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*    mi-eɣo [ ˩ ˩ / ] gi‿ihɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] to



*    give food to a god (rhie [ / ] is



*    also used). mi-ɔ̃ʋ̃-ãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    “to see somebody’s wife”: to



*    commit adultery; v. miɛ [ ˥ ].



*miɛmiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to be sweet (like



*    sugar); cf. miɛmiɛmiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; (2)



*    to suck (sweets, e.g. toffee).



*miɛmiɛmiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] sweet; used with



*    the verb ye [ ˥ ].



*m-igbo [ / / ] to echo; ɔm-igbo xiã



*    [ ˩ / / ˥ ] it is echoing along.



*mina [ ˩ ˥ ] to dream; ɔt-imina n-



*    ɔminaɛ ma ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] he told



*    me the dream he had dreamt;



*    cf. miɛ [ ˥ ] (?); imina [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*miɔɣɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be slippery; ɔmiɔɣɔɛ̃



*    ʋ-ima la enwa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ / ˥ ˩ \ ] it was



*    slippery when we passed (at



*    that time); ɔmiɔɣɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “it



*    slipped me” (viz. the ground):



*    I skidded; ɔmiɔɣɔ̃ ʋ̃-obɔ ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] it slipped out of my



*    hand; cf. miɔɣɔɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*miɔ̃ɣɔɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] smooth and slippery;



*    like e.g. varnished wood; used



*    with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. miɔ̃ɣɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], alimiɔ̃ɣɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; v. kpɛɣɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*mitaã [ ˩ ˩ ] describes a very lazy



*    way of walking; used with the



*    verb xiã [ ˥ ]; cf. mitãmitã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*mitãmitã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] too small for one’s



*    age; poor-looking (in the meta-



*    phorical sense); used with the



*    verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. mitaã [ ˩ ˩ ].



*m-izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ma 4 [ ˥ ].



*mm [ \ ] no.



*mmm [ ˩ ] (with a preceding glottal



*    stop; very low tone) describes



*    the cry of a big monkey (name?);



*    used with the verb tu [ ˥ ].



*m-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], m-ohã [ ˩ ˥ ], m-ohioɽo



*    [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ], m-ohu [ ˥ ˩ ], m-ose [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    m-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf mu 1 [ ˥ ].



*mosee [ ˩ ˩ ] nice, beautiful; used



*    with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; owa na ye