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*    tive: “I hope..., I suppose



*    ...”: deɣ-uma [ ˥ ˩ / ] I hope you



*    are well?



*dɛ [ ˥ ] to buy; eʋ̃i n-udɛe ɔna xĩ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ \ ] is this the thing you



*    have bought? id-osisi [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    I bought a gun; d-eʋ̃i na mɛ



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] buy this thing for me!



*    (e)n-ɔd-eʋ̃i‿kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] “he who



*    buys on credit”: debtor; cf.



*    adɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; v. xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].



*dɛ [ ˥ ] ɣe [ / ] to see; idɛ ɣ-ɛɽe



*    [ ˩ ˧ / ˩ ] I saw it; cf. bɛ [ ˥ ] ɣe [ / ],



*    ɣe [ / ]; v. miɛ [ ˥ ].



*dĩ 1 [ ˥ ] to be brave; ɔdĩ [ ˩ \ ] he is



*    brave.



*dĩ 2 [ ˥ ] to be hoarse; urhu dĩ‿ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “voice is hoarse (to)



*    him”: he is hoarse; v. ɛgogo



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*dia 1 [ ˥ ] in dia [ ˥ ] ke [ ˥ ] to be



*    near; v. si [ ˥ ] kɛ [ / ]. dia [ ˥ ]



*    ya [ ˥ ] to stay somewhere; to



*    lodge; ɔdi-eʋ̃a ya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] he



*    (often, or usually) stays here



*    (the ya is not used in relative



*    sentences); v. mu 1 [ ˥ ].



*dia 2 [ ˥ ] to become, be straight;



*    ɔdiae [ ˩ \ ] it is straight.



*di‿a [ ˥ ˥ ] to menstruate.



*dido [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) to be old; idiom.; used



*    by old people instead of xĩ-



*    ɔ̃maɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] for men, animals, and



*    trees; ahĩaʋ̃ɛ na dido [ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    this is an old bird, e.g. if its



*    flesh is tough. (2) to be mighty,



*    e.g. by possessing a powerful



*    charm; v. wohia [ ˥ ˩ ].



*d-igwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. de 1 [ ˥ ].



*d-iɣo [ ˥ ˩ ] ɽua [ ˥ ]; cf. da 6 [ ˥ ].



*d-ihoi [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. da 6 [ ˥ ].



*dĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] to reach; to arrive; idĩn-



*    eʋa, imami-ɔɛ̃ ʋ-owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    I arrived there (but) I did not



*    find him at home; idiom.: dĩn-odɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to reach the road”: to