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*kwɛikwɛi [ ˦ ˦ ] (also kwɛkwɛ) (1)



*    small; of yams, always in a



*    plural sense; used with the verb



*    ye [ ˥ ]. (2) describes the walk of



*    a very short man; used with the



*    verb xiã [ ˥ ].



*kwisɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] in ɔkwisɛ kwaɽaɣada



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] he is entirely worn out.



*kwɔ [ / ] (also kwɛ) to feather an



*    arrow, in: kwɔ‿ifɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*kyɛkɛɽɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] to be very small; cf.



*    Yor. kekere [ ˥ ˧ ˥ ].



*kpa 1 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb, used



*    in (hypothetical) conditional



*    sentences; ikpami-ɔɛ̃, iɣalɛ nɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˥ / / \ ] “had I (always)



*    been seeing him, I should have



*    run away from him” (e.g. from



*    a creditor who comes to ask for



*    his money); ikpami-ɔɛ̃, iɣalɛ nɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “had I seen him



*    (once), I should have run”; cf.



*    akpawɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]; ɔkpare, ɔɣami-eʋ-



*    ɔho [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “in case he would



*    have come, he would have re-



*    ceived what he wants” (viz. a



*    thrashing).



*kpa 2 [ ˥ ] in kpa [ ˩ ] odĩ [ ˥ ˥ ] to



*    surprise; eʋ̃i n-uɽu na kpa ʋ̃-odĩ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] what (the thing) you



*    are doing now surprises me.



*kpa 3 [ ˥ ] (1) to vomit; cf. ekpa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) to burst into fruit (of



*    bananas and plantain trees).



*kpa [ ˥ ] ma [ / ] (1) to be good (in



*    the sense of “convenient”);



*    used impersonally; ɔkpa ma-ɣ-



*    irherhe re [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is good



*    that I have come in time;



*    iɣaiɣidoʋa ɽuɛ [ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ˩ / ] I should



*    not have managed (lit. “come”)



*    to meet you. (2) to be clear, plain;



*    ɔkpa ma yi-ɣ-ɔna ɣiɽ-okieke ʋ-use



*    n-ima mu (ɽe [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “it is quite clear that (iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ])