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*    stand contrite, with downcast



*    eyes and folded arms, as a



*    wrongdoer when being blamed



*    for his offences; cf. ikũ [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    ikũegbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ha [ / ] (to



*    parcel with leaves).



*kũ 2 [ / ] in kũ [ / ] ɛxũ [ ˩ ˩ ] to



*    wound; to make infirm; ɔkũ



*    ʋ̃-ɛ̃xũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he wounded me



*    (possibly kũ [ / ]). Idiom: kũ‿



*    erhã kũ‿iri [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “hitting



*    tree hitting creeper”, i.e. meet-



*    ing obstacles everywhere; used



*    e.g. of a man who is drunken



*    and, therefore, hits every ob-



*    stacle on his way; v. yi [ ˥ ] ama



*    [ ˥ ˩ ], de [ ˥ ] kũ [ / ].



*kua [ ˥ ] second part of verbal



*    combinations implying that the



*    object (always a mass, such as a



*    liquid, or grains) is thrown or



*    poured away; v. fua [ ˥ ], mu [ ˥ ],



*    hihiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*kuã [ / ] (1) to bite (of a snake);



*    cf. ukuãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. (2) to injure



*    oneself.



*kue [ ˥ ] in kue [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] to



*    agree to (it); ikue [ ˩ \ ] I agree;



*    ɔkue y-ɔʋ̃ɛ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “he agreed



*    to me it” (lit. “to my it”?): he



*    granted it to me.



*kuɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to trade on credit (used



*    as second part of verbal com-



*    binations); ɔxĩ-ɔɛ̃ kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he



*    sold it on credit; ɔd-ɔe kuɛ̃ [ ˩ (5-4) ˧ ]



*    he bought it on credit; cf.



*    ɔdɛkuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], ɔxiɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], xiɛ̃



*    [ ˥ ], dɛ [ ˥ ].



*ku‿ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ko 1 [ / ].



*k-ugbak-ɛɣɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] at any time;



*    always; same as ugbugbɛhia



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]; v. Akugbe; cf. igba [ ˥ ˩ ],



*    ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*kui [ / ] to splash water on some-



*    thing or somebody; it is also



*    used as second part of verbal