Le Bris & Prost 1981: 307. Polysemy: 'sun / day / time'. Quoted as Syabéré sĩ́, Bobo-Dioulasso sĩ́ in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 43].
Number:83
Word:swim
Bobo:ɲīnā1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 268.
Number:84
Word:tail
Bobo:pēgē1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 281. Quoted as Syabéré pɛ̄gɛ̄, Bobo-Dioulasso pégé in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 40].
Number:85
Word:that
Bobo:bó...=yóòō1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 33. The basic deictic pronoun in Bobo is either bó (pl. bɔ́), placed before the noun, or bě (pl. bɛ̌), placed after the noun; sometimes the two can be combined, e. g. bɔ́ sõ̌ bě 'this man'. These pronouns are neutral as to the degree of proximity; in order to form the more specific opposition of 'this' and 'that', bó is combined with the postpositional spatial adverbs yóòō 'there' and bɛ́ɛ̀ 'here'.
Number:86
Word:this
Bobo:bó...=bɛ́ɛ̀1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 33. See notes on 'that'.
Number:87
Word:thou
Bobo:bí1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 127. Independent form of the 2nd sg. pronoun. Cf. also the subject form bē [Le Bris & Prost 1981: 43].
Number:88
Word:tongue
Bobo:nĩ̀ṍ1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 253. Polysemy: 'tongue / lie (n.)'. Quoted as Syabéré ɲō, Bobo-Dioulasso ɲõ̀-nó in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 41].
Number:89
Word:tooth
Bobo:ɲíní1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 270. Quoted as Syabéré ɲīnī, Bobo-Dioulasso ɲĩ́ní in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 41].
Number:90
Word:tree
Bobo:sɔ̄-nṍ1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 313. Plural: sɔ̄ ~ sɔ̄-nɔ́m-á. Quoted as Syabéré sò-nō, Bobo-Dioulasso sò-nō in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 37].
Number:91
Word:two
Bobo:pǝ̄lā1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 279. Quoted as Syabéré plā, Bobo-Dioulasso flá in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 52].
Number:92
Word:walk (go)
Bobo:yā1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 364. Quoted as Syabéré à=yā-wè, Bobo-Dioulasso à=yiɔ̄-wɛ́ in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 48].
Number:93
Word:warm (hot)
Bobo:tóbá1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 337. Adjectival derivate from the verbal stem tōbā 'to be hot, to heat'. Quoted as Bobo-Dioulasso túbá in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 45]; cf. also Syabéré tūtīē 'hot' [ibid.], without confirmation in [Le Bris & Prost 1981].
Number:94
Word:water
Bobo:ziō ~ zō1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 385. Plural: ziō-rì. Cf. also zū 'running water; creek' (also in wùrò zū 'rain water'). Quoted as Syabéré zyō, Bobo-Dioulasso žíó in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 44].
Number:95
Word:we1
Bobo:mɛ̌1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 43, 237. Exclusive pronoun, independent form. The subject form is mɛ̀.
Number:95
Word:we2
Bobo:kě2
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 44, 193. Inclusive pronoun, independent form. The subject form is kè ~ kiè.
Number:96
Word:what
Bobo:ŋwɔ́-nṍ1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 259.
Number:97
Word:white
Bobo:furu1
Le Bris & Prost 1981: 173. Plural: fur-o. Tonal characteristics said to vary depending on the context. Cf. the verbal stem fūrō 'to be white' [ibid.]. Quoted as Syabéré fúɾó, Bobo-Dioulasso fúɾó-yí in [Tiendrébéogo 1998: 45].
