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*hu [ ˥ ] (1) to foam; ɔhu sɔsɔsɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is foaming a great deal.



*    hu [ ˥ ] ekpa [ ˩ ˥ ] to make sick;



*    to nauseate, e.g. a bad smell or



*    taste; not used metaphorically;



*    mu fua-ɣ-ɔhu ʋ̃-ekpa [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    take (it) away, for it makes me



*    sick! (2) to grow quickly (of a



*    child).



*hũ [ ˥ ] to feel sleepy (impersonal



*    use); oʋe hũ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] I feel



*    sleepy.



*hũ [ ˥ ] nwa [ ˥ ] to be, become



*    quiet (of children: to stop



*    crying); ɔhũ nwa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is



*    quiet; he has stopped crying; v.



*    g-unu [ ˩ ˥ ], hɔ̃ [ ˥ ].



*huã 1 [ / ] (1) to be, become, clean;



*    ukpɔ̃ na huãɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this



*    cloth is clean; oko na huã gbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this fellow is very clean,



*    neat (also huã [ / ]); ukpɔ̃ n-



*    ɔma huã ɽ-urhuaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ] it is



*    a dirty cloth that you wear.



*    (2) to be holy; Orhiɔ̃ N-ɔhuãɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] the Holy Ghost; cf. hiã



*    [ / ], uhiãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*huã 2 [ / ] to make a sacrifice



*    prepared with new yam as is



*    done to every god at the end



*    of the agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*hue [ / ] to swell; owɛ n-imu gb-eʋ̃i



*    hueɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ / ˩ ] lit. “my foot



*    which I took to hit something



*    is swollen”; cf. uhueʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ];



*    v. hiʋ̃ia [ ˩ ˥ ].



*hũ-edɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. hɔ̃ [ / ].



*huɛ̃ [ / ] (1) to wake somebody up;



*    huɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ɛd-agbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] wake



*    me up when day is breaking.



*    (2) to restore somebody from



*    a faint; m-ɔ̃hũ-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-ɔkuɔɽe



*    [ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] it was I who restored



*    him when he had fainted; v. rhiɔ



*    [ ˥ ].



*hu‿ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ho [ / ].