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*    [ ˥ ], this ma [ ˥ ] is used to express



*    that the action has not yet been



*    done; ɔmaheɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] he



*    has not yet done it.



*ma 2 [ ˥ ] to simulate; to pretend



*    to do something; the verb is



*    apparently used in the imperfect



*    only and may be identical with



*    ma 1; ɔmanwina [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he pre-



*    tends to work (but v. ɔmanwina



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] under ma 1); ɔmaɽu ʋ-ɔʋ̃a



*    n-ɔxũɔʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “he is acting



*    like a sick man”: he simulates



*    illness; ɔmaɽu ʋ-ɔʋ̃a n-ɔɽ̃-ɔ̃tɔ-ɽe



*    (+ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ] “he is



*    acting like a man who knows



*    the bottom of it”: he pretends



*    to know much about it. m-ɛɽi



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] sɛ [ ˥ ] to give a false state-



*    ment; to be a false witness. The



*    first part of this verbal group was



*    stated to be ma [ ˥ ] “to pretend”;



*    cf. imawu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; imaɽu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ma 3 [ ˥ ] to fit; to suit; clothes, or



*    a dance; ukpɔ̃ n-ozo rhuaɛ̃-ɽɛ



*    ma‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] the cloth which



*    Ojo has put on to-day suits him



*    (the ɽ is not nasalised); iku



*    n-uku ma‿a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˦ / ] “the



*    dance you are dancing suits



*    you”. ma [ ˥ ] gue [ / ] to a grow



*    around; e.g. a white ant hill



*    grown around some object, or



*    a prey entirely covered by



*    soldier-ants; oxiã ma gu-ɛɽe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] the soldier-ants have



*    covered it. (The gu- is low here.)



*ma 4 [ ˥ ] (1) to make pots, or



*    bricks; iterat.: manɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to make



*    many pots or bricks. (2) to bake



*    “rice” (izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]) cakes, in:



*    m-izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ɔmaxe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],



*    ɔmizɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ma [ ˩ ] short form of the personal



*    pronoun, 1st pers. pl.; used in



*    front of the verb; cf. ima [ ˥ ˩ ].