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*    help me to look for a man who



*    knows how to make baskets!



*do 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to attend, e.g. du‿ɛki



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “to attend market”: to



*    trade; du‿ikotu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to attend



*    at court, of chiefs; do‿ugie,



*    d-ugie [ ˥ ˩ ] to hold an ugie, of the



*    Ɔba and his chiefs. (2) to be in



*    full swing, of trade in the mar-



*    ket; ɛki do [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the market is



*    on, or is in full swing.



*do 3 [ ˥ ] to feed, of birds and bush-



*    animals; v. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ] (of man and



*    domestic animals).



*do [ ˥ ] ga [ / ] to stand around



*    somebody or something; cf.



*    ga [ / ].



*do 1 [ / ] a verb implying the idea



*    “to come”, but always followed



*    by another verb: “to come in



*    order to do something”; v. ya



*    [ / ]; do s-ɛɣɛ na (sɛ 1 [ ˥ ])



*    [ / ˩ / ˩ ] “coming to reach this



*    time”: up to this time; until now.



*do 2 [ / ] to do something secretly;



*    ɔdo ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he did it secretly.



*    do [ / ] guã [ / ] “to talk se-



*    cretly”: to whisper. do [ / ]



*    gu [ ˥ ] guã [ / ] to talk to some-



*    body in secret; to whisper to



*    somebody. do [ / ] mu [ ˥ ] “to



*    carry secretly away”: to steal



*    (heavy things). do [ / ] rhie [ / ]



*    “to take secretly away”: to



*    steal; ɔdo ʋ̃-ɛ̃rhu rhie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    he stole me my cap; ɔdo ɛwu



*    rhie gũ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he stole a



*    garment for me.



*d-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. da [ / ].



*d-omia [ ˩ ˥ ] to move to and fro, of



*    people ill, drunk, drugged, or in



*    agony; ɔɣidomia yo domia re



*    ʋ-is-eʋa [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] he was writh-



*    ing (to and fro) in agony when



*    I came ( “reached”) there; cf.



*    d-oʋe [ ˩ ˥ ].