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*    be successful; a curse: eʋ̃i n-uɽu



*    hia ɛɣadĩn-odɛ nwuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]



*    lit. “things that you are doing



*    all, it will not reach the road for



*    you”: whatever you do will not



*    meet with success; this can only



*    be used as a curse, not in con-



*    versation with a man who is



*    unlucky, apparently because the



*    expression itself is considered to



*    be harmful; v. heʋeheʋe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*diɔ̃ [ / ] to be senior; idĩ-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    I am senior to him ( “I senior



*    him”); cf. odiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. dido [ ˥ ˩ ],



*    ixiʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*d-itã [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. da 5 [ ˥ ].



*d-ivu [ ˥ ˩ ] to (rot and) germinate;



*    of seed-yam only.



*diʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to be deep; ɛzɛ na diʋ̃i



*    gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this river is very



*    deep. (2) to be hard to under-



*    stand; to be idiomatic; exɔ-ɽe



*    diʋ̃i gbe [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] his conduct is



*    hard to understand; ɛdo n-uzɛe



*    na ɛdo n-ɔdiʋ̃i nɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] the



*    Bini you speak is “deep” Bini,



*    i.e. very idiomatic speech. (3) to



*    go to the bottom of a river, etc.;



*    v. iɽ̃aʋ̃iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. diʋ̃idiʋ̃i



*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ], udiʋ̃iʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ].



*diʋ̃idiʋ̃i [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] deep, but not



*    narrow; v. gulugulu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; used



*    with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. diʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].



*d-ixwiɛxwiɛ ɽi‿ua [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] not to



*    reach normal size; to fall short



*    in size, of men, animals, but



*    also of corn; cf. xwiɛxwiɛɛxwiɛ



*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; v. kpɛ-iri [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (of men and



*    animals only).



*d-iziɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. da 7 [ ˥ ].



*do 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to weave, also used of



*    the spider. du‿ido [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to weave



*    (ido [ ˩ ˥ ] “weaving”). d-ukpɔ̃



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to weave cloth. (2) to make



*    baskets; gũ ʋ̃ɛ hu‿ɔʋ̃a n-ɔgua



*    du‿oxuae (ho [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ \ ]