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*    in a more general sense; cf. ɛhã

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*hãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to pick, sort out, e.g.

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*    good grains, beans, etc. from a

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*    heap; hãn-ihɛʋ̃ɛ n-ɔma ʋ-uw-

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*    ihɛʋ̃ɛ na [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] pick the

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*    good beans out of these beans!

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*haʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ] to be pregnant; ɔtɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ

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*    haʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] my ɔtɛ̃ is pregnant.

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*hawa [ ˩ ˥ ] in hawa yo hawa re

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to be restless (e.g. of a

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*    man who has lost something).

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*he 1 [ ˥ ] to refuse; he [ ˥ ] y-otɔ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] (a) to refuse somebody’s

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*    company; (b) to divorce; ɔh-ɛe

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*    y-otɔ [ ˩ (5-1) ˧ ˩ ] (a) he refused his

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*    company; (b) he divorced her.

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*    he [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] lit. “to refuse

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*    (somebody) in it” (same as fi

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*    [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ]), to leave in the lurch,

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*    e.g. in a palaver.

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*he 2 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-

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*    dicating (a) that the main action

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*    is performed in spite of many

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*    obstacles or reluctance: “at

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*    last”; it seems to be used mostly

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*    with following ɣi [ ˩ ], but it is

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*    also found with ɽa [ ˥ ], i.e. in

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*    the ingressive form; iheɣiɽu‿ɛe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] I have done it at last,

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*    or, after all; iheɽaɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ]

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*    now at last I am going to do it.

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*    (b) when following ma [ ˥ ], the

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*    negative particle of the pf.,

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*    it means “not yet”: ɔmahere

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] he has not yet come.

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*he [ / ] eni [ ˩ ˩ ] to give a name

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*    (i.e. christen); ɔhe ʋ̃-eni [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ]

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*    (also he [ ˥ ]) he gave me a name;

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*    m-ɔh-ɛɽ-eni ʋ-adabi-ɔe [ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ]

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*    it was I who gave him a name

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*    at the same time when he was

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*    born; cf. iheni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*heuu [ ˥ ˩ ] an exclamation of

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*    surprise.

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*heʋeheʋe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a bird whose cry

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