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*    greeting given by junior mem-



*    bers of a clan to their seniors



*    when meeting them for the first



*    time in the morning. They kneel



*    in front of their seniors when



*    greeting them. The syllable la is



*    usually followed by the name of



*    the clan and an o, e.g. la-ʋi‿eze o



*    [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˧ ] is used in the iʋi‿eze [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    clan.



*la [ / ] to carry repeatedly, several



*    times; v. hɛ [ / ], viɔ [ / ].



*lagbalaɣoɽi [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] in no time; very



*    quickly; an idiom: lagbalaɣoɽi



*    Adezi gbe nɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “in no



*    time Adezi (a Bini warrior)



*    killed (or ‘struck’?)”: it hap-



*    pened very quickly (said of



*    anything); cf. la 1 [ ˥ ] (?).



*laɣa [ ˩ ˥ ] to wave, to spread (of the



*    branches of a tree); v. uwɔwɛ



*    [ ˥ / ˩ ].



*lalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to lick; cf. elalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*lao [ ˥ ] to enter; la‿owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    enter a house; ɔla-ɽɔ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] he



*    entered it (but: ɔgbera la‿owa



*    [ ˩ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he passed into the house).



*    la‿ukpo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] loʋiɛ [ ˩ / ] to go to



*    bed; iɽala‿ukpo loʋiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ / ]



*    I am going to bed.



*le [ ˥ ] (1) to cook; ɔl-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] he



*    cooked it; rhie-ɽe n-al-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ]



*    bring it in order that we may



*    cook it! inya n-ale [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] cooked



*    yam. (2) to charm (by cooking



*    with medicine for some days);



*    ɔl-oɽoka na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he charmed



*    this ring; (better rhua [ / ]).



*le [ / ] in le [ / ] nya [ / ] to treat



*    with contempt by waving one’s



*    hand over a man, gesticulate



*    over him; ɔle nya ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] he



*    is treating me with contempt;



*    also: l-eɣe [ ˩ ˥ ] nya [ / ]; ɣɛl-eɣe



*    nya ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] don’t belittle me



*    (by gestures)! (also ɣɛ [ \ ]).