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



*    applied to akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]);



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



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



*    ings”: to do the last part of



*    some work; to conclude a thing;



*    v. xwi‿ɛɽ-ohiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*kpoo 1 [ ˩ ] describes a bright, but



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



*    it burns brightly; with ba [ / ]:



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



*    eye is very red”: (a) his eye is



*    very much inflamed; (b) he is



*    very angry.



*kpoo 2 [ ˩ ] describes report of a



*    native gun, which was not well



*    loaded.



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



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



*kpɔ [ ˥ ] to be numerous, plentiful;



*    ɛkpɔ [ / \ ] they are not many;



*    cf. Yor. kpɔ [ ˩ ].



*kpɔkpɔɔkpɔ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] quite silent; used



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



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



*    was quite silent.



*kpɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be big; n-ufiã nɛ



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



*    cut for him is too big. Idiom.:



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



*    on his neck”: he is in great



*    trouble.



*kpɔ̃ɽ̃ɔ̃kpɔ̃ɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] protruding; ɔye



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



*    (an eye-ball); ɔɽu‿ikpãɽo kp.



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



*    eye-balls.



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



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



*    of something round and heavy;



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



*    coco-nut, mango-fruit, orange,



*    izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] or the like.



*kpuku(ɽu), also kpɛkuɽu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    short; okpia na ye kpuku



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