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*    personal objects: to wash with



*    charms, in order to transfer their



*    strength to the person washed.



*    It can also be used for “wash-



*    ing hunters’ dogs with charms,”



*    but “to wash things with charms”+



*    is rhua [ / ]. (3) to cure by



*    washing (a wound); cf. ukp-akɔ̃



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*kpe [ ˥ ] fũ [ ˥ ] to die out; ɛʋo ni



*    hɛko kpe fũ [ ˩ / / ˩ / ˥ ˥ ] that



*    town is gradually dying out.



*kpe 1 [ / ] to play an instru-



*    ment. kp-akpata [ / ˥ ˥ ] to play



*    the akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] harp, or, a



*    European guitar. kp-ema [ / ˩ ]



*    to play a drum. kp-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    clap hands; to applaude. kp-



*    orhu [ ˩ ˥ ] to blow a horn or



*    akɔ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ]; cf. orhu [ ˩ ˥ ].



*    kp-orhu [ / ˩ ] (a) to shout in



*    falsetto voice, ii, or, uu, in order



*    to call one another at a distance,



*    as done by hunters, trappers, or



*    farmers when they have lost



*    their way; (b) to shout words at



*    a great distance, as e.g. done by



*    public criers; (c) to preach; cf.



*    urhu [ ˩ ˩ ]. kp-oxa [ ˩ ˥ ] to call



*    antelopes, birds, or squirrels,



*    with the help of leaves, or



*    through the nose, as hunters do.



*    kp-oxa [ / ˩ ] to play the oxa [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    drum; cf. kpei [ / ].



*kpe 2 [ / ] to blame, reproach in



*    public; ɣɛɣikpe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] don’t



*    reproach me in public! cf.



*    kpei [ / ], kpe 1 [ / ].



*kpe [ / ] ɣe [ / ] to flock round



*    somebody.



*kpei [ / ] to shout; ɔkpei t-iɽ̃ã



*    (tie [ / ]) [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ] he is shouting



*    for them; cf. kpe 1 and 2 [ / ].



*(e)kpekukpeku [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a kind of



*    seed, used as rat poison.



*kp-ema [ / ˩ ]; cf. kpe 1 [ / ].