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*    egbe gu‿ɛe ɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˦ ] “body



*    helped her to do” or “body



*    did (it) with her”: she had a



*    miscarriage. gu becomes gũ in



*    front of the objective ʋ̃ɛ “me”



*    and ʋ̃a “us”.



*gu 2 [ ˥ ]; cf. gi [ ˥ ].



*gua 1 [ / ] (also: guaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ] used by



*    old people) to know how to do



*    a thing; used with verbs only:



*    igua xa-ɽe [ / ˦ / ˩ ] I don’t know



*    how to say it.



*gua 2 [ / ] (1) to adulterate;



*    ɔgu-anyɔ na [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he has



*    adulterated this palm wine;



*    ɔgua‿oɽoka na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he has



*    adulterated (the metal of) this



*    ring (in both cases gua may



*    be [ / ]). (2) the second example



*    can also mean “he has charmed



*    this ring” (in order to give its



*    owner a certain power, e.g. to



*    fell an opponent in fighting at a



*    single blow); v. le [ ˥ ].



*gue [ / ] (1) to cover (with a lid);



*    g-uwawa na n-ikiã ɣɛtĩ y-ɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] cover this pot in



*    order that the flies may not get



*    into it. (2) to be covered; uwa-



*    wa na gueɽe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this pot



*    is covered.



*guɛɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] very small (same as



*    gyɛɣɛgyɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. giɛ(ɛ)ɽɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ] (e.g. in ɔɣɛdɛ ne giɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “banana”).



*gũkã [ ˩ ˩ ] describes a certain way



*    of sitting down (used with tota



*    [ ˥ / ]); used e.g. of a vulture



*    perching on a tree; ɔtĩ y-uhuʋ̃-



*    erhã gũkã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] it has (flown



*    and) perched on a tree. In the



*    case of a man sitting down, it



*    describes “a huge, big man, sit-



*    ting down as if collapsing.”



*gũkaã [ ˦ ˦ ] very lean, but not im-



*    plying tallness, e.g. people who