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*    elephant; used with the verb



*    ye [ ˥ ]; cf. gidigbii [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], gadagbaa



*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].



*gie [ ˥ ] (1) to send; gie [ ˥ ] uhuʋ̃u



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to send on an errand; ɔgi-



*    ɛɽ-uhuʋ̃u gi-erha‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] he



*    sent him on an errand to his



*    father. (2) also used as second



*    verb of a combination in order



*    to indicate a direction towards



*    something or somebody (v.



*    above). (3) to attack, of diseases,



*    the object being the particular



*    spot that is affected (possibly,



*    this item does not belong to



*    gie [ ˥ ]).



*gie 1 [ / ] to compare; ɣɛya‿e gie



*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ] “don’t take him



*    compare (with) me”: don’t



*    compare him with me! gie [ / ]



*    ma [ / ] to show something that



*    cannot be taken in one’s hand,



*    or that is at a distance, to some-



*    body; ɔgi-ugb-ɛɽemaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    he showed me his farm (ma is



*    long). gi-odɛ dã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] ma [ / ]



*    “to show a bad way”: to lead



*    astray (also in a metaphorical



*    sense); ɔgi-odɛ dã ma ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-inɔ-ɽ-



*    ibude [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ] he led me



*    astray when I had asked his



*    advice; v. bibi [ ˩ ˥ ], ya [ ˥ ] dido



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], gu [ ˥ ] dido [ ˩ ˥ ].



*gie 2 [ / ] to spit, in gi-asɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*    gi-exwae [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] to spit on



*    a charm after pronouncing a



*    prophecy or curse, in order to



*    confirm the words spoken, v.



*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] songs 7. gie [ / ]



*    always seems to imply deliberate



*    spitting; v. tu‿asɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*giɛ [ ˥ ] to laugh; ɔgiɛ y-ɛʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is laughing at my



*    words; ɔgb-oxoxo giɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is



*    bursting with laughter; cf. ogiɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].