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*    welcome in triumph (a warrior



*    returning from a war). gb-izɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to form, bake an izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    (“rice”) cake (round or oval



*    in a mould); gb-izɛ mɛ dɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “bake a rice cake for me to



*    buy”; v. ma 4 [ ˥ ]. gb-obodo



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to pirouette. gb-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    y-ɔbɔtidi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to have an un-



*    lucky hand (in handling some-



*    thing). gbe [ ˥ ] odã [ ˥ ˥ ] to kick;



*    ɔgbe ʋ̃-odã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he kicked me



*    (man, horse, or cow). gb-ogiɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to make fun; to make fun



*    of: ya [ ˥ ] gb-ogiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. gb-



*    akiyɛyɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], gb-iba [ ˥ ˥ ]. gb-



*    ohio [ ˩ ˥ ] to bore a hole. gb-okĩ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to perform okĩ [ ˥ ˩ ]; also:



*    fi‿okĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. gb-oɽoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to



*    spread mud on a timber-track.



*    gb-osiko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to notch timber.



*    gb-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] “down”, lit. “hit



*    ground” is used as second part



*    of verbal combinations, e.g. in



*    erhã ni de gb-otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ] that



*    tree fell down; iɽ̃ã fi‿erhã gb-otɔ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] they cut trees down.



*    gb-oxoxo [ ˩ / ˩ ] giɛ [ ˥ ] to burst



*    with laughter: lit. “to hit with



*    one’s knuckles (and) laugh”.



*    gb-ɔfɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to become wet; to be



*    wet; ukpɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ na gb-ɔfɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “this, my cloth, is (has become)



*    wet”. gb-ɔkãn-abe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] to



*    have a serious quarrel with some-



*    body (idiomatic). gb-ɔrho [ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    be muddy. gb-ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ] to be



*    jealous; ɔgb-ɔvo ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] she is



*    jealous of me. gbe [ ˥ ] ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to make somebody jealous; eʋ̃i



*    n-uɽu nɛ gbe ʋ̃-ɔ̃vo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    what you have done for her



*    makes me jealous. gb-ubi [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    to slap; ɔgb-ubi y-ɔʋ̃-ãɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    he slapped my face. gb-ubi [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to make holes for yam-sticks