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*ɣiɽiɣiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) describes a blazing



*    fire; erhɛ̃ ba ɣiriɣiri [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    the fire blazes up; v. wowowo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (2) hot (not as hot as



*    giogiogio [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; used e.g. of a pot



*    on a fire); ɔtɔ̃ ɣiɽiɣiɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it



*    is very hot.



*ɣo 1 [ / ] (1) to circle (of a hawk,



*    etc.); ɛɣodĩ ɣaɣo yo ɣo re ʋ-od-



*    uxuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a hawk was



*    circling to and fro in the sky.



*    (2) to sell goods without a stall:



*    to hawk (cf. iɣo [ ˩ \ ]).



*ɣo 2 [ / ] to worship as a god;



*    also ɣo‿ɛbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. eɣo [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɣoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ] to live nomadically; to



*    have no “settled” dwelling-place



*    (as e.g. Hausa traders); ɔɣoɣo



*    xiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he is leading a vagrant



*    life; cf. ɣo 1 [ / ].



*ɣɔ [ / ] to make a feast (eating-



*    feast); deɣ-uɣaɣɔ y-ɔ n-ima



*    dogu‿e nwina [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / \ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˥ ] lit.



*    “if you will make an eating-



*    feast for it, that we shall come



*    and work with you”: ...then we



*    shall come... (if agricultural help



*    is not paid for, an eating-feast



*    is given to the helpers); aɣɔɽe-ɽɛ



*    uxurhuxurhu [ ˩ / / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] we



*    have feasted to-day in abund-



*    ance (so that something had to



*    remain); cf. ɣɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?); eɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɣɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to rejoice; to be glad;



*    ɔɣɔɣɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] he was glad; ɔɣɔɣɔ



*    yɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] he is glad about it;



*    cf. ɣɔ [ / ] (?).



*ɣu a variant of the auxiliary ɣi,



*    used after the 2nd pers. sgl., e.g.



*    uɣuɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] you should do it.



*ɣ-uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ɣe [ / ].



*ha [ ˥ ] (1) to bore a hole; to pierce.



*    (2) to penetrate. (3) to give a



*    sudden start (cf. ha 1 [ / ]; v.



*    ɽ̃ũɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˥ ]).