre (un arbre qui se divise en deux et continue avec deux grandes branches) | fork of a double-tree or the division of two teeth of a fork | ||
afak | première place, première ligne | top of the line | ||
afan | l'arbre dont le fruit est "fan" | the tree of "fan" | ||
afan | forêt | forest, bush | ||
afañ | cheveux de la région pubienne d'un homme | pubic hair of man | ||
afap, éfefap | mefap | aile | wing | |
afak | une (ou chacune) des deux grandes branches d'un double-arbre (un arbre qui se divise en deux et continue avec deux grandes branches) | one of the big branches of a double-tree or one of the teeth of a fork | ||
afaba'a | un (morceau d'un) tissue ou (un morcceau de) papier qui n'est plus utilisé | scrap of cloth or of paper | ||
afaba'a | le côté d'un tissue (tel qu'un ou une nappe de table) qui n'est pas arrangé ou non plié | loose corner of cloth left untucked | ||
afás | mefás | branche ou partie de quelque chose qui se divise (comme une rivière, un arbre, etc) | branch or side of something that divides (like a river, a tree, etc) | |
afê | bife | autre | other | |
afêndêk | arbre de la famille Linden et qui a de gros fruits | tree of the Linden family, with large fruit | ||
afêp | mefêp | (morceau de) papier | (scrap or piece of) paper, page of a book | |
afep | mefep | un pigeon de forêt, du genre uolumba unicincta | a Pigeon of the forest, uolumba unicincta | |
afetek | un petit poisson clair du type Pelmatochromis en plusieurs types | a small bright-colored fish of type Pelmatochromis (available in different species) | ||
afé | mefé | un genre d'igname qui a des épines á la base | a wild yam with thorns at base | |
afé | mefé | une maladie de la peau de la tê, qui cause des endroits sans cheveux | a scalp disease that leaves hairsess spots. | |
afi | des moustiques qui apparaissent la nuits et piques les gens | sandflies, sandfly | ||
afik | fossette | dimple | ||
afi'ifik | small eyes (used with "mís") | |||
afip | épais, épaisseur | thick, thickness | ||
afita | plomb | lead (chemical substance) | ||
afití | mefití | confiance (envers quelqu'un, le gouvernement, etc) | trust (towards somebody, the government, an object) | |
afok | mefok | abondance | plenty, abundance | |
afom | égoïsme | stingy, selfish | ||
afoñgo | espace vide entre les maisons d'un groupe | empty space between houses in a row | ||
afôk | fortune, opulence, abondance | fortune, wealth | ||
afô'ôlô | casque, chapeau | hat, cap | ||
afôla | mefôla | localité, proximité, environs | vicinity, proximity | |
afôm | mefôm | petit frelon | a kind of small hornet | |
afôndé | une petite bouteille | a small bottle | ||
afôp | un arbre trouvé dans les marécages, de la famille rubiaceae—Mitragyna macrophylla | a tree of swamps, furnishing excellent timber—family rubiaceae—Mitragyna macrophylla | ||
afôp | manioc sucré | sweeet cassava | ||
afu | mefu | drap (de lit) | bedsheet | |
afu'ubu | musty smell, such as bat-hole | |||
aful | cachette du porc-épic | hiding place of a porcupine | ||
afulán | mefulán | mixage ou mélange (de choses) | mixture (of things) | |
afum | mefum | blanchiment | whiteness | |
afumba | large fish hole in bank | |||
afunda | a hiding place | |||
afut | mefute mefan | profondeur de la forêt | depth of forest, far from habitation | |
afúndá | pétrin, bagage | luggage | ||
afúp | jardin, champ | garden, farm | ||
ajap | un joli arbre de la famille sapotaceae—Mimusops djave | a fine forest tree—family sapotaceae—Mimusops djave | ||
ajap-sí | une petite herbe, Physalis Mnima | a small herb, Physalis Mnima | ||
ajis | swarm of grasshoppers | |||
ajo | mejo | a large quantity | ||
ajom | un arbre géant, Afromomum | a tall endogenous plant, Afromomum | ||
ajô | parole | word | ||
ajô-te | c'est pour cela, c'est pourquoi | that's why | ||
ajôé, ôjôé | mejôé | banane | banana | |
ajuk | sédiment | sediment, roiliness | ||
aju'u | meju'u (Ñnañga Kôn) | victoire (dans une compétition, un match, etc) | victory (in a competition, a match, etc) | |
akaba'a | une grenouille dont les orteilles ont des sortes de disque | a disc-toed frog, Hylambates of different species | ||
akabate | un oiseau de la famille pie-grièche, Dryoseopus senegalensis | a bird of Shrike family, Dryoseopus senegalensis | ||
akaba | mekaba | disc-toed frog | ||
akak | muraille | mural | ||
akak | barriè | fence | ||
akak | un arbre de la famille Linden, Diplanthemum viridiflorum | a tree of the Linden family, Diplanthemum viridiflorum | ||
aka'à | tellement | so, so much, very | ||
aka'à | type, genre | kind, sort | ||
aka'é, aka'áé | un fétiche fabriqué pour un enfant | a fetish charm made for a young child | ||
aka'à-sañ | l'arbre glyphaea grewioides | the tree glyphaea grewioides | ||
aka'à-si | l'arbre Duboscia | the tree Duboscia | ||
aka'a mekok | muraille | mural | ||
akala | mekala | beignet | small cake, doughnut | |
akala'a | mekala | cause, alibi pour une palabre | cause, occasion of palaver | |
akalat | petits oiseaux du genre Turdinus | kinds of small forest bird, Turdinus of different species | ||
akam | un arbre d'une famille d'arbres qui grandissent sur d'autres arbres | trees of various species, of the Fig family, that grow on other trees | ||
akamenyañ | dragon | dragon | ||
ákán | mekán | fesse, hanche | backside, hip, buttock | |
ákán | a string of dried fish | |||
akañ | rhumatisme | pain in articulations from osteoarthritis, rhumatisme | ||
akañ | tiroir ou sorte de bassin fait avec the lianes | tray made of bushrope | ||
akap | généreux | generous | ||
akap | la part | part, portion | ||
akatak | bracelet en celluloïd | celluloid bracelet | ||
akàp | aigu, tranchant | sharp | ||
akeake | ainsi de suite | and so on | ||
akeeke | etc… | and so on, etc | ||
akekui | jusqu'á | until | ||
akíba, akéva | merci | thanks (thank you) | ||
akítí, äkítí | demain | tomorrow | ||
akitik | un poisson, Bryconaethiops microstoma | a kind of fish, Bryconaethiops microstoma | ||
ako | meko | démangeaison sur la peau de la tête | itch on scalp | |
akok | pierre, statue, rocher | stone, statute, rock | ||
akòk | pierre, statue, rocher | stone, statute, rock | ||
ako'o-jua | pierre angulaire | |||
akolo'o | une fougère qui a des branches tendres | a fern with tender shoots that are eaten | ||
akom | bracelet en ivoire | ivory bracelet | ||
akom | une vigne de la famille Apocynaceae Landolphia ochracea | a rubber-vine of the family Apocynaceae Landolphia ochracea | ||
akom | un grand arbre de la famille Combretaceae, Termilanlia superba | a common tall tree of the family Combretaceae, Termilanlia superba | ||
Akom-ñgôé | un arbre de la famille Sterculiaceae, Cola chlamydantha | a small tree of the family Sterculiaceae, Cola chlamydantha | ||
akon | doux | smooth, slipperiness, slippery | ||
akonda-ñgon | fruit du ñgon | fruit of the ñgon | ||
akondan | membrane amniotic qui entoure le fœtus | caul | ||
akondan | couleur brune de peau | light skin color | ||
akoñ | lance, flèche | sword | ||
akop | crochet | hook | ||
akos | épargne, économy | saving, economy | ||
akosabo | quoique | although, even though | ||
ako'o-jua | pierre añgulaire | |||
akô | exclamation de "Bonne Chance!" quand quelqu' en ta présence éternue | exclamation of "good luck”" used when the another person (someone in your presence) sneezes | ||
akôba, akúba | caleçon | brief | ||
akõé | to higher ground up stream | |||
akô'a | mekô'a | boucle (de panier) | loop (of basket) | |
akõ'õ | mekõ'õ | un poisson du genre Distichodus notospilus | a kind of fish, Distichodus notospilus | |
akôl | un arbre de la famille Ficus | a kind of tree of the Ficus | ||
akõm | a parole faite dans un tube, comme pour appeler un être invisible | talking into a tube stopped at end, as in calling a ghost | ||
akõm | mekõ | akind of big beads | ||
akôn | monument | monument | ||
akôn | poteau, colonne | column | ||
akõna | mekõna | lump of iron, in smith-work | ||
akôndôk | a large hard wood tree of family Rubiaceae, Sarcocephalus esculentus | |||
akôndôm | mekôndôm | stilt | ||
akôta'a | anneau, lacet | ring, link, loop at end of cord, form noose, buckle of belt | ||
akôtôk, akõtõ'õ | tadpole | |||
akôtô'ô | a bird of the Shrike family | |||
akpwák | mekpwák | tabouret | a little seat or short bed | |
akpwaé | a big sedge, use to burn, for salt | |||
akpwaé | kingfisher—of many different species | |||
akpwá'álá (me ñgá wô'éfíá jiná é so'o e be Marcel Oscar Olibi 08/06/2019, 14:00, Ayoñ Bulu) | mekpwá'álá | ré-éducation (après un deuil dans la famille ou un accident) | re-education (after an accident or death in the family) | |
akpwása | mekpwása | fly-brush | ||
akpwel | vipère | viper | ||
akúba | caleçon | brief | ||
aku | a kind of fern of waste ground. bracken. | |||
akua | the pandanus found near rivers | |||
akua | smelting iron, furnace | |||
akui | jusqu'á | until | ||
akui | a dead-fall trap weighted with earth | |||
akuk | mekuk | bord, extrémité | border | |
akuk | mekuk | a kind of big snail, same as ñgôñ | ||
akul | bent or curved back, hunhback, any similar bend, as of bark drying, | |||
akúl | mekul | main ou pied | general name for a hand or a foot (human beiñgs and animals) | |
bikule-mo | main allant du poignet aux doigts | hand | ||
bikule-mebo | pied allant de la cheville aux orteils | foot | ||
akúm | mekum | a large edible grub, larva of the Goliath beetle | ||
akúm | richesse, biens | wealth | ||
akun | mekun | lieu oú on jette les ordures | garbage heap | |
akuna'a | mekuna'a | vengeance | revenge | |
akúndúk | loose ant-hill, of fui, suluk | |||
akuñ | chat–huant | |||
akús | période de pleurs (et consollations) d'un(e) veuf (veuve) | period of mourning of widow | ||
akút | fou, insensé | fool, foolishness | ||
akuta | large basket of "bamboo" pith—same as "añgun" | |||
akuta-ñya | the large intestine | |||
akuta'a | marteau | hammer | ||
akutu | mekutu | mille | thousand | |
aláé | meláé | cassure ou fente d'un contenant (bouteille, assiette, téléviseur, etc) | crack (of an object such as a bottle, a pot, a TV, etc) | |
alan | melan | un arbre de la famille Leguminosae, Hylodendron gabonense | tree of the family Leguminosae, Hylodendron gabonense | |
alane | abcès á l'aisselle | axillary abscess | ||
alek | melek | puce dans le bord du couteau | chip in edge of knife | |
alek | melek | (petit) morceau (qui reste après que la plus grande partie ait été enlevée) | bit, scrap | |
alên | melen | palmier | palm tree | |
alên-ôkpweñ | mel&eum;n-makpweñ | des arbres du genre lis de la famille Dracaena de différentes espèces | trees of the Lily family Dracaena of different species | |
alo | melo | oreille | ear | |
alo-ñko' | a common weed, Emilia sageltata | |||
alot | melot | un canard sauvage | the wild duck | |
aloteke | meloteke | Pteronetta hartaubi | Pteronetta hartaubi | |
alòñ | meloñ | un petit trou, fissure | a small hole, fissure | |
alòñ-mve | meloñgo-memvé | l'entrée du vagin | vaginal openiñg | |
alòñgo | meloñgo | l'entrée du vagin | vaginal openiñg | |
alôk | melôk | pêche á la nasse | net fishiñg | |
alôk | melôk | un genre d'igname | a kind of Yam | |
alô'õ | melô'õ | coat (garment) | ||
alôñ | a small fresh-water mollusk | |||
alôñgô | joint between head and neck | |||
alú | nuit | night | ||
alú'abòm | mariage á base de gris gris | |||
alu'ébia | mariage forcé | forced marriage | ||
alú'évál | mariage polygamique | polygamic marriage | ||
alú'ú mvôl | échañge de filles | girl/bride exchañge | ||
alùk | mariage | marriage | ||
alúm mva'a | a kind of small fish, Barbus | |||
alúp | being dislike by the other Sex | |||
alúp miñgá | woman who is not requested by the men (people) | |||
aluu | kids of small forest shrub, of the family Rubiaceae, Psychotria of different species | |||
ama, amaé | swelling caused by "eyeworm" | |||
amalaka | wagtail (bird) | |||
amalaka | sand-piper, and other similar birds of bare ground that appear occasinally on migration | |||
amáñ | memáñ | joue | cheek | |
aman (e man) | meman | fin | end | |
amombô | veille | |||
amôs, aamôs, ämôs | during the day, day-time | |||
amú | parce que, puis que, á cause, grâce, car | because, since, consequently | ||
amú jé | pourquoi | why | ||
amuná | memuná | brightly-colored skin on hinder part of ape or monkey | ||
amvam | a small tree with good, hard wood, family Anonaceae, Macrocarpidium lepidotum | |||
amvelemvet | adolescent | teen | ||
amvôé | freinship, alliance | |||
aná | ceci, comme ça | this, like this | ||
aná'áná | bientôt, immédiatement, tout soudain | soon, immediately, at once | ||
andak | kinds of small sedge of waste ground | |||
anden | slime | |||
andiá | a kind of Yam, Dioscorea dumetorum | |||
andi'i | différé | postponed, later | ||
andil | toit | roof | ||
andim | a palm like "bamboo" palm, probably another species of Raphia, growing in unplant forest | |||
andôñ | epidemic | |||
andôñ | fashion, craze | |||
andôñ | kind of plant with seeds used as condiment Aframoum melegueta? | |||
anê | puis | then, when, if | ||
anen | a fish of the Mormyridae family, Gnathonemus species | |||
anên | menên | grand, gros, vaste | big, fat, huge, overweight, vast, wide | |
anêná | menêná | de ce côté | this way | |
anja'á | manja'á | loin covering of shredded plantain leaves | ||
anjek | menjek | a tree, the fruit of which are used to bait bikuti | ||
anjeñ | source, puit | well | ||
añgalé | meñgalé | the tree bearing the nuts ñgalé | ||
añgas | meñgas | poignet | wrist | |
añgat | meñgat | marché | market | |
añgámbá | demijohn | |||
añgek | mâchoire | jaw | ||
añgen | meñgen | a small iron bell, hung to pouch | ||
añgen | meñgen | float of pith, on fish-line | ||
añgenda | meñgenda | a fish, Alestes taeniurus | ||
añgenda | meñgenda | a small tree of the Rubiaceae family with hanging peduncles, Cephaelis Mannii | ||
añgene | añgene | pot-belly—term often applied to the chimpanzee | ||
añgeñge | haillon | |||
añgêteñ | hanche | hip | ||
añgomo | meñgommo | a seasoned cassava bundle | ||
añgonôñgonô | meñgonôñgonô | a little weed, Aerua lanata | ||
añgoñ | meñgoñ | a booth or shelter used by salt-makers | ||
añgoñ | meñgoñ | a leaf-nosed Bat, Hipposiderus cyclops | ||
añgòt | rangée | range (a series of objects stacked or arranged in a specific manner) | ||
añgõ | meñgõ | the Pied Crow, Corvus albus | ||
añgõk | meñgõ | callous place on buttock of ape or monkey | ||
añgôkõñ | même chose que añgò'oñ | same as añgò'oñ | ||
añgõ'é, aañgõ'é, äñgõ'é | hier | yesterday | ||
añgô'oñ | meñgô'oñ | a small tree of bikôtôk, allied to the bread-fruit | ||
añgô'oñ | meñgô'oñ | another very different tree, with plume-like fruits with acid taste | ||
añgôn | meñgôn | ilium bone, and socket of hip joint | ||
añgôndô | très | very | ||
añgôndô | frayeur, redoutable, terreur, añgoisse, redoutable | terror, anxiety, incredible | ||
añgôñga | meñgôñga | boîte | tin, box | |
añgôñga | meñgôñga | un arbre wui produit le caoutchouc, du genre Euntumia elastica | the rubber tree, Euntumia elastica | |
añgôñgô | meñgôñgô | a big kind of grasshopper | ||
añgôs | meñgôs | a vine of waste ground, de la famille Euphorbiaceae, Manniophyton africanum ? | ||
añgôs | meñgôs | groupe (de personnes) | group (of people) | |
añgôsa | meñgôsa | a tree with large flowers, de la famille Bignomiaceae, Markhamia tomentosa | ||
añgbwañ | meñgbwañ | une petite antilope, de l'espèce Cephalophus | a small Antelope, of the Cephalophus species | |
añgbwañ | meñgbwañ | une petite silure, de l'espèce Micrisynodontis batesii | small Catfish, Micrisynodontis batesii | |
añguán | meñguán | a tree, Rubiaceae, Randia cladantha | ||
añgun | meñgun | a large basket of pith for storing | ||
añguk | chant d'allégresse | joy soñg | ||
anyalé | menyalé | footprint | ||
anyasá | menyasá | crushed plantain leaves used to apply medecine, or in bathing | ||
anyeñ | menyeñ | the electric Catfish, Malopterurus electrieus | ||
anyeñ | menyeñ | young maize not yet in tassel (also in plural menyeñ) | ||
anyep | menyep | bonté, hospitalité | kindness, hospitality | |
anyi'i | coudée | foot (measure) | ||
anyoé | menyoé | a tree of the fam. Guttiferae, Allanblackia floribunda | ||
anyu | bouche, bec | mouth, beak | ||
anyum, anyuñ | menyum | crumb, fragment of anything that crumbles | ||
asaé | plume | feather | ||
asa'a | mesa'a | eaves of houses (plural used for eaves of several houses, or of differnet sides) | ||
asala | mesala | a slender kind of frog | ||
asam | mesam | a tree of the Euphorbiaceace, Uapaca guineensis | ||
asam | mesam | a smaller tree, per haps of the fig family, furnishing bark-cloth | ||
asamba | mesamba | tassel of fez | ||
asamba | mesamba | gun-wadding | ||
asan | mesan | garden-patch on wet ground, planted, in dry season | ||
asanze, õsanzá | Shrike, Lanius mackinnoni | |||
asañ | "hand" of plantain or banana | |||
asañ | node (of a list) | |||
asañ | branch of palm-bunch | |||
asañ | proliferous shoot at base of pineapple fruit | |||
asañ | trunk of elephant | |||
asas | thorny tree of bikôkôt | |||
asas | a kind of fish, Tilapia melanopleura | |||
ase | tout | all | ||
asalek | cricket. | |||
asek | mesek | pattern | ||
aseleke | small Weaver-bird, Spermestes of two species | |||
asem | barrel of gun | |||
asen | glissant | slippery | ||
asêñ | a tree of old clearings, Musanga Smithsii, the umbrella-tree | |||
asep | different species of a forest undershrub or small tree Tricalysia | |||
ases | ceinture | belt | ||
asesa | mesesa | plantain with large fingers, best eaten ripe | ||
asese | a kinde of Shrike, Lanius mackinoni | |||
asé | shallow place in stream | |||
asé | twittering of birds or squirrel, about a snake or animal | |||
asìk | crest, top-knot | |||
asila | spot where the ground is scraped clean, esp. for trapping | |||
asimba | enchantement | delight | ||
aso | mesò | arrivée | arrival | |
asoé | secret, cachette | secret, secrecy, secretly, hidiñg spot | ||
aso'o | cathing birds with corn | |||
asôñ | dent | tooth | ||
asos | a small leaf bundle, not tied like jôm | |||
asos | mesos | bien assaisonné | seasonned food, spiced | |
asô | a vine, and its fruit, the fruit used as a gourd, and to grind food | |||
asõ | the jigger, Sacropsyllus penetrans | |||
asõk | a sort of vessel made of a leaf, for holding medecine | |||
asõk | water fall, rapids in a stream | |||
asõm | quarrelsomeness | |||
asõm | sharpe spine of Catfish | |||
face, visage, figure | face, figure | |||
asuan | mesuan | source d'une rivièe | mouth of stream | |
asúk | mesúk | bungling, ignorance of the way to do things—opp. of atyeñ; as adj. clumsy, awkward, unskilful | ||
asú'úlán | mesú'úlán | dernier, final | last, end, final | |
asúlúk | mesúlúk | nest of Driver-ants | ||
asúlúk | mesúlúk | a ground itch, probably from entrance of larvae of hook-worm | ||
asum | treaspassin, damage | |||
asumbut woñ | mesumbut me woñ | lâche | coward | |
asumbut woñ | mesumbut me woñ | a great coward | ||
asuñ, nsa'é asuñ | mesuñ | iron wire | ||
asup | cendre | powder | ||
asuu | a plant like Phrynium, family Marantaceae, leaves used in cooking | |||
atabé | necklace | |||
atak | tripled-forked post on which water-jar is set | |||
atá'a | meta'a | grêle (boule de glace pendant une forte pluie | hail-stone | |
ata'a | meta'a | un genre de petit arbre de la famille Euphorbiceae, Digcoglypremna Caloneura | a kind of small tree of the family Euphorbiceae, Digcoglypremna Caloneura | |
átan | dehors, hors | out, outside | ||
atáta'a | commencement, prémice | beginniñg, startiñg point, premise | ||
ate | ce | it | ||
atek | faible, délicat, chétif | weak, softness, weakness, rich soil | ||
ate'é | white clay | |||
atemetem | tout d'un coup | all of a sudden, suddenly | ||
atet | a rank weed, Phytolacca dodecandra allied to Pokeweed | |||
atilim, atidim | un arbre de la famille Bignoniaceae | a tree of the Bignoniaceae family | ||
atín | base | root | ||
atinán | last name, signification | |||
atiñ | loi, précepte, ordre, défense, serment, commandement, lois, ordonnance, vœu | law, engagement, appointment, precept, order, command | ||
atiñ aluk | fiançailles | eñgagement (for marriage) | ||
atiñ atiñ | avec force et persévérance | |||
atiti | a common weed like "Spanish-needles," Bidens pilosa | |||
atobô | the Bamabara Ground-nut, Voandzeia subterranea | |||
atoé | goutte | drop | ||
atok | metok | petit, petitesse | small, smallness | |
atok | metok | lieu profond d'une rivière, d'un lac, ou d'une piscine | deep pool, in a stream, where there is fishing | |
atol | a tree of the Fig. familly, furnishing bark cloth—called éteto when large | |||
atom | metom | l'arbre du | tree bearing the fruit tom | |
atoñ | a kind of thorny tree growing on banks of stream | |||
atoñ | protuberance of hip, rib, result of Yaws | |||
atôan | crease of the groin | |||
atõk | ||||
atòn | tache, tacheté | spot, speckle | ||
atôl | pimple | |||
atôm | paquet | paquage, parcel sent by another | ||
atôndôk | metôndôk | un petit arbre commun qu'on trouve dans les bikôtôk, Haronga paniculata | a common small tree of bikôtôk, Haronga paniculata | |
atõt | noyau de ndÒ'o ou ñgálè | single nut of ndÒ'o, fan, or ñgálè | ||
atõtõñ | metõtõñ | bed-bug | ||
atu | cultivated plant of the Aroid family | |||
atúí | a large tree of family Leguminosae, Piptadenia africana | |||
atul | dull, dulness of edged tool | |||
atúlúm | two or more kinds of forest shrub or small tree, of the Nyo- family Sapindaceae | |||
atúm | space in Bulu house between the beds and the end wall | |||
atuñ | fistula with multiple openings | |||
atut | knot on a tree, or in wood, same as atoñ | |||
atut | stock of the “bamboo” palm, Raphia vinifera ( the upper parts called zam) | |||
atyak | flowers of the shrub, Leea ampelopsis (ôtubisoñ). | |||
atyek | barb of spear | |||
atyek | log of fire-wood —same as vié | |||
atyek | kind of tree. same as anjek? | |||
atyel | prépuce | penis | ||
atyel | speckle, spot; metye(l) speckled. | |||
atyela | bityela | solitaire | lonely | |
atyele | tour | |||
atyêñ | intelligent | intelligent, skill, abuility, talent of all kinds | ||
atyêñ | a kind of tree of family Rubiaceae Morinda betesii—wood good for mortarss | |||
atyi | metyi | oeuf | egg | |
atyík | unique | unique | ||
atyíl | sticky , sap or juice, especially of platain | |||
atyiñ | bit of "bush" left uncleared | |||
ava | a boy's play gun | |||
ava | downfall, ruin | |||
avá | so much | |||
avak | gaieté, joie, allegresse | gay, joy | ||
avál | espèce, comme | type, species, sample, template | ||
avál anê | comme | like | ||
ave ñgô'é | depuis ce soir | since this evening | ||
ave tyé | (depuis) le matin, ce matin même | since this morning, this very morning | ||
avel | flank | |||
avem | obèse | obese | ||
avem | perplexity | |||
avem | snuff; medecine snuffed up | |||
avembe | mevembe | un singe au nez blanc, Cercopithecus nictitans | white-nosed monkey, Cercopithecus nictitans | |
avembe ñgui | mevembe | un écureuil qui saute, anomalurus becrofti | the flying squirrel, anomalurus becrofti | |
avêñ | blessure, plaie | cut | ||
avêp | froid | cold, chilly feeling— | ||
avin | depression or mark on skin made by pressure of hand object | |||
avin | pus | pus, matter | ||
avis | tas, monceau | pile, heap; mevis, heaps, quantities | ||
avoé | paresseux, faible | lazy, weak | ||
avoé | froid | cold, cool | ||
avoé | fade, sans sel | saltless | ||
avom | mevom | un arbre de la famille Anonaceae, Cleistopholis species | tree of the family Anonaceae, Cleistopholis species | |
avoñ | gras, graisse | fat, grease | ||
avot | filet | net | ||
avot | treillis | |||
avô | pin-worm | |||
avôl | vite, hâte, précipitamment, promptement | quick, fast, quickly, haste | ||
avôl | rapide, vite | |||
avul | mevul | poil du corps | hair of body | |
avíl | mousse | foam, steam, froth | ||
avúmán | parenté | |||
avúmbá | mevúmbá | extraction de l'eau d'un ètok pendant l'alôk | extraction of water duriñg the alôk | |
avus | mevus | tombeau | grave | |
avús | mevus | little mound or "hill" where seeds are planted | ||
avut | farine | flour | ||
avut | un siñge de la famille des Cercopithecus neglectus | a monkey of the Cercopithecus neglectus familly | ||
awoé | mewoé | une petite fronde | a small sliñg | |
awo'on, awo'án | repos | rest, resting-place; resting time, vacation. | ||
awolo | heur | hour | ||
awoso | même catégorie, compagnie, classe, milieu | same kind, same company | ||
awôlôt | a mixture of powdered human bones, eaten in ñgi rites | |||
awôm | dix | ten | ||
awôs | rough like the skin of a toad rasping, as a file, or sand paper | |||
awú | mewú | mort | death | |
herb whose leaves contract if/when they are touched | herbe dont les feuilles se replient si on les touche | |||
awua | charge of powder | |||
awubí | mewubì | trompette | trumpet | |
awuta | malle chance | bad luck | ||
aya | pourquoi | how | ||
aya | a small basket fish-trap | |||
ayáa | meyáá | fureur, colère | furor, great añger | |
ayaé | difficile, pénible | difficult, hard to do, hard (to find), rare | ||
ayaé | native-made hammock or strecher | |||
ayak | hotel/motel | |||
ayále | meyále | tournant | turning-point | |
ayaleke-mvaé | without opening, without vagina or anus | |||
ayañ | herbe fétiche, oignon sauvage | |||
ayañ | meyañ | serpent vert | ||
ayap | proloñgation | length ; long, tall | ||
ayateke-mvaé | without opening, without vagina or anus | |||
ayem | culpabilité | guilt, culpability | ||
ayema'a | tenon | |||
ayembet | meyembet | un liquide qui émane d'une sécrétion, comme les liquides qui coulent de certains arbres | a (any) liquid from secretion, such as latex or gum exuding from trees | |
ayeñ | meyeñ | tache, souillure | birthmark, spot | |
ayet | dur | hard (material), firm | ||
ayòk | autoritaire, dur, sévère, violent, fureur, strict, courageux | hard, severe | ||
ayoñ | meyoñ | nation, tribu, peuple | nation, tribe, people | |
ayõl | amer, amerture | bitter | ||
ayôñ | chaleur, chaud | heat, hot, warm | ||
ayôs | a large tree of opener land, Triplochiton species | |||
azañ, aazañ, äzañ | á minuit | at midnight | ||
azañ | furry excrescence on edge of foot | |||
azem | mezem | juppe | skirt | |
azòé | poverty, lack of goods or money; poor | |||
azok | long interval between births | |||
azoñ | a species of Solanum, bearing the fruit zoñ | |||
azoñ | cape of land, projection of bank; similar projection of planted ground | |||
azôé | fruit of Raphia the calamus (ñkañ) | |||
azôm | red cap of trade | |||
azúkui | jusqu'á | until |
Expression
Bulu | Français | Eñglish |
Äkítí mam me ñgôé | demain soir | tomorrow evening |
Äkítí mam me tyé | demain matin | tomorrow morning |
te ke alek | pas un morceau qui reste | not a scrap on you |
anê me ñgá bíálé | Depuis que je suis né | ever since I was born |
abé nlem | méchanceté, mauvais cœur | |
atye'e ndúan | burning log in fire-place | |
Me ne në thôôs! | Je suis occupé(e). | I am busy. |
Expressions
Ñgê õ ne nê tõõ! ... Si tu es occupé(e)... If you are busy...
Ye õ ne në thôôs!? Es-tu occupé(e)? Are you busy?
A ne nê thõõs! Il/Elle est occupé(e). He/She is busy.
Ñgê mí ne nê thõõs! ... Si vous êtes occupé(e)s... If you are busy...
Ye mi ne nê thõõs!? Etes-vous occupé(e)s? Are you busy?
Bí ne nê thõõs! Nous sommes occupé(e)s. We are busy.
Bê ne nê thõôs! Il/Elles sont occupé(e)s. They are busy.
Búlu/Français/English
Ñg'ô yên'évus éziñ ñgê ke jôm éziñ j'á síli ñkômán, bí á ye yênê mváé ñgê wo ye kate bíá.
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