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*    are lean on account of a disease;



*    stresses the leanness less than



*    kãgũkãgũ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; cf. gokaã [ ˦ ˦ ].



*gulɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] intensifies an impres-



*    sion of flexibility (used with the



*    verb ʋoxo [ ˩ ˥ ]); of the tail-



*    feather of a cock e.g., or the



*    creeper ikã [ ˥ ˩ ], or the shrub



*    unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*gulugulu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] deep; of narrow



*    holes, such as uy-egwi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ],



*    wells, or deep places in a river;



*    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ].



*g-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to keep quiet; g-un-uɛ̃



*    [ ˩ / ] something like “shutup!”;



*    a milder expression is gi‿ah-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] lit. “let hear word”; cf.



*    gue [ / ] (?); v. hũ [ ˥ ] nwa [ ˥ ].



*guozaa [ ˩ ˩ ] describes the noise of



*    falling trees when a farm is



*    being made.



*gũɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to brush with some-



*    thing soft (an oɽokɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or a



*    brush, or leaves); to dust (by



*    shaking); v. bɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], (2) idiom.:



*    gũɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to shake



*    body”: to turn brusquely round



*    when addressed; ɔgũɔʋ̃-egbe kpaɔ



*    ʋ-igu‿ɛe guã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / ] he



*    turned round brusquely when I



*    was talking to him. (3) to wag



*    the tail (of a dog); the man whom



*    the dogs greet in this way is



*    object of the verb.



*gwa 1 [ ˥ ] to pull (of a canoe), also



*    gw-okɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]. gwa [ ˥ ] gbera‿ɛzɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to pull somebody across a



*    river. gwa [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] lit. “to



*    pull in it”: to join in pulling;



*    gwa y-ɔ [ ˩ \ ] join in pulling!



*    (to men sitting in the canoe



*    without helping). gw-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    cross a river by canoe. gw-amɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ], given by N.W.Th. with the



*    same meaning, was said not to



*    be used (by A.); cf. Yor. wa [ ˩ ].