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*    wood is used for poles sup-



*    porting the ceiling of native



*    houses, and for making mortars,



*    pestles, and hoe-handles. Its



*    charcoal is likewise very durable



*    and used by smiths. Because of



*    these many uses the tree has the



*    praise-name erhã n-ɔm-iɣo (mɔ



*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “the tree that en-



*    genders money”.



*azɔ [ ˩ \ ] dinner feast as given out



*    of the ordinary routine, in con-



*    trast to eɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], which means



*    either a feast given to helpers



*    under the use [ ˩ ˥ ]-system, or



*    the yearly family-festival; v.



*    kũ 2 [ ˥ ].



*ba 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to watch; ba‿e ɣe,



*    deɣ-ɔr-eʋa [ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “watch (it)



*    and see whether he is there!”



*    b-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] to be watchful; ɔb-



*    egbe rhia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] he is watchful



*    by character. b-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    watch the road, e.g. in order to



*    prevent passers-by from spying



*    into secret ceremonies. (2) to



*    do something stealthily (v. do



*    [ / ]); ɔba rhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he took



*    it secretly; ɔba mu‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he



*    carried it stealthily.



*ba 2 [ ˥ ] in ba [ ˥ ] ku [ ˥ ]: (1) to



*    miss; kɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃-se n-uɣɛba‿e ku



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ] aim at it properly that



*    you do not miss it! (2) to com-



*    mit a mistake; ɔni r-usũ‿eʋ̃i



*    n-ɔ ba ku ɽu [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] that is



*    among the things he did by



*    mistake.



*bã [ ˥ ] to snatch off. bã [ ˥ ] rhie



*    [ / ] to snatch somebody or



*    something away; ɔb-õxuo na



*    rhie ʋ-ob-ɔdɔ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “he



*    snatcbed the woman away from



*    her busband”, i.e. he ran away



*    with her. Iter. bãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] ɽua