Bum

Cameroon ISO 639-3: bmv bumm1238

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àduŋ

[àdúŋ]

lizard

lézard

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About

The Bum database was compiled by Ndokobaï and Robert Hedinger in 2005. In 2022, Pius Akumbu obtained permission from Ndokobaï and Hedinger to continue work on the dictionary. In 2023, it was imported by Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, where Jeffrey Wills and Gregory D. S. Anderson provided linguistic assistance, and Anna Luisa Daigneault and Diego Córdova Nieto provided technical assistance.

Grammar

For linguistic information about this language, please see the Glottolog page for Bum.

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yohànàbe

[jɔ́hànàbé]

demon, evil spirit

démon, esprit mauvais

articulation, jointure

yùma kìkiŋ kuka

[jùmá kìkíŋ kúká]

shell (of turtle)

carapace (de tortue)

Using this dictionary

How to cite

Ndokobaï, Hedinger, Robert, Akumbu, Pius W. 2026. Bum Living Dictionary. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. https://livingdictionaries.app/bum

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