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*keʋe [ ˩ ˩ ] a conjunction linking up

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*    nouns and pronouns: “and”;

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*    Ozo keʋ-aʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ xiã sĩsĩʋ̃usĩ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] Ojo and his wife

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*    have gone since some time; cf.

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*    ke [ ˥ ], ʋe [ / ], ʋe [ ˥ ].

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*k-eʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]; cf. ke 1 [ ˥ ] and ke 3 [ ˥ ].

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*k-ewu [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ke 1 [ / ].

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* 1 [ / ] to remain; to be left; also

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*     [ / ] re [ ˥ ]; ema ni re

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*    [ ˩ / ˦ / ˦ ] that fufu is left over,

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*    remains, xerhe xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    nearly; lit. “remains little”, cf.

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*    Pidgin “lef small”. ɛdɛ kɛɽe o

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ] an old greeting, used by

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*    old men and chiefs, its being

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*    obsolete making it the more

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*    distinguished: good night!

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*    (“day is left”, viz. a little).

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*    The numbers beginning with

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*    (e)k-, as e.g. (e)kesugie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    (e)kigbesiyisɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], seem to be

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*    derived from sentences like “it

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*    remains (five) reach ( [ ˥ ])

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*    twenty”, “it remains ten reach

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*    a hundred”.

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*kɛ(e) 2 [ / ] (1) to be quick; ɔkɛ

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*    ɽuɛ gbe [ ˩ / / ˦ ] “it is too quick

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*    to (with) you”: you do it too

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*    quickly; obɔ kɛɽe ʋ-inwina ni

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˦ (3-1) ] “has the hand been

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*    quick in that work already?”:

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*    is that work already finished?

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*    (short: obɔ ɽa [ ˩ ˥ / (4-1) ˩ ]).

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*    This phrase is used when asking

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*    in the presence of strangers

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*    whether food has already been

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*    prepared; a more direct re-

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*    ference to food would be im-

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*    polite. (2) it is used in a

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*    causative sense, meaning some-

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*    thing like “to hurry somebody”,

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*    in the following construction:

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*    ɔk-ɔɽe ɽu‿ɛe , makes-eʋa (

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*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] “it hurried

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*    him on to do it (already), and

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