comes to the main road”; the
cry is usually heard dying down
or receding into the distance.
hɛ 1 [ / ] to carry (many things; v.
viɔ [ / ]); cf. hɛ 2 [ / ] (?).
hɛ 2 [ / ] in hɛ yo hɛ re [ / ˥ / ˥ ] to
breathe heavily; cf. hɛwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ].
hɛ 3 [ / ] a particle closing a
sentence or clause opened by
ʋ- “how”; ʋ-uwa ʋiɛ hɛ [ ˩ / / / ]
how have you (pl.) slept? ʋ-
ɛɣ-aye hɛ [ ˩ / ˥ / ] what (how) is
the time?
hɛ̃ [ \ ] no; v. mm [ \ ]; ɛo [ ˥ ˦ ].
hɛ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to level ground for the
purpose of house-building; ɔhɛ̃h-
ɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] he levelled it. hɛ̃h-
ũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to level mouth”:
to come to an agreement or
decision; iɽ̃ã hɛ̃h-ũnu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] they
have come to an agreement; cf.
ihɛ̃hũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
h-ɛkɛ̃ [ / ˩ ]; cf. hɔ [ / ].
hɛko [ ˩ / ] a variant of the verb
fɛko [ ˩ / ]; hɛko ɣaguã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ]
speak gently!
hɛ̃nɛdɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] safely; easily.
h-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. hɔ̃ [ ˥ ].
hɛwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to breathe; ɔhɛw-
ɛsɛse n-uɣɛgi-afiãma fiã‿ã
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] he breathes pro-
perly so that you need not
be afraid; lit. “so that you
must not allow pulse to beat
you”; ɔhɛwɛ y-otɔ hɛwɛ y-uxuʋ̃u
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “+he is (heavily) draw-
ing breath down and up”: he is
breathing with difficulty, as e.g.
a man suffering from asthma.
hɛwɛ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to refrain from doing
a certain thing; hɛwɛ re [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
don’t do it! lit. something like
“leave off!”; used when an
order previously given is re-
voked; hɛwɛ! ɣɛɣiyo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ]
