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*    I may carry you to look at the



*    dance” (to a small child); cf. ɣeɣe



*    [ / / ]; uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ]; uɣegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɣeɣe [ / / ] to see unexpectedly



*    (v. A. Biogr.); cf. ɣe [ / ].



*ɣɛ [ ˥ ] particle used in the negative



*    imperative and subjunctive;



*    ɣɛɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] don’t do it! ɣɛyo



*    [ ˥ (4-1) ] don’t go!



*ɣɛ 1 [ / ] to fornicate; cf. oɣɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɣɛ 2 [ / ] to feed; occurs in



*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] song 7; also in



*    t-uɽami-egbe ya ɣ-ɔɽe [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    lit. “may you get body to (take)



*    feed it”: may you be fit to



*    bring it (a child) up properly!



*    (a blessing given to a woman



*    after delivery, like ɔm-ɔɣɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]).



*ɣɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] half-way; incompletely



*    (occurs in a proverb).



*ɣɛɽɛɣɛɽɛɣɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes a



*    stealthy way of walking like



*    that of a spy, with varying



*    speed and frequent looking



*    round; ɔxiã ɣɛɽɛɣɛɽɛɣɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]



*    he walks like a spy.



*ɣi an auxiliary used in several



*    ways, especially (1) following



*    the auxiliary ke [ ˥ ] which links



*    up facts (“and then...”); ɔke-



*    ɣiɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] “and he was



*    doing it”; ɔkeɣiɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ]



*    “and then he did it”. (2) in



*    temporal clauses: ɔɣis-eʋa (sɛ



*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ \ ˩ \ ] or [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] “when



*    he had arrived there.” (3) in the



*    apodosis of a conditional period.



*    (4) after a negation, meaning



*    “no longer”: ɛɣiɽu‿ɛe [ / ˥ ˥ \ ]



*    he no longer does it; cf. ɣu.



*ɣidiɣidi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] big (of parts of the



*    body, like arms and calves,



*    thighs); occasionally gidigidi is



*    said to be heard, which is



*    wrong; ɔye ɣidiɣidi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is



*    big.