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    ɔɣare [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] ..., he would have
    come.
    
ɣã [ ˥ ] to cry at the slightest
    rebuke, of children.
    
ɣã [ / ] to be dear, expensive; ɔɣã
    gbe [ ˩ / ˦ ] it is very dear; axiɛ̃ ɣã
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “may (your) selling be
    dear”: a greeting to traders; cf.
    Yor. nwɔ̃ [ ˩ ].
    
ɣabi-ɔna [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “who has borne”:
    the fifth generation of de-
    scendants, the last generation a
    man can see (such as e.g. the
    long-lived Azaka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]), but
    whom he can no longer identify;
    hence the name; v. iwu [ ˩ ˩ ]; eyɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ]; ihiɛ̃hiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; (e)sakpaɽ̃ɛ̃ɣodĩ
    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ɣae [ / ] to share; to divide; iɽ̃ã
    ɣa-uzo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] they divided the
    antelope; iɽ̃ã ɣae n-eʋ̃i [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]
    they are sharing the thing;
    nanaɣa-eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “dividing
    things”: division (in arith-
    metic); v. ɽoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɣa-ka (ɔka
    [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ] “to share turns”: to
    do a thing in turns; olɔkpa
    ɣaka [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] the police changed
    reliefs.
    
ɣãɣaãɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] very hot (of the
    weather); ɛdɛ n-ɛɽɛ ɽu (or, ye [ ˥ ])
    ɣãɣaãɣã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is very hot
    to-day.
    
ɣarao [ ˥ (5-3) ] a salutation used to-
    wards chiefs (at any time);
    it may contain [ (5-3) ], mean-
    ing something like “may you be
    there”, and referring to long
    life (?); v. (e)doo [ ˥ ].
    
ɣe [ / ] to look; ɔɣe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is
    looking at me. ɣe [ / ] [ / ] ga
    [ / ] to look around; ɔɣelɛga‿egbe
    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he looked around. ɣ-
    uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ] to look at a show (i.e.
    usually a dance); lare n-imu‿ɛ̃
    ɣ-uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “come, that