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*    he rode on his bicycle around



*    me.



*lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] swollen and big (as of



*    a corpse); ɔye lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it is



*    big and swollen; cf. lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] big, broad (as e.g. of



*    a filled yam-stack, eru [ ˩ ˥ ]), or,



*    heavily; ɔye lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is



*    broad; eru ɛɽe si lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    his yam-stack hangs (lit. “pulls”)



*    heavily; cf. lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].



*lɛ ɽe [ ˩ / ] to hide; ɔlɛ ɽe [ ˩ \ / ] he



*    is hidden; irhi-ɛɽe lɛ ɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ]



*    I have hidden it (lit. “taken it



*    hidden”); cf. lɛ [ / ], ɽe [ / ].



*lɛu [ ˩ ] describes the fall of a heavy



*    object having corners or a flat



*    side, such as e.g. an uxwerhe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] or an uhuʋ̃-ɛ̃dĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔde



*    lɛu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] it fell (in the way



*    described above); also mɛu [ ˩ ].



*likiba [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] some kinds of trees



*    (Pausinystalia talbotii; P. go-



*    himba; P. brachythyrus; P. ma-



*    croceras, and Coryantha pachy-



*    ceras); wood used for planks in



*    house building.



*likpalikpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also likpilikpi)



*    rough, pimply (of the body);



*    uɽu egbe likpalikpa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “you make body pimply”: you



*    have pimples, e.g. after eating



*    too much sugar-cane; v. also



*    ikp-ɔxɔe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*lo [ ˥ ] ʋiɛ [ / ] to lie down (to



*    sleep); ɔloʋiɛ [ ˩ \ / ] he lay down



*    to sleep; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ].



*lo [ / ] to waste (money, time, etc.);



*    iɣo n-ilo y-oxuo na‿uhuʋ̃u kpɔlɔ



*    gbe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the money



*    I spent on this woman (head) is



*    very much (‘big’)”. Said e.g. of



*    the “dowry”, or when having



*    settled her debts; cf. Yor. lo [ ˩ ].



*loɣa [ / ˩ ] to travel around, said



*    of an Ɔba or ruler only who walks