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*    bald. gb-alama [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to walk

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*    about gossiping; “to interfere”;

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*    ugb-alama gbe, ɣari‿eke n-urie

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “you gossip too

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*    much, go to where you are going”

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*    (or, mu-aɽ-uɛ ɣ-od-ɔ (ɣe [ / ])

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ] “turn your face there!”:

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*    get out! v. mi-arale [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ])+.

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*    gb-aɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] ɣe [ / ] to look after;

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*    ɔgb-aɽo ɣe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] he is look-

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*    ing after me; okpia na m-obɔ

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*    gua gb-aɽo ɣ-eʋ̃i n-arhie

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*    rhie ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ / ] this

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*    man knows very well how to

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*    look after things given to him

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*    to keep. gbe [ ˥ ] asã [ ˥ ˥ ] to

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*    whip; ɔgb-ɛɽ-asã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he whip-

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*    ped him. gb-ebibi [ ˥ / ˩ ] to

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*    dazzle; onwɛ gb-ebibi y-ɔʋ̃-aɽo

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*    ʋ-izɛɣ-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] “the

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*    sun dazzled my eyes when I had

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*    looked at it for some time”.

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*    gb-edae [ ˩ / ] y-uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to

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*    make a charm on the head”: to

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*    make a charm with beads that

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*    is tied to one’s hair (or applied

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*    to the beads?); it ensures long

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*    life; used by the chief Esɔgbã

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]. gb-ehɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] to fish; cf.

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*    igbehɛ̃, ɔgbehɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. gb-erh-

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*    ɛ̃rhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to fell a tree by setting

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*    fire to it. gb-esa [ ˩ ˥ ] l-abɔ

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*    (la [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ] to take somebody’s

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*    side in a dispute (without being

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*    concerned oneself); ɔgb-esa l-abɔ

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*    lel-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ \ ] he took his side

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*    and followed him; cf. igbesa

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. gb-eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ] ha [ ˥ ] to

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*    sacrifice something to a god;

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*    igb-eʋ̃i n-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I killed

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*    something for a juju. gb-exaxa

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to make a sign. gb-ɛbɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    to play the ɛbɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (state-

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*    sword); this is done by chiefs

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*    when saluting the Ɔba festivals

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*    (ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]). gb-ɛhũ (pf.) [ ˥ ˦ ] to

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