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*    mu [ ˥ ] dede [ ˩ ˥ ] to embrace;



*    ɔmu ʋ̃ɛ dede [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is em-



*    bracing me. mu [ ˥ ] fua [ ˥ ] to



*    throw away (but for liquids



*    and grains v. mu [ ˥ ] kua



*    [ ˥ ]); mu ɛdĩ‿ebo ni fua-ɣ-ɛma



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ / / / ‿ ˩ ] throw that pine-



*    apple away; it is not good!



*    mu [ ˥ ] gbe [ / ] yi [ ˥ ] to put



*    something across something



*    else; ɔmu‿ɛ̃ gbee y-ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] he



*    put it across it. mu [ ˥ ] hɛ̃



*    [ / ] to begin; to start; mu‿in^



*    wina ni hɛ̃‿itere [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / / ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    start that work before I come!



*    mu [ ˥ ] hĩ [ \ ] to take off,



*    away; mu eʋ̃iɽ-ebo ni hĩ eʋa re



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] “take that plate



*    (or, those plates) away from



*    there!” (the iterat. form munɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] would not imply the plural



*    “plates”, but taking them away



*    one by one). mu [ ˥ ] ke [ / ] to



*    put a pot on the fire. mu [ ˥ ]



*    kua [ ˥ ] to throw, pour away



*    (liquids and grains); amɛ ni tuɣu,



*    mu‿ɛ̃ kua [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ \ ˥ ˩ / ] that



*    water is not clean (lit. “dis-



*    turbed”), throw it away! mu



*    [ ˥ ] kpaɔ [ / ] to take away.



*    mu [ ˥ ] ma [ / ] to show; imu‿ɛ̃



*    ma-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ] I showed it to



*    him (v. the next). mu [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ]



*    to give; imu‿ɛ̃ nɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] I



*    gave it him; imu‿ɛ̃ nwɛ ɣe



*    [ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ] “I gave it you to look



*    at”: I showed it to you.



*    Idiom: ɔmu‿eʋ̃i nɛ ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ]



*    lit. “he gave him something to



*    eat”: he poisoned him; v. ɽ̃uã



*    [ / ] (but: ɔrhi-eʋaɽe nɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]



*    he gave him something to eat);



*    mu [ ˥ ] nya [ / ] (a) to carry



*    on (i.e. the head); imu‿ɛ̃



*    nya uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] = imu‿ɛ̃ y-



*    uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; (b) to put the