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*    ra [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ] they are crossing



*    the river; cf. gbe [ / ] ra [ / ], v.



*    gwa 1 [ ˥ ]; (b) to break into a row



*    of people called ikpokpã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] at



*    an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ], or into a row (single



*    or double file) of people at an



*    Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] festival. In the case of



*    the Ɔvia, the man was (is?)



*    whipped for it; in the case of the



*    ikpokpã, he was formerly killed



*    and is nowadays made to pay for



*    a big sacrifice costing up to £5.



*    fiã [ ˥ ] ɽe [ ˥ ] (a) to bite; ekita fiã



*    ʋ̃ɛ ɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] a dog has bitten me;



*    (b) idiom.: to cheat; iɣafiã‿ɛ̃ɽ-



*    ɛsɛse, ɣaɣe ʋ̃ɛ ɣ-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]



*    I shall cheat him ( “bite him



*    eat”) properly, (just) look at me



*    and (look) at him! (i.e. you will



*    see). Combinations with nouns:



*    f-ĩdĩ [ ˥ ˩ ] to dig a grave: fĩ-enwɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ] “to be cut breast”: to



*    be weaned. fiã [ ˥ ] iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ] “to



*    cut money”: to fine somebody;



*    v. zɛ 1 [ ˥ ]; afĩ-ozo‿iɣo ʋ-ikotu n-



*    owiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] Ojo was fined



*    in court this morning. f-ĩɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]



*    to change money; f-ĩɣo na (i)mɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] change this money for



*    me! v. idɔla [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. f-ĩhue [ ˥ ˥ ] “to



*    be cut at the nose”: to be de-



*    faced, of a coin or cowrie.



*    fĩ-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] “to cut



*    the road to somebody’s hand”:



*    to reach a certain place earlier



*    than somebody else by using a



*    shorter road; to make a short



*    cut. fĩ-osuɣu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] yi [ ˥ ] egbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to trouble somebody (by



*    means of charms or intrigues).



*    fĩ-ovã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to give a nickname



*    (praise-name), v. also ɽe 1 [ ˥ ];



*    ɔfĩ-ovã mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] he gave me a



*    nickname. fĩ-ɔ̃ka [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to reap



*    corn (maize). (2) to become, be,



*    cut or broken; to come off (of a