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*    him”: he put poison in his



*    path; v. fi [ ˥ ] xɛ [ / ].



*gbɛ̃ [ ˥ ] (1) to cut off; ɔgb-ĩɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    he is cutting grass; igb-ɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ]



*    I cleaned it (e.g. a coconut



*    from the surrounding fibres).



*    (2) to carve (with an agbɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]);



*    ɔgb-ĩvĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is carving a coco-



*    nut. (3) to write; in gb-ẽbe [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    lit. “to write leaf”: to write a



*    book, letter, etc.; ɔgb-ẽbe gũ ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he wrote to me; cf.



*    ɔgbẽbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (4) to make a



*    mark; in gbɛ̃ [ ˥ ] orhue [ ˩ ˩ ] to



*    mark with chalk; infants are



*    marked with chalk from a few



*    days after their birth up to the



*    age of about seven months.



*    Iterat. gbɛ̃nɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to mark the



*    face with tattooings.



*gbĩ [ ˥ ] to be blunt (of a knife); eɽɔ



*    na gbĩ, n-uyalɔ‿e re [ ˩ / ˩ \ ˥ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    this knife is blunt, (so that) you



*    should go (and) sharpen it (and)



*    come! abɛ na fɛko gbĩ, wɛ kwelɔ‿



*    e yi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] this knife is



*    getting blunt, have you really



*    sharpened it?



*gbidii [ ˩ ˩ ] describes the sound of



*    something heavy falling into



*    water, also that of a bather



*    jumping flat into water; v.



*    gbiɣidi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], suɛ̃ỹ [ ˥ ].



*gbigbi [ ˩ ˥ ] to spread a rumour;



*    iɽ̃ã gbigbi ɔta ni xiã [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ]



*    lit. “they are spreading that



*    story along”; cf. ogbigbi [ ˩ / ˩ ].



*gbigbigbi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a strong



*    wind or a tornado, the rushing



*    of a river, and knocking at the



*    door; ɔhoho gbigbigbi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    there is a strong wind blowing.



*gbiɣidi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the sound



*    of long, but not heavy objects,



*    e.g. firewood, falling to the



*    ground, also that of a wrestler