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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] kua [ ˥ ] to upset so that the



*    contents are thrown, or poured,



*    out (e.g. a bucket of water).



*hiihii [ ˦ ˦ ] misty; only used of the



*    mist in the early morning, not



*    of the mist during the harmattan



*    which may last up to 8.30 a.m.;



*    used with ɽu [ ˥ ].



*hio [ ˥ ] to be proud (in a bad



*    sense; zɛ 2 [ ˥ ] is used in a good



*    sense); ʋ-ɔhio ba [ / ˥ / ] what is



*    he proud of?



*hiɔ 1 [ / ] to urinate.



*hiɔ 2 [ / ] (1) to cut a straight line



*    into something, e.g. to slit the



*    peel of a plantain in order to



*    take it off more easily before



*    roasting the plantain; (but “to



*    split through” is va [ / ]); also in



*    hiɔ‿iwu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to mark the de-



*    signs of tattooings on the skin



*    (previous to the actual process);



*    (2) in hiɔ‿(o)tɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to dig a



*    grave.



*hiɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to drag somebody on the



*    ground, v. Uke keʋe arhuaɽo;



*    ɔhiɔɽɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he dragged me



*    (along on the ground).



*hiɔ̃ɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to breathe heavily.



*hiʋ̃ia [ ˩ ˥ ] to swell; obɔ ʋ̃ɛ hiʋ̃iaɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] my hand is swollen; cf.



*    uhiʋ̃iãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ]; v. hue [ / ].



*hmmm [ ˩ ] describes the noise of



*    distant rainfall, or of a distant



*    waterfall; amɛ rhɔ hmmm [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    it is raining far away.



*ho [ / ] (1) to look for; to want;



*    iho‿ɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I want it. ho [ / ]



*    ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] to offend; ɔho ʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    he always offends me. ho‿ɛʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to love; to like; ɔho‿ɛʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he likes me. ho [ / ]



*    bɛkũ [ ˩ ˥ ] to look for something



*    without finding it; ɔho‿ɛɽe bɛkũ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he looked for it, but he



*    could not find it. (2) to have