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*giɛ [ / ] to give way; to break



*    suddenly (of a worn-out cloth).



*giɛ̃ [ / ] to burn; owa giɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ fɛfɛɛfɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] the house burnt (or, is



*    burnt) to the ground; cf. agiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*giɛgiɛ [ / ˦ ] to be quick at some-



*    thing; ɔgiɛgiɛ nwina [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    is working quickly; cf. ɛgiɛgiɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].



*giɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] very bright; of weather;



*    ɛdɛ rãɽ̃ɛ̃ giɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] the day



*    was very bright.



*gilɔgilɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] tall and thin (of men



*    only; v. sigosigo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] which



*    seems to indicate a greater de-



*    gree of thinness; used with ɔtaɛ̃



*    [ ˩ \ ] “he is tall”); v. nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˥ ˥ ].



*gĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to he against; ɛʋ̃ɛ



*    na gĩna‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “this matter



*    is against him”: he is guilty in



*    this matter. (2) used as second



*    part in the combination; rhia [ ˥ ]



*    gĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] in agbɔ̃ rhia gĩna‿ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “life is spoilt for him”,



*    meaning “he is impotent”, or,



*    “he is destitute”; in case of a



*    woman “she is barren”, or “she



*    has a venereal disease”; cf.



*    agbegĩnotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].



*gi-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] ma [ / ]; cf. gie 1 [ / ].



*giogiogio [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] very hot, of boiling



*    water; used with the verb tɔ̃ 3 [ ˥ ];



*    v. ɣiɽiɣiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*giri, gri [ ˩ ˩ ] describes a sudden or



*    unexpected motion; ɔgwa kpaɔ



*    giri [ ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he got up suddenly;



*    v. ha 1 [ / ].



*giriririri (i very short and almost



*    inaudible) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the



*    patter of rain, also that of rain



*    not yet on the spot; ɔso giriririri



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it patters; v. kpata-



*    kpatakpata [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*gizaka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the falling



*    down (or the noise of it?) of