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*    and plant it; cf. gbɔ [ ˥ ]; v. kɔ



*    [ ˥ ].



*gbɔhuũ [ ˦ ˦ ] tall and fat; of a



*    human being; verb: ye [ ˥ ]; v.



*    gbokoo [ ˦ ˦ ].



*gbɔɔ [ ˩ ] looking a-gape; always



*    implying “foolishly”, and there-



*    fore worse than suũ [ ˦ ].



*gbukegbuke [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] describes a



*    smell like that of the seed of the



*    ekpekukpeku [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] tree out of



*    which rat-poison is prepared



*    (the smell causes a man to



*    vomit); verb: wia [ / ].



*gbuuu [ ˩ ] describes a smell like



*    that of corn (ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ]) rotting in



*    water as a preparation for



*    akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔwia gbuuu [ ˩ / ˩ ] it



*    smells like rotting corn.



*ɣa 1 [ ˥ ] who (interrogative);



*    ɣaɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˥ / ] who did it? ɣa nɔ



*    [ \ ˥ ] who is it? cf. ɣabi-ɔna [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɣa 2 (ɣaa) [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-



*    dicating (1) the Future: ɔɣare



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he will come; ɔɣaade [ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    probably he will come (as reply



*    to a question); but also used



*    (2) in the Progressive: ɔɣanwina



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is working, and (3) in



*    the Imperative: ɣanwina [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    work! (in the latter case, the



*    form with added ɣa- was said to



*    be used to a man who is a little



*    way off, while nwina [ ˩ ˩ ] was



*    said to be used to a man near by).



*ɣa 1 [ / ] to warm oneself, in



*    ɣa‿erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to warm oneself at



*    a fire.



*ɣa 2 [ / ], [ ˩ ] an auxiliary verb



*    used in conditional sentences;



*    with a low-tone pronoun it in-



*    dicates a real condition, e.g. ɔɣare



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] if he comes; with a high



*    tone it is used in the apodosis



*    of hypothetical clauses, e.g.