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*    a rope and tied it tightly”; v.

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*    tua 1 [ / ].

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*kĩ 3 [ ˥ ] to dazzle; cf. okĩ [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ki [ / ] (1) to coil; of snakes,

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*    caterpillars, centipedes; to curl

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*    up; of the Scaly Anteater;

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*    ɛnyɛ n-imiɛ-ɽɛ wa bɛɣe ʋ̃ɛ ɔkeki

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] “the snake which I

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*    saw to-day, it (suddenly: wa)

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*    saw me, it coiled”. (2) to cower,

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*    in ki [ / ] re [ ˥ ]; ɔki re kpukpuu-

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*    kpu [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he cowered; feeling

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*    cold; with crossed arms and

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*    hands resting on shoulders.

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*    (3) to curl (of hair); eto n-ɔkiɽi

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] curls. (4) to coagulate,

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*    e.g. of owo [ ˩ ˥ ]-soup or starch;

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*    but for oil, rhuɛ [ / ] is used; owo

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*    na kiɽi ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this owo

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*    soup has properly coagulated,

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*    i.e. it is still liquid; iterat.

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*    kinɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*kie [ / ] (1) to open, e.g. door,

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*    window, padlock; ɔki-urho [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    he opened the door. (2) to be

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*    open(?). (3) to fold; m-ɔki-ewa na

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*    la‿owa ʋ-amɛ de [ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ]

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*    “it was I who folded this mat

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*    (and took it) into the house when

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*    rain was coming”. (4) in ki-

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*    ewua [ ˩ ˥ \ ] to wake the Ɔba by

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*    imitating a cock’s crow.

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*(e)k-igbe s-iy-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] fifty:

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*    “remain ten reach sixty” (twenty

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*    times three); cf. 1 [ / ].

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*(e)k-igbes-iy-ehã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] a hundred

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*    and ten: “remain ten reach

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*    twenty times six”; cf. 1

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*    [ / ].

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*(e)k-igbe s-iy-enɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] seventy:

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*    “remain ten reach eighty”

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*    (twenty times four); cf. 1 [ / ].

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*(e)k-igbe s-iy-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] ninety:

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*    “remain ten reach a hundred”

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*    (twenty times five); cf. 1 [ / ].

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*k-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ka 4 [ ˥ ].

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