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*    round his Ɛguae, or travels



*    around his country in order to



*    inspect it; ɔloɣa gbe ʋ-ɛɣɛ ni



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ] he travelled around



*    a good deal at that time; cf.



*    la 1 [ ˥ ] (?).



*l-oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. la 1 [ ˥ ].



*lɔ [ ˥ ] (1) to grind; to sharpen



*    (knife); l-ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ] to grind corn.



*lɔ [ / ] (1) to iron, press a cloth, or,



*    clothes; lɔ‿(u)kpɔ̃ni-sɛse [ ˩ / / ˦ ˧ ]



*    press that cloth well! (the low



*    tone of the u is not indicated



*    above); ɔlɔ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he ironed it.



*    (2) to step sidewards in dancing,



*    e.g. in ugba [ ˥ ˩ ], akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], and



*    ohoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. lɔ [ ˥ ] (?)



*lɔgiɔlɔgiɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a sway-



*    ing kind of walk; almost the



*    same as gɔlɔgɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], but con-



*    veying the idea of the walk



*    being more pleasant. Used with



*    the verb xiã [ ˥ ].



*lɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to pain; to ache; to



*    cause suffering; ɔlɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    it made me suffer (a disease);



*    ɔlɔɣ-ɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it pains him.



*    (2) to be difficult; ɔlɔɣɔ mɛ (or



*    ʋ̃e) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is difficult for me



*    (with an object of the third



*    person, however, ɔlɔ-ɣ-ɔe is



*    used; ɔlɔɣɔ nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] is not



*    used).



*l-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]; cf. lɛ [ / ] (?).



*lubaseɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] anklets worn by a



*    prince (okoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]); v. Idzɔ Idzɔ



*    Idzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*lue [ / ] to chew; lu-ɛɽe n-ɔsũ‿ɛ̃sɛsɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] chew it (so) that it is



*    well ground! l-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to



*    chew mouth”; yaɣe ʋ-ɔɣal-unu



*    [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “(go and) look how he



*    chews”.



*luɛluɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to wither; ebe na luɛluɛe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] this herb is withered.



*luɛluɛ [ / / ] describes the move-