Words

Geez
baḳʷˁa - to be useful, benefit, tp have advantage, to be appropriate (CDG 99)
Geez
baḳʷˁa - to scratch, to tear (CDG 100)
Geez
bakaya - to weep (CDG 94)
Geez
balˁa - to eat (CDG 95)
Geez
balbala - become old (CDG 95)
reduplicated root
Geez
balḫa - to be sharp (CDG 95)
Geez
balla - to spoil, to ruin, to destroy; to mix, to confuse; to moisten, to wet (CDG 96)
Geez
balaṣa - to be shrewd, cunning, smart (CDG 97)

Leslau states (CDG 97) that the meaning ‘cheat, shrewd’ is secondary to ‘exceed’.

Geez
balaṣa - to sparkle, to glitter (CDG 97)
Geez
ballata - to separate, to cut meat into pieces (CDG 97)