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*gwa 2 [ ˥ ] to dig; gw-ɛhɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    make a yam-heap (or a heap for



*    planting coco-yam or gari); cf.



*    Yor. wa [ ˩ ].



*gwa 3 [ ˥ ] to fit; to be suitable (of



*    rooms); ɔgwa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it fits, suits,



*    me (in space); wɛ w-eʋa ɣagwa‿e



*    yi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “do you think (lit.



*    “say”) (that room) there will



*    fit him?” (i.e. that there will be



*    enough room for him); idiom.:



*    Ogbe‿gw-ihɔ̃wa [ ˥ / ˩ \ ˩ ] “Ogbe



*    (a quarter of Benin City) does



*    not fit Ihɔ̃wa (a name)”: it is in-



*    tolerable; e.g. in n-uye na, Ogbe‿



*    ʋegw-ihɔ̃wa-ɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] lit.



*    “what you are in now, Ogbe



*    will not fit Ihɔ̃wa any more



*    (ʋe [ / ]) to-day”: the temper



*    in which you are to-day is be-



*    coming intolerable (sc. and I can



*    no longer put up with it; e.g. to



*    a nagging wife).



*gwa 4 [ ˥ ] in gwa [ ˥ ] ehiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] to



*    scratch (with nails, or birds with



*    their claws); oxuo na gwa ʋ̃-ehiɛ̃



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] this woman scratched



*    me; v. nyi 2 [ ˥ ].



*gwa 5 [ ˥ ] in gwa [ ˥ ] kpaɔ [ ˥ ] to



*    get up.



*gwalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to search; ɔgwal-en-ɛwe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he searched for the goat.



*    gwalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] kua [ ˥ ] to dig some-



*    thing out (of a heap of similar



*    things e.g.); ɔgwal-isawɛwɛ kua



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] he (or, it, e.g. a fowl)



*    is searching, digging out ground-



*    nuts; cf. gwa 2 [ ˥ ].



*gwe [ ˥ ] “to be with”: to be pos-



*    sessed by (somebody); inya‿irɔ



*    n-iɣaɽe-ɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] I have no



*    yam to eat to-day; answer:



*    ɔgwe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “it is with me”:



*    I have some; cf. gu [ ˥ ].



*gwɛ [ ˥ ] (1) to know; to be ac-



*    customed to something; ɔgw-ebe