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*bukpɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] formula of thanks given



*    by women after a meal; this is



*    also used as a greeting to some-



*    body who has sneezed; v. ɛrɛe



*    [ ˩ \ ], kada [ \ ˩ ].



*buyɛbuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] crumpled, of cloth;



*    ɔye buyɛbuyɛ [ \ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    (oh), it is crumpled! (The fall on



*    ɔ- is due to emotional reasons.)



*(e)d- (1) an interrogative particle



*    conveying the idea expressed by



*    the pronoun “which”; the nouns



*    linked with it are followed by



*    relative sentences: d-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]



*    which man: who; d-eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]



*    which thing: what; d-ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    d-ɛkpo [ ˥ ˥ ] which time: when;



*    d-ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] which day: when;



*    d-eke [ ˩ ˥ ], d-ehe [ ˩ ˥ ] which place:



*    where; d-asɛ [ ˥ ˥ ], d-ako [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    which spot: where; d-uki [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    which month; d-ɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ] which



*    country. It is used alone in d-



*    en-ɔxĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] which (out of a cer-



*    tain number) is it? (2) when used



*    with ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] and repeated with



*    a following noun or with ɔɣ-ɔe



*    [ ˥ \ ] it comes to mean “every



*    one”, e.g. d-ɔʋ̃a d-ɔɣ-ɔe wɛ ri-



*    eʋaɽe obɔ-ɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    everyone must eat his own food;



*    d-ɔʋ̃a d-owa-ɽe lao [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ]



*    everyone must enter his own



*    house, i.e. “I do not want you



*    here any longer”.



*da 1 [ ˥ ] to have a severe, hard



*    effect, in obɔ da‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “hand



*    was hard on him”: he received



*    a severe blow; gi-obɔ da‿e [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “let the hand be severe on him”:



*    hit him properly! an encourage-



*    ment for one party in a fight;



*    ɔda ʋ̃ɛ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] it grieves me



*    very much; I am very sorry;



*    idiom.: eʋ̃i da‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “thing