hu [ ˥ ] (1) to foam; ɔhu sɔsɔsɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is foaming a great deal. hu [ ˥ ] ekpa [ ˩ ˥ ] to make sick; to nauseate, e.g. a bad smell or taste; not used metaphorically; mu fua-ɣ-ɔhu ʋ̃-ekpa [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] take (it) away, for it makes me sick! (2) to grow quickly (of a child). hũ [ ˥ ] to feel sleepy (impersonal use); oʋe hũ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] I feel sleepy. hũ [ ˥ ] nwa [ ˥ ] to be, become quiet (of children: to stop crying); ɔhũ nwa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is quiet; he has stopped crying; v. g-unu [ ˩ ˥ ], hɔ̃ [ ˥ ]. huã 1 [ / ] (1) to be, become, clean; ukpɔ̃ na huãɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this cloth is clean; oko na huã gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this fellow is very clean, neat (also huã [ / ]); ukpɔ̃ n- ɔma huã ɽ-urhuaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ] it is a dirty cloth that you wear. (2) to be holy; Orhiɔ̃ N-ɔhuãɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] the Holy Ghost; cf. hiã [ / ], uhiãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. huã 2 [ / ] to make a sacrifice prepared with new yam as is done to every god at the end of the agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]. hue [ / ] to swell; owɛ n-imu gb-eʋ̃i hueɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ / ˩ ] lit. “my foot which I took to hit something is swollen”; cf. uhueʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; v. hiʋ̃ia [ ˩ ˥ ]. hũ-edɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. hɔ̃ [ / ]. huɛ̃ [ / ] (1) to wake somebody up; huɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ɛd-agbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] wake me up when day is breaking. (2) to restore somebody from a faint; m-ɔ̃hũ-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-ɔkuɔɽe [ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] it was I who restored him when he had fainted; v. rhiɔ [ ˥ ]. hu‿ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ho [ / ]. |