bwisiku
Baatonum
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʷī.sī.kū/
Verb
bwisiku (past tense bwisika, present continuous bwisikumɔ, habitual tense bwisika, imperative tense bwisikuo)
- (transitive) to think, ponder; to worry
Derived terms
- bwisikunu (“worry, agony, thinking”)
- bwisikusia (“to make someone think”)
- bwisikusi (“to think about”)
Usage notes
- A class 2 verb because the past tense is formed by changing the final vowel of the word to "a"
References
- Barassounon, Pierre; Biɔ, Sanu; Biɔ, Thébault; Goragui, Léonard; Soutar, Jean (February 17, 2021) Dictionnaire Baatonum, Philadelphia: SIL International
- Welmers, William E. Notes on the Structure of Bariba , 1952