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*koko 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to gather; si‿ɛ(e)



*    koko [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] gather it (also [ ˥ \ ]);



*    w-iɽ̃ã si koko xɛ ʋ̃ɛ-ɣ-ide (iɣe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ]) [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] tell them



*    to gather and wait for me for



*    I am coming! kok-erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    make a fire; kok-erhɛ̃ n-al-eʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] make a fire so that



*    we can cook something! kok-



*    ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to gather strength”:



*    to rest: kok-ɛtĩ xerhe n-uɣade



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˧ / ] rest a while before



*    you come; lit. “that you will



*    come” (uteɣade [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] is also



*    possible); cf. ko 1 [ / ].



*koko 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to look after; to feed;



*    ukok-ɔmɔ na ɛs-eriɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    are you feeding this child pro-



*    perly (like that)?



*kokomɛmɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] cucumber; Engl.



*kokooko [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] hard; used with the



*    verb ze [ ˥ ] or ye [ ˥ ], e.g. of



*    bread, pounded yam, or cas-



*    sava.



*koyɔ [ ˥ ˦ ] a very common greeting



*    among the Binis; koyɔ-ko [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    “good day (or, hullo!), friend”,



*    v. oko [ ˩ ˥ ]; koyɔ-ga [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “good



*    day, sir”; koyɔ-tɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ]



*    “good day, cousin”; v. ɔga [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ɔtɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ].



*kɔ [ ˥ ] (1) to plant. (2) to put up



*    a god’s, ancestral, or guardian



*    spirit’s shrine, in k-ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] “to



*    construct one’s juju”; k-ɛhi [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “to construct one’s Lord”, i.e.



*    guardian spirit; cf. ukɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*kɔ̃ 1 [ ˥ ] to be foolish; ɔkɔɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]



*    he is foolish; ɔkɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] he is at



*    times foolish; ɔkɔ̃ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is



*    very (or, too) foolish; stronger



*    expressions are: ɔk-ũkɔ̃ʋ̃-oya gbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ] “he is foolish with a dis-



*    graceful foolishness”; and ɔk-



*    ũkɔ̃ʋ̃-ɔ̃zuɔ gbe (v. ɔzuɔ [ ˩ ˩ ])+



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ukɔ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].