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*    ment made by the bird ahĩaʋ̃-



*    osa [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] which “nods” with



*    the upper part of its body; and



*    the coitus movement.



*l-uɣaɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] to be different; ɔɣ-ũʋ̃ɛ



*    na l-uɣaɛ̃ gbe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “this my



*    own is very different”: I am



*    always treated in a different



*    way. l-uɣaɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] hĩ [ \ ] to



*    differ from something; cf. uɣaɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ].



*l-uɣu [ ˩ ˥ ] to stir up; to mix (same



*    as t-uɣu [ ˩ ˥ ]); ɔl-uɣu ʋ̃-ɛ̃ko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ]



*    “he stirred up my stomach”:



*    he caused me pains in the



*    stomach, or abdomen, viz. by a



*    blow.



*luluulu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] fat and strong, of a



*    cow or ass, but also of very fat



*    people; v. ʋuɛʋuɛʋuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (fat



*    and lazy); ɔye luluulu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].



*l-unu [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. lue [ / ].



*l-urho [ ˥ ˩ ] re [ ˥ ]; cf. la 1 [ ˥ ].



*ma 1 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary (1) ex-



*    pressing that something has



*    been done before, used with yi [ ˥ ]



*    (same as ka [ ˥ ], v. also te [ ˥ ]);



*    ɔmaɽu‿en-uxuʋ̃u yi [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    has made the medicine before;



*    aɽowa‿a w-iɽɛ̃ (wɛ [ / ]) mata



*    ma‿a yi n-udogũ ʋ̃ɛ nwina



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] your master



*    said he had told you before to



*    come and work with me; ɔma-



*    nwina yi [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he has worked



*    before. Apparently this auxiliary



*    is always in the perfect. (2) used



*    in the negative perfect of any



*    verb, with a high-tone pronoun,



*    e.g. ɔmaɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] he has not



*    done it (v. ɔmaɽu‿ɛe yi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ]



*    “he has done it before”, and



*    ɔmaɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] “he pretends



*    doing it”, v. ma 2 [ ˥ ]). In



*    combination with following he