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*kã [ ˥ ] fua [ ˥ ] to expel somebody



*    out of the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], for an



*    offence.



*kã [ ˩ ] bare; ɣɛloʋiɛ y-otɔe kã



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] don’t sleep on the bare



*    ground! cf. kɛkã [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ka [ / ], [ ˥ ] an auxillary verb in-



*    dicating that the subject is first



*    in performing the action ex-



*    pressed by the main verb;



*    ɽ̃-ɔ̃ɽ-ɔʋ̃-okao n-ɔkanwina xɛ ima



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he was the first



*    among us to finish the work:



*    lit. “he is the first man who first



*    worked waiting for us” (ɽ is not



*    nasalised); Ozo kaxiã nɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ]



*    Ojo is going as the first.



*kada [ \ ˩ ] formula of giving



*    thanks to the host after a meal



*    (used by men); also used as a



*    salute to somebody who has



*    sneezed.



*k-adesɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ke 1 [ ˥ ].



*kae 1 [ / ] in ka-unu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to purify



*    the mouth”: i.e. to purify one-



*    self after eating something that



*    is taboo; v. wua [ / ].



*kae 2 [ / ] (1) to dress, or to



*    smoothen, wood (by means of a



*    matchet); ka‿erhã na papaapa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] make this (piece of)



*    wood flat! (2) to cry, of a



*    squirrel (similarity with the



*    noise made by dressing wood?).



*kae 3 [ / ] to dry; ika-ukpɔ̃ na



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] l am drying (or, I dried)



*    this cloth; cf. kaka 1 [ ˩ ˥ ], ka 2 [ ˥ ].



*kaɛ̃ 1 [ / ] (1) to build, e.g. a box,



*    door, table, etc.; mainly wooden



*    things; kã-ɛ̃kpɛtĩ na mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ]



*    “build this box for me”: make



*    a box out of this (e.g. out of a



*    packing case)! (2) to nail; y-ise



*    kã-ɛ̃kpɛtĩ na mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] nail



*    this box for me! kãɛ̃ [ / ] mu



*    erhã‿ugbugbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] to crucify