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*ha 1 [ / ] to frighten; okpia n-ɔxiã



*    ni ha ʋ̃ɛ-nwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ \ ] that



*    man who is going (there)



*    frightened me just now (con-



*    tinued: ikeɽ̃ũɽ̃ã giɽi [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “and



*    I gave a sudden start”); cf. ha [ ˥ ].



*ha 2 [ / ] to pay a debt; also



*    ha‿(o)sa [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔha ʋ̃-en-osa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he always pays me the



*    debt; the ipf. indicates that the



*    payment is made continuously,



*    i.e. in rates.



*ha 3 [ / ] (1) to make a parcel of



*    leaves, e.g. food-stuff that easily



*    breaks into small crumbs as



*    izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ], eʋoxo [ ˩ \ ˩ ], akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ulɔkã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], etc.; ɔha‿ulɔkã gũ



*    ʋ̃ɛ dɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he parcelled “corn



*    cake” for me to buy. ha‿ibo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to hide some object in a



*    box in order to make somebody



*    guess it as a test of his tele-



*    pathic gifts; ɔha‿ibo y-ɛkpokĩ na



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] he put something



*    secret into this leather box; v.



*    sã‿ibo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) to tie; in



*    ha‿ema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] and ha‿inya [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    tie yams to the yam-stack (eru



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]); i.e. they are tied to the



*    ugã [ ˩ ˩ ] which is part of eru;



*    v. n-ema [ ˥ ˩ ].



*hã 1 [ / ] to stand sloping, at an



*    angle (but not crooked in itself);



*    erhã na hã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] this tree stands



*    at an angle; owa na hã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ]



*    this house hangs over. Idiom.:



*    amɛ (or, eʋaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]) hã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    the water (or, food) has gone



*    the wrong way (in drinking or



*    eating, i.e. into the windpipe).



*    iɽo hã-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “thinking is at



*    an angle with him”: he is em-



*    barrassed, puzzled, confused; cf.



*    ihã [ ˩ ˩ ].



*hã 2 [ / ] (1) to dress up as a mas-



*    querade-dancer; (2) to dress up,