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*    sexual intercourse ( “with” is



*    expressed by the direct ob-



*    ject).



*hoho [ ˩ ˥ ] to blow (wind); idiom.:



*    hoh-otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “to blow



*    the ground”: to dig a grave;



*    iɽ̃ã ɣihoh-otɔ, akeɣimu‿ɛ̃ y-ɔ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “+when they had dug



*    a grave, he was then put into



*    it” (possibly also iɽ̃ã ɣi- [ ˥ ˩ \ ]).



*hɔ [ ˥ ] to lay eggs; usually without



*    ekɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]; ɔxɔxɔ na hɔe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ]



*    the hen has laid (an egg).



*hɔ̃ [ ˥ ] (1) to hear; ihɔ̃-ɛ̃ ʋ-unu‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “I heard it from his



*    mouth”: I heard it from him.



*    h-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “to hear word”;



*    gi-ah-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “let hear word”:



*    shut up! (2) to understand;



*    ɔh-ɛ̃do [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he understands Bini;



*    ihɔ̃‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I understand it.



*hɔ [ / ] (1) to wash; hɔ‿ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    to wash clothes; hɔ‿eto [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    wash one’s hair; idiom.: hɔ‿ɛzɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to wash river”, a method



*    of fishing, v. iɽewe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) to



*    drink, and bathe in, blood, as



*    done by the chief Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ] during



*    a certain sacrifice. (3) to collect



*    and mix mud, in hɔ‿ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    (same as ɽu‿ekɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]), also h-ɛkɛ̃



*    [ / ˩ ].



*hɔ̃ [ / ] to grow (of hair), hũ‿edɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to grow grey hair”: to



*    become old.



*hɔ‿uro [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], also hɛ‿uro, to be



*    full, of the moon; cf. uro [ ˩ ˩ ];



*    v. ko-ro [ / ˩ ], vɛwae [ ˥ \ ].



*hɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to brush oneself or some-



*    thing as a means of purification,



*    e.g. after a breach of taboo;



*    hɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to purify oneself



*    by brushing; hɔʋ̃-owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    purify a house; hɔʋ̃-ɛʋo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    purify a village; cf. ihɔʋ̃egbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].