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*    dicates a direction towards some-



*    body or something: giɛ [ ˥ ] da



*    [ / ] to laugh in the direction of,



*    or towards, somebody; ɣɛgiɛ da



*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “don’t laugh towards



*    me!” but ɣɛgiɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ] “don’t



*    laugh at me!” mu aɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    da [ / ] to turn one’s face to-



*    wards somebody. As first part



*    of verbal combinations in da



*    [ / ] na [ ˥ ] to give somebody



*    precedence of seniority, i.e.



*    though being equal in age and



*    position, as a matter of polite-



*    ness; ɔda mɛ gbe [ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ] he



*    always gives me precedence.



*    da [ / ] yi [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to hold some-



*    thing for somebody; miɛ da‿e



*    yi mɛ (miɛ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “take



*    and hold it for me!” da [ / ]



*    yi [ ˥ ] xɛ [ / ] (a) to stop some-



*    body until somebody else comes



*    ( “to stop wait”); da‿e yi xɛ ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “stop him (to wait) for



*    me!” (b) to adjourn (legal pro-



*    ceedings); mad-en-ɛzɔ yi xɛ‿iko



*    n-ɔde [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] we adjourned



*    the case until the next court



*    ( “wait court which is coming”).



*    da [ / ] yi [ ˥ ] is also “to prevent”,



*    e.g. in ɔda ʋ̃ɛ yi n-iɣɛgb-ẽbe na



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˨ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he prevented me from



*    writing this letter, lit. “that I



*    might not write”. In connection



*    with a noun and a verb in d-amɛ



*    [ / ˩ ] na [ ˥ ] (or gu [ ˥ ]) to catch



*    dropping water for somebody;



*    d-amɛ gũ ʋ̃ɛ (or mɛ [ ˥ ]) ya nw-



*    igaɽi na [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “catch the



*    (dropping) water for me to (take



*    and) drink this cassava”. d-obɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to hold on (doing



*    something); d-obɔ yi‿itere [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    hold on until I come!



*dã [ ˩ ] bad; eʋ̃i dã nɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] it is



*    a bad thing (scil. to do).