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*    a rope and tied it tightly”; v.



*    tua 1 [ / ].



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



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



*    caterpillars, centipedes; to curl



*    up; of the Scaly Anteater;



*    ɛnyɛ n-imiɛ-ɽɛ wabɛɣe ʋ̃ɛ ɔkeki



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



*    saw to-day, it (suddenly: wa)



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



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



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



*    cold; with crossed arms and



*    hands resting on shoulders.



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



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



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



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



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



*    soup has properly coagulated,



*    i.e. it is still liquid; iterat.



*    kinɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



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



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



*    he opened the door. (2) to be



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



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



*    “it was I who folded this mat



*    (and took it) into the house when



*    rain was coming”. (4) in ki-



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



*    imitating a cock’s crow.



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



*    “remain ten reach sixty” (twenty



*    times three); cf. kɛ 1 [ / ].



*(e)k-igbe s-iy-ehã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] a hundred



*    and ten: “remain ten reach



*    twenty times six”; cf. kɛ 1



*    [ / ].



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



*    “remain ten reach eighty”



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



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



*    “remain ten reach a hundred”



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



*k-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ka 4 [ ˥ ].