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*    is much heard, but which “never



*    comes to the main road”; the



*    cry is usually heard dying down



*    or receding into the distance.



*hɛ 1 [ / ] to carry (many things; v.



*    viɔ [ / ]); cf. hɛ 2 [ / ] (?).



*hɛ 2 [ / ] in hɛ yo hɛ re [ / ˥ / ˥ ] to



*    breathe heavily; cf. hɛwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ].



*hɛ 3 [ / ] a particle closing a



*    sentence or clause opened by



*    ʋ- “how”; ʋ-uwa ʋiɛ hɛ [ ˩ / / / ]



*    how have you (pl.) slept? ʋ-



*    ɛɣ-aye hɛ [ ˩ / ˥ / ] what (how) is



*    the time?



*hɛ̃ [ \ ] no; v. mm [ \ ]; ɛo [ ˥ ˦ ].



*hɛ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to level ground for the



*    purpose of house-building; ɔhɛ̃h-



*    ɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] he levelled it. hɛ̃h-



*    ũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to level mouth”:



*    to come to an agreement or



*    decision; iɽ̃ã hɛ̃h-ũnu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] they



*    have come to an agreement; cf.



*    ihɛ̃hũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*h-ɛkɛ̃ [ / ˩ ]; cf. hɔ [ / ].



*hɛko [ ˩ / ] a variant of the verb



*    fɛko [ ˩ / ]; hɛko ɣaguã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ]



*    speak gently!



*hɛ̃nɛdɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] safely; easily.



*h-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. hɔ̃ [ ˥ ].



*hɛwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to breathe; ɔhɛw-



*    ɛsɛse n-uɣɛgi-afiãma fiã‿ã



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] he breathes pro-



*    perly so that you need not



*    be afraid; lit. “so that you



*    must not allow pulse to beat



*    you”; ɔhɛwɛ y-otɔ hɛwɛ y-uxuʋ̃u



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “+he is (heavily) draw-



*    ing breath down and up”: he is



*    breathing with difficulty, as e.g.



*    a man suffering from asthma.



*hɛwɛ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to refrain from doing



*    a certain thing; hɛwɛ re [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    don’t do it! lit. something like



*    “leave off!”; used when an



*    order previously given is re-



*    voked; hɛwɛ! ɣɛɣiyo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ]