bwisiku

Baatonum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʷī.sī.kū/

Verb

bwisiku (past tense bwisika, present continuous bwisikumɔ, habitual tense bwisika, imperative tense bwisikuo)

1. (transitive) to think, ponder; to worry

Usage notes

• A class 2 verb because the past tense is formed by changing the final vowel of the word to "a"

Derived terms

• bwisikunu (“worry, agony, thinking”)
• bwisikusia (“to make someone think”)
• bwisikusi (“to think about”)

References

• Barassounon, Pierre, Biɔ, Sanu, Biɔ, Thébault, Goragui, Léonard, Soutar, Jean (2021 February 17) Dictionnaire Baatonum‎^[1], Philadelphia: SIL International
• Welmers, William E. Notes on the Structure of Bariba [2], 1952