present. (This action may also
be taken in a similar way by
giving something as a present
to a “big” man.) ɔy-en-oxuo fi
ohã gi-ɔba (gie [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]
lit. “he took the woman (and)
announced (her) as present to
the Ɔba”. ya gbe [ ˩ ˥ ] (imperat.
of ya [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ]) cry of encourag-
ment for a wrestler: “knock him
down!” or “throw him down!”
(when the opponent is lifted
from the ground) (Pidgin lɛ go
[ ˥ (4-1) ]: let go!); v. gbaɽaɣada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ya [ ˥ ] hĩ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to cover
oneself with something; rhi-
ukpɔ̃ ni n-uya hĩ egbe [ ˩ ˩ / / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
take that cloth to cover your-
self with! ya [ ˥ ] ma [ / ] to
forgive; iya‿e ma ɽ̃uɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ]
I forgave it you. ya [ ˥ ] m-egie
[ ˥ ˩ ] (ma [ ˥ ]) to appoint some-
body to a title. ya [ ˥ ] na
[ ˥ ] to present somebody with
something (“to dash”); y-eʋ̃i
mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] give me something
(“dash me”). ya [ ˥ ] nwina
[ ˩ ˥ ] to make somebody work.
ya [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ] to bring about (A.
Biogr.). ya [ ˥ ] ta [ ˥ ] re [ ˩ ] to
repeat in one’s second life an ill-
ness from which one has suffered
during the preceding life; this is
prevented by removing the
presumed cause of the disease out
of the body, e.g. in the case of
a “cough” (consumption?), by
removing a “bag containing a
white milky substance” out
from the abdomen; v. also
eve [ ˩ ˩ ]. ya [ ˥ ] we [ ˥ ] to allot
something to somebody; iy-
eʋaɽe n-uãrhirhimiɛ ʋ-eʋa hia
w-uɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “I have
taken food whichever you may
