bɔ́ỳ

assistant; servant

Expressions:

  • bɔ́ỳ-dā̰a̰

    assistant to butcher

    Exemple:

    Yáarī ì dā̰a̰ ɗáw̄ bɔ́ỳ-dā̰a̰-gɨ̄.

    Gristle is meat sold by the butcher's assistant.

  • bɔ́ỳ-kīnjá

    boy charged with watching over chickens

Exemples d'usage:

  • bɔ́ỳ ì dèē kɨ́ à ɗāa kɨ̀là kɨ́ kàm kújɨ́ tɨ́ lò sìī-gɨ̄.

    A servant is a person who does the work in the house of a bureaucrat.