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*dabadogũ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Pari-



*    narium sp.



*dada [ ˩ ˥ ] to carry (heavy things)



*    by hand; ɔdada‿e xiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he



*    is carrying it along.



*dãdaãdã [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] exact(ly); of time.



*d-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. da 3 [ ˥ ].



*daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to test; cf. ɔdaʋ̃(ɛ)o-



*    figbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (2) to taste some-



*    thing. (3) in daʋ̃-ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to



*    test ear”: to listen; ɔdaʋ̃-ehɔ-ɽe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] he is listening to it.



*de 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to fall; ɔde ʋ-uhuʋ̃-erhã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he fell from the top of the



*    tree; iter.: dele [ ˩ ˥ ], e.g. in iɽ̃ã



*    dele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] they fell (one after



*    the other), but iɽ̃ã de [ ˥ ˩ \ ] they



*    fell (all at the same time). (2) to



*    happen; to come about; ʋ-ɔya-



*    de [ \ ˩ ˥ ] “what did it take to



*    fall?”: how did it come about?



*    Combinations with verbs: de [ ˥ ]



*    ba [ / ] to join; v. ya 3 [ ˥ ] ba [ / ];



*    ɔde ba‿iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he joined



*    them; ɔde ba-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] it agrees



*    to it; it goes with it, of different



*    kinds of merchandise (e.g. beans)



*    which can be mixed with each



*    other in order to fetch a higher



*    price. de [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ] to fall on



*    something. de [ ˥ ] gb-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    fall on the ground, down; ɔfe



*    ʋ̃-obɔ de gb-otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] it slipped



*    from my hand (and) fell down.



*    de [ ˥ ] kũ [ / ] to knock against



*    somebody or something, e.g. in



*    the dark; idiom.: de kũ‿erhã



*    kũ‿iri [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to hit oneself



*    here and there, “against rope,



*    against wood”; ɔde kũ‿erhã kũ‿



*    iri xiã ʋɔ-d-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ] he



*    hits against this and that when



*    he is drunk. de [ ˥ ] lel-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “to fall (and) follow one an-



*    other”: to fall one after the



*    other, as e.g. bottles standing in