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*k-ihũ [ ˥ ˩ ] to give a present to a



*    visitor, e.g. kola, or drinks;



*    Egh. Hist.



*kinɔkinɔkinɔ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] plaited; wo-



*    ven, e.g. as a pattern, v. oba [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf.



*    ki [ / ].



*kisi [ ˩ ˩ ] a descriptive adverb



*    accompanying the verb sã [ / ]



*    “to jump”; ɔsãɽ̃ɛ̃ kisi [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “he jumped hard” (occurs in a



*    saying).



*kiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to hit, strike; kiʋ̃i‿ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “hit him”; cry of en-



*    couragement to somebody who is



*    fighting; v. iluma [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*kiza [ ˩ ˥ ] to be foolish, senseless;



*    ukiza [ ˥ ˩ \ ] are you mad? v.



*    bibi [ ˩ ˥ ], yɛyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], fi [ ˥ ].



*ko [ ˥ ] to fold, a pad (ukuoki [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]);



*    cf. kuɔ [ / ].



*ko 1 [ / ] (1) to gather, in ko‿ɛtĩ,



*    ku‿ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to gather strength;



*    to stop doing something; to leave



*    off; ku-ɛtĩ, ɣɛɣiɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ]



*    stop, don’t do it any more! i.e. a



*    task he was ordered to perform



*    before. (2) to set a fractured



*    bone by tying a small “bamboo”



*    mat with medicines on it to the



*    broken part; Ozo bũ‿obɔ, gi-a



*    mu‿ɛ̃ gi-ɔʋ̃a ʋ-uxegie n-ɔku‿ɛɽe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ / ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “Ojo has



*    broken an arm, let us take him



*    to somebody at Uxegie that he



*    may set it”.



*ko 2 [ / ] in ko‿uro [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; ko-ro



*    [ / ˩ ] to wax (of the moon); the



*    ipf. is expressed by the auxiliary



*    fɛko [ ˩ / ] only; cf. uro [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    hɔ‿uro [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; v. uki [ ˩ ˩ ], vɛwae



*    [ ˥ \ ].



*k-od-aɽo [ ˩ \ ˩ ], k-odɔ [ ˩ \ ], k-otɔ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ke 1 [ ˥ ].



*koikoi [ ˥ ˥ ] describes the sound of



*    beating fufu.