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*    stop! don’t go! ɔtexiã, iɣigu‿ɛe



*    guã, ɔnahɛwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) / ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    was about to go, when I talked



*    to him: he then gave it up; v.



*    ko‿ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*hi [ ˥ ] to pray Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] and Ɛhi



*    [ ˩ ˩ ] for one’s well-being during



*    the next reincarnation (ari-aʋehe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]); occurs in a proverb; cf.



*    ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ].



*hĩ [ / ] (1) to climb; ihĩ‿oke [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    I am climbing a hill; ihĩ‿ũhuʋ̃-



*    erhã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] I climbed up a tree.



*    (2) of new moon: to come out



*    for the first time; uki mahehĩ



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] the moon has not yet



*    come out. (3) to ride a horse;



*    ihĩ‿ɛ̃sĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am riding a horse.



*    (4) to show, of tribal marks



*    which stand up a little from the



*    surrounding skin; iwu‿ɛɽe hĩɽ̃ĩ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] his tribal marks show.



*    Idiom.: hĩ oha [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to give



*    presents to one’s superior, also



*    to the Ɔba; v. imuohã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (to



*    the Ɔba only); z-igwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] (wife



*    to her husband, man to his



*    superior, e.g. to the chief of the



*    quarter); eʋ̃i n-iɣaya hĩ‿oha eɽ-



*    iho na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “the things



*    which I will take to present are



*    the ones I am looking for now”.



*hĩ [ \ ] second part of verbal com-



*    binations implying the meaning



*    “away”, “out of”, v. mu 1 [ ˥ ].



*hia 1 [ / ] to scrape; hia‿erhã na



*    n-ɔri-ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “scrape this



*    plank that it may be properly



*    smooth!” hia [ / ] kua [ ˥ ] to



*    scrape off.



*hia 2 [ / ] to try to keep up



*    one’s social position, or one’s



*    health; to struggle against diffi-



*    culties; to strive one’s utmost;



*    ɛrheʋ̃ɛ̃‿eʋ̃i, ɔyehia [ / / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ / / ]



*    though he has nothing, he is still