Page-109-R

*kã [ ˥ ] fua [ ˥ ] to expel somebody

inline

*    out of the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], for an

inline

*    offence.

inline

*kã [ ˩ ] bare; ɣɛloʋiɛ y-otɔe kã

inline

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

inline

*    ground! cf. kɛkã [ ˩ ˩ ].

inline

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

inline

*    dicating that the subject is first

inline

*    in performing the action ex-

inline

*    pressed by the main verb;

inline

*    ɽ̃-ɔ̃ɽ-ɔʋ̃-okao n-ɔkanwina ima

inline

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

inline

*    among us to finish the work:

inline

*    lit. “he is the first man who first

inline

*    worked waiting for us” (ɽ is not

inline

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

inline

*    Ojo is going as the first.

inline

*kada [ \ ˩ ] formula of giving

inline

*    thanks to the host after a meal

inline

*    (used by men); also used as a

inline

*    salute to somebody who has

inline

*    sneezed.

inline

*k-adesɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ke 1 [ ˥ ].

inline

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

inline

*    the mouth”: i.e. to purify one-

inline

*    self after eating something that

inline

*    is taboo; v. wua [ / ].

inline

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

inline

*    smoothen, wood (by means of a

inline

*    matchet); ka‿erhã na papaapa

inline

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

inline

*    wood flat! (2) to cry, of a

inline

*    squirrel (similarity with the

inline

*    noise made by dressing wood?).

inline

*kae 3 [ / ] to dry; ika-ukpɔ̃ na

inline

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

inline

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

inline

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

inline

*    door, table, etc.; mainly wooden

inline

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

inline

*    “build this box for me”: make

inline

*    a box out of this (e.g. out of a

inline

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

inline

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

inline

*    this box for me! kãɛ̃ [ / ] mu

inline

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

inline