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*gɔ̃gɔɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] upright; uɽu ihue



*    gɔ̃gɔɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] your nose



*    stands upright (special charac-



*    teristic of the European, hence



*    the above sentence may be



*    closed with: ʋ-ihu-ebo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “like the nose of a white man”.



*    This feature is considered as



*    funny. On the other hand, an



*    ibue pɛrhɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “flat nose”, said



*    to be: ʋ-ihu-egwi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “like



*    the nose of a tortoise”, is not



*    thought to be beautiful, either).



*gɔlɔgɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the walk



*    of a very tall man with the



*    upper part of his body swaying;



*    used with the verb xiã [ ˥ ]; cf.



*    ogɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. lɔgiɔlɔgio [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*gu 1 [ ˥ ] a verb indicating (1) that



*    another action is performed by



*    the subject with the help of



*    somebody else, or (2) that the



*    action is reciprocal, e.g. gu [ ˥ ]



*    b-owa [ ˩ ˥ ] to help (somebody)



*    in building a house; gu [ ˥ ]



*    dɛ [ ˥ ] to buy something from



*    somebody; wɛ‿igu dɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] I



*    bought it from you. gu [ ˥ ]



*    dia [ / ] to stay with somebody



*    or something, esp. in order to



*    guard it, e.g. of a hunter’s boy



*    who watches the kill while his



*    master is in the bush. gu [ ˥ ]



*    dido [ ˩ ˥ ], gu [ ˥ ] fi [ ˥ ] dɔ̃ [ ˥ ] to



*    lead astray by giving false in-



*    formation; v. gie 1 [ / ], ya 1 [ ˥ ].



*    gu [ ˥ ] guã [ / ] to talk with



*    somebody. gu [ ˥ ] gwi [ ˥ ] to



*    quarrel with somebody. gu [ ˥ ]



*    gbĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] to fight with some-



*    body. gu [ ˥ ] ho [ / ] to help



*    (somebody) to find something.



*    In an impersonal use, gu means



*    “to succeed”: ɔgũ ʋ̃ɛ ɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]



*    “it helped me to do (it)”: I



*    succeed in doing (it); idiom.: