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*    a row; v. dele [ ˩ ˥ ]. de [ ˥ ]



*    mudia [ ˥ ˥ ] to stop dead when



*    going or running, or e.g. when



*    suddenly sliding. Combinations



*    with a noun: d-igwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] to



*    kneel, but de-gwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] (a) to fall



*    on one’s knees, e.g. in wrestling;



*    iɽ̃ã hegbasikã ʋ-ɔde-gwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    they had just started shaking



*    each other (as a preliminary to



*    a wrestling-match), when he fell



*    down on his knees. (b) to remain



*    unfulfilled; to fail, of a promise;



*    enya n-ɔnyaɽ̃ɛ̃ hia de-gwɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] all the promises he has



*    given have not been carried out.



*    (c) to sink in, of the nose, as



*    an organic malformation; ihu-



*    ɛɽe de-gwɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] his nose is



*    sunk in, deformed.



*de 2 [ ˥ ] in de [ ˥ ] kɛ(e) [ / ] to



*    remain, also de [ ˥ ] kɛ [ / ] re [ ˥ ];



*    inya n-ɔde kɛ re bũ n-aɣaɽ-axwɛ



*    (ɽe [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “yams which



*    remain are many that we may



*    eat (them) to-morrow”: there



*    remain for us many yams to be



*    eaten to-morrow; n-ɔde kɛe



*    r-eʋa [ ˥ ˥ / ˦ (3-1) ] the remainder is



*    there; cf. kɛ 1 [ / ].



*de [ / ] to tie; to fasten; de [ / ]



*    mu [ ˥ ] to tie to; d-ɛɽe mu‿erhã



*    na [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] tie it to this stick!



*    cf. Yor. de [ ˩ ]; v. gba 2 [ ˥ ].



*de [ \ ] an exclamation calling



*    attention to one’s presence (A.



*    Biogr.); v. ge [ \ ].



*dede [ ˩ ˥ ] to embrace; v. mu 1 [ ˥ ],



*    va 2 [ ˥ ] mu [ ˥ ].



*deɣe [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) if; deɣ-ɛr-owa,



*    ta ma-ɽ̃ɛ̃-ɣ-irhi-ukpɔ̃ ʋ-eʋ̃ã



*    [ ˥ / ˥ ˦ ˩ / / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] if he is not at



*    home, tell him that I have taken



*    a cloth from here! (2) a particle



*    implying that a question asked



*    will be answered in the affirma-