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*    iliary verb indicating that the



*    action expressed by the main



*    verb is done by several people



*    together; iɽ̃ã ku gbe ɽu‿ɛe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] they are doing it to-



*    gether.



*kũ 1 [ ˥ ] to construct something by



*    means of ropes and strings, such



*    as an akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], ɛgiɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ], and



*    a drum, but also the masquerad-



*    ing dress for Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] which is



*    made out of strings and palm



*    branches; ɔkũ‿ãkpata [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] he



*    built (or, is building) an akpata



*    harp; cf. kũ [ / ].



*kũ 2 [ ˥ ] to make a feast (azɔ [ ˩ \ ]).



*ku [ / ] (1) to play. (2) to dance



*    a slow dance; but v. gbe [ ˥ ]



*    when linked with the name of



*    a dance, and v. d-ugba [ ˥ ˩ ].



*    (3) to play; in a sexual sense;



*    also used as a more decent ex-



*    pression for ho [ / ] “to have



*    sexual intercourse”; “with” is



*    expressed by the preceding verb



*    gu [ ˥ ]. ku‿iku‿exae [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “to



*    play game of sand”: (a) to play



*    with sand; (b) to have sexual



*    relations with a girl not yet at



*    the age of puberty; cf. iku [ ˩ ˩ ].



*kũ 1 [ / ] to parcel; kũ ihɛ ni n-



*    umu ɣade [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ / ] “parcel



*    that load (so) that you may take



*    it come” (i.e. bring it along).



*    kũ [ / ] n-ɛrɛe [ ˩ \ ] to parcel for



*    ɛrɛe: pregnant women give an



*    offering to ɛrɛe [ ˩ \ ] in order



*    to ensure safe delivery, but



*    also by other people when ad-



*    vised to do so (by Ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]);



*    to this end they weave a thread-



*    net over a calabash and put the



*    calabash on a forked stick on an



*    ada [ ˩ ˩ ], i.e. a cross-road.



*    kũ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] mu [ ˥ ] “to parcel



*    body (i.e. oneself) take”: to