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*    l-exue [ / ˩ ] “to pass by (some-



*    body’s) shame”: to overlook an



*    offence, for reason of the offend-



*    er’s youth, poverty, relationship,



*    etc.; il-exu-ɛɽe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I overlook-



*    ed his offence.



*leilei [ ˦ ˦ ] v. teitei [ ˦ ˦ ].



*lele [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to follow; lel-ɛe kpaɔ



*    [ ˩ \ / ] follow him! (2) (follow-



*    ing another verb): along; gwa



*    lel-ɛzɛ na ɣari-ototɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    pull along this river until (lit. “to



*    go”) its mouth (lit. “bottom”).



*    (3) in an abstract sense: follow-



*    ing in consequence of, e.g. lel-



*    ude [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “following the advice”:



*    in consequence of the advice;



*    occurs in a proverb only (while



*    “taking the advice” would be



*    y-ude yi [ ˩ / ˥ ]).



*lɛ [ ˩ ] same as nɛ [ ˩ ] it; occurs in



*    lɛ ʋo [ ˩ / ] or lɛ ʋo yi [ ˩ / ˥ ] where



*    is it?



*lɛ [ / ] (1) to run. (2) to flow: ɛzɛ



*    lɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] the river, brook is



*    flowing. (3) to lose colour, of



*    some sorts of cloth, in washing;



*    ukpɔ̃ n-ɔrhuaɛ̃ na lɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˦ ]



*    the cloth he wears now has lost



*    its colour to a great extent (lɛ



*    [ ˥ ] is heard also). (4) to make



*    run (?), in l-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] “to make a



*    man run”: to keep the public



*    at a distance, e.g. the bull-



*    roaring performed at secret



*    societies; cf. ulɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. Com-



*    binations with verbs: lɛ [ / ]



*    fe [ ˥ ] to escape, run away; ɔlɛ fe



*    ʋ̃ɛ xiã [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he is escaping me



*    (along); da-e y-ɛse n-ɔɣɛlɛ f-ima



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] hold him well in order



*    that he may not escape us!



*    lɛ [ / ] ga [ / ] to move around;



*    ɔgwa lɛ ga‿erhã na [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he



*    is digging (yams) around this



*    tree; ɔh-ĩkɛkɛ lɛ ga ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]