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*    ukela‿(o)wa [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] shake



*    that sand off before you enter



*    the house! ɽueɣ-erhã na n-ɔm-



*    ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ bɔʋ̃ɛ kua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ] shake



*    this tree (so) that its fruit is



*    shaken off! bɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    brush and slap oneself with the



*    hand, if covered with dirt, as



*    after a walk in the bush, or in



*    order to remove insects; v. udiã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].



*bũ [ ˥ ] to be plentiful, numerous;



*    eʋ̃i na bũ gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “these



*    things are numerous”: many of



*    these things are there; iɽ̃ã bũ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] they are numerous; bũ [ ˥ ]



*    gbe [ ˥ ] means also “to suffice”.



*bu 1 [ / ] (1) to meet; bu ʋ̃ɛ ɣade



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “meet me coming”: come



*    and meet me! ibu‿ɛɽe xiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]



*    “I am meeting him going”: I am



*    going to meet him. (2) to be



*    equal in quantity, e.g. two heaps



*    of grains when being compared



*    by people when trading. bu [ / ]



*    y-ɔ [ \ ] to pay a sum of money



*    towards something; iy-isil-isɛ̃



*    bu y-osa n-iʋ̃ɔ̃-ɽe (ʋ̃ɛ [ / ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “I took five shillings



*    paid towards the debt I owe



*    him” (ɽ is not nasalised).



*bu 2 [ / ] to decide; bu ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    fix a date, to make an appoint-



*    ment for something; ɔbu ɛdɛ mɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] “he promised me a time”:



*    he gave me a date, i.e. when he



*    would come. ibu‿ɛdɛ nɛ n-ɔɣaya



*    re [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] I fixed a date for him



*    when he should come, lit. “which



*    he should take to come”;



*    ibu‿ɛdɛ nɛ n-iɣaya s-eʋa (sɛ [ ˥ ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] I notified him when



*    I should arrive there. bu ɛʋo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to found a settlement; ɣa



*    bu ɛʋo na [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] who founded



*    this “town”? bu ohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to