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*    which it was very difficult to



*    heat, and to cool again): it is



*    very hard indeed, e.g. of a piece



*    of work, or a severe illness, etc.



*    ɔba kua [ ˩ ˥ / ] it is very hard



*    indeed; cf. baba [ / / ].



*ba 4 [ / ] to add; used as second



*    part of a verbal combination;



*    v. rhie [ / ], de [ ˥ ]; hence, ba-ɽe



*    [ / ˩ ] “added to it”, may often



*    be translated by “besides”, “as



*    well”, etc.



*ba 5 [ / ] in ba‿ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] ba [ / ]



*    xxxxx



*    for the sake of; ba‿ɛʋ̃ɛ n-odɛ



*    eɽ-ugbe ʋ̃ɛ ba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “for



*    the sake of yesterday (i.e. for the



*    thing which happened yester



*    day) you are flogging me”.



*bã [ / ] to give up, stop, doing



*    something; to leave alone; bã



*    oxiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] stop walking! bã rie



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] keep away! bã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] leave



*    me alone! cf. bã [ ˥ ].



*baba 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to stick or peg poles



*    into the ground (plural or



*    iterative form of the verb



*    ba 2 [ / ]).



*baba 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to grope for the way



*    (in the dark); ɔbaba yo baba re



*    ʋ-ebiebi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is groping



*    here and there in the dark; v.



*    bibi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*baba [ / / ] to be hard, i.e. severe



*    (also used in the literal sense?);



*    inwina ni ɣizɛbaba, ɔkelɛ fua



*    [ ˩ ˩ / / ˦ ˩ / / ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] when that



*    work was so hard (zɛ: for some



*    time), he ran away.



*balɔ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to hurt; also in a meta-



*    phorical sense; ɛtɛ balɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    the sore hurts me; ɛʋ̃ɛ n-ɔta ma



*    ʋ̃ɛ balɔ ʋ̃ɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] the



*    word (matter) he told me hurt



*    (enraged) me very much; cf



*    ibalegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; ba 3 [ / ] (?).



*balɔ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to scoop water, with a