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*    bald. gb-alama [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to walk



*    about gossiping; “to interfere”;



*    ugb-alama gbe, ɣari‿eke n-urie



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



*    much, go to where you are going”



*    (or, mu‿aɽ-uɛ ɣ-od-ɔ (ɣe [ / ])



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



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



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



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



*    ing after me; okpia na m-obɔ



*    gua gb-aɽo ɣ-eʋ̃i n-arhie nɛ



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



*    man knows very well how to



*    look after things given to him



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



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



*    ped him. gb-ebibi [ ˥ / ˩ ] to



*    dazzle; onwɛ gb-ebibi y-ɔʋ̃-aɽo



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



*    sun dazzled my eyes when I had



*    looked at it for some time”.



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



*    make a charm on the head”: to



*    make a charm with beads that



*    is tied to one’s hair (or applied



*    to the beads?); it ensures long



*    life; used by the chief Esɔgbã



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



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



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



*    fire to it. gb-esa [ ˩ ˥ ] l-abɔ



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



*    side in a dispute (without being



*    concerned oneself); ɔgb-esa l-abɔ



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



*    and followed him; cf. igbesa



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



*    sacrifice something to a god;



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



*    something for a juju. gb-exaxa



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



*    to play the ɛbɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (state-



*    sword); this is done by chiefs



*    when saluting the Ɔba festivals



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