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*keʋe [ ˩ ˩ ] a conjunction linking up



*    nouns and pronouns: “and”;



*    Ozo keʋ-aʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ xiã sĩsĩʋ̃usĩ



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



*    have gone since some time; cf.



*    ke [ ˥ ], ʋe [ / ], ʋe [ ˥ ].



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



*k-ewu [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ke 1 [ / ].



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



*    kɛ [ / ] re [ ˥ ]; ema ni kɛ re



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



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



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



*    Pidgin “lef small”. ɛdɛ kɛɽe o



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



*    old men and chiefs, its being



*    obsolete making it the more



*    distinguished: good night!



*    (“day is left”, viz. a little).



*    The numbers beginning with



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



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



*    derived from sentences like “it



*    remains (five) reach (sɛ [ ˥ ])



*    twenty”, “it remains ten reach



*    a hundred”.



*kɛ(e) 2 [ / ] (1) to be quick; ɔkɛ



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



*    to (with) you”: you do it too



*    quickly; obɔ kɛɽe ʋ-inwina ni nɛ



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



*    quick in that work already?”:



*    is that work already finished?



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



*    This phrase is used when asking



*    in the presence of strangers



*    whether food has already been



*    prepared; a more direct re-



*    ference to food would be im-



*    polite. (2) it is used in a



*    causative sense, meaning some-



*    thing like “to hurry somebody”,



*    in the following construction:



*    ɔk-ɔɽe ɽu‿ɛe nɛ, makes-eʋa (sɛ



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



*    him on to do it (already), and