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* grieves him” viz. to give it

* away: he is stingy; cf. eʋ̃idaʋ̃ɛ

* [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].

*da 2 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-

* dicating (1) that the subject

* performs the main action of his

* own will, or initiative; t-idaɽu‿

* ɛe [ ˥ ˦ ˦ (4-1) ] I shall do it of my own

* free will; ɔmakɛɽ-agi-ɔ, ukeda-

* ɣaxiã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “it was not

* (yet) up to the time that you

* were sent, then you went on

* your own account”: you went

* before you were sent. (2) (with

* a long vowel) that the subject

* is just starting to perform the

* main action; t-idaɽu‿ɛe [ \ ˥ ˥ \ ]

* I am starting to do it (now).

*da 3 [ ˥ ] to drink alcoholic drinks,

* also d-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ɔdanyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

*da 4 [ ˥ ] to pour down, of rain;

* stronger than rhɔ [ / ]; amɛ na

* dae-sɛse [ ˩ / ˩ \ ˥ ˦ ] the rain has

* come down with a vengeance;

* cf. da [ / ] (?).

*da 5 [ ˥ ] in d-itã [ ˥ ˩ ] to take the

* ordeal; da‿e [ ˥ ˩ ] take it! da-ɽe

* [ ˩ \ ] pass (it to) him!

*da 6 [ ˥ ] in d-iɣo [ ˥ ˩ ] ɽua [ ˥ ] “to be-

* come smoke”: to be annihilated

* (in a war-song); also d-iɣ-ua

* [ ˥ / ]; probably also in d-ihoi [ ˥ ˩ ]

* to be in vain.

*da 7 [ ˥ ] in d-iziɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] to commit

* a murder; Ojo d-iziɣa ʋ-egb-aʋ̃-

* ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ n-ɛɣ-ɛd-ia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] Ojo

* committed the murder of his

* wife three days ago.

*da 8 [ ˥ ] in da [ ˥ ] vã [ ˥ ], da [ ˥ ]

* tu [ ˥ ] to shout; da [ ˥ ] tie [ / ] to

* shout (and call somebody).

*da [ / ] to stretch out; to turn

* towards; in da‿obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to

* stretch a hand out (in order to

* obtain something). As second

* part of verbal combinations it in-
