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*    then we arrived there”: he had



*    already done it when we arrived



*    there (v. da [ ˥ ]; “to do something



*    out of one’s own accord”).



*    (3) in the phrase ɔɣakɛe [ ˩ ˩ / ]



*    (lit. “if there is time”?) it is used



*    to qualify a statement about



*    something happening in the



*    future: “probably”, “perhaps”,



*    v. ɣaa [ ˥ ]; ɔɣakɛe, ɔɣare axwɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] he will probably come



*    to-morrow.



*k-ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. kɔ [ ˥ ].



*kɛeke [ \ ˩ ] with; together with;



*    eni kɛek-akɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ / ˩ ] the



*    elephant together with its teeth



*    (v. Uke keʋe arhuaɽo).



*k-ɛhi [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. kɔ [ ˥ ].



*kɛkã [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) bare; y-owɛ kɛkã ɣa



*    de [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] come with bare



*    feet! (2) (in) vain; empty;



*    ineffective; eʋ̃i kɛkã nɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    lit. “it is a vain thing”; said e.g.



*    of somebody’s intrigues which



*    the speaker thinks to be harm-



*    less and negligible; ɔguã‿ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ



*    kɛkã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ] he is talking



*    empty words (“word of mouth”)



*    i.e. he has no power to do



*    anything. (3) only; ɔkpa kɛkã



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] one only; cf. kã [ ˩ ].



*kɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to rot, e.g. meat, leaves,



*    cloth, wood, or a corpse; ɣa s-



*    ukpɔ̃ na ɽae y-uw-amɛ ʋ-eʋ̃a,



*    ɔɣakɛkɛ (sɛ [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ‿ ˥ ]



*    who left this cloth in the water



*    here, it will rot!



*kɛtɛkɛtɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] ass; occasionally



*    brought by Hausa people.



*k-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ke 1 [ / ].



*kĩ 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to look for fruit at



*    the base of a tree; gi‿ayakĩ otiɛ̃



*    [ ˩ / / ˥ ˥ ˥ ] let us go and look for



*    otiɛ̃! (2) to inspect, e.g. traps.



*kĩ 2 [ ˥ ] to tie tightly; ɔy-iri kĩ‿ɛ̃



*    kãkaãkã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “he took