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*    in a more general sense; cf. ɛhã



*    [ ˥ ˩ ].



*hãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to pick, sort out, e.g.



*    good grains, beans, etc. from a



*    heap; hãn-ihɛʋ̃ɛ n-ɔma ʋ-uw-



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



*    good beans out of these beans!



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



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



*hawa [ ˩ ˥ ] in hawa yo hawa re



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



*    man who has lost something).



*he 1 [ ˥ ] to refuse; he [ ˥ ] y-otɔ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] (a) to refuse somebody’s



*    company; (b) to divorce; ɔh-ɛe



*    y-otɔ [ ˩ (5-4) ˧ ˩ ] (a) he refused his



*    company; (b) he divorced her.



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



*    (somebody) in it” (same as fi



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



*    e.g. in a palaver.



*he 2 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-



*    dicating (a) that the main action



*    is performed in spite of many



*    obstacles or reluctance: “at



*    last”; it seems to be used mostly



*    with following ɣi [ ˩ ], but it is



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



*    the ingressive form; iheɣiɽu‿ɛe



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



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



*    now at last I am going to do it.



*    (b) when following ma [ ˥ ], the



*    negative particle of the pf.,



*    it means “not yet”: ɔmahere



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] he has not yet come.



*he [ / ] eni [ ˩ ˩ ] to give a name



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



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



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



*    it was I who gave him a name



*    at the same time when he was



*    born; cf. iheni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*heuu [ ˥ ˩ ] an exclamation of



*    surprise.



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