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*    cf. s-oɣo [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) to bake (only

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*    applied to akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]);

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*kpolo [ ˩ ˥ ] to sweep; idiom.: kpol-

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*    ɛbu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “to sweep the sweep-

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*    ings”: to do the last part of

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*    some work; to conclude a thing;

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*    v. xwi‿ɛɽ-ohiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*kpoo 1 [ ˩ ] describes a bright, but

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*    not flaming, fire; ɔnya kpoo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    it burns brightly; with ba [ / ]:

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*    aɽu‿ɛɽe ba kpoo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] “his

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*    eye is very red”: (a) his eye is

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*    very much inflamed; (b) he is

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*    very angry.

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*kpoo 2 [ ˩ ] describes report of a

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*    native gun, which was not well

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*    loaded.

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*kp-orhu [ ˩ ˥ ], [ / ˩ ]; cf. kpe 1 [ / ].

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*kp-oxa [ ˩ ˥ ], [ / ˩ ]; cf. kpe 1 [ / ].

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*kpɔ [ ˥ ] to be numerous, plentiful;

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*    ɛkpɔ [ / \ ] they are not many;

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*    cf. Yor. kpɔ [ ˩ ].

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*kpɔkpɔɔkpɔ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] quite silent; used

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*    with the verb hũ [ ˥ ] nwa [ ˥ ];

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*    ɔhũ nwa kpɔkpɔɔkpɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˧ ] he

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*    was quite silent.

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*kpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be big; n-ufiã

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*    kpɔlɔ gbe [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˦ ] what you have

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*    cut for him is too big. Idiom.:

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*    ɔkpɔlɔe ʋ-urhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “it is big

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*    on his neck”: he is in great

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*    trouble.

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*kpɔ̃ɽ̃ɔ̃kpɔ̃ɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] protruding; ɔye

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*    kpɔ̃ɽ̃ɔ̃kp. [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is protruding

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*    (an eye-ball); ɔɽu‿ikpãɽo kp.

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he has protruding

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*    eye-balls.

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*kp-ɔtɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] to prepare ɔtɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*kpu [ ˩ ] (short u) describes the fall

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*    of something round and heavy;

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*    ɔde kpu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] it fell, e.g. of a

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*    coco-nut, mango-fruit, orange,

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*    izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] or the like.

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*kpuku(ɽu), also kpɛkuɽu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    short; okpia na ye kpuku

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] this man is short.

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