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*    blame on somebody; ɔmu‿en-ɛʋ̃ɛ



*    nya ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “he put the



*    matter (i.e. the blame for the



*    matter) on me”. mu [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ]



*    to bring (v. mu [ ˥ ] de [ / ]; for



*    the use of re 2 [ ˥ ] and de [ / ] v.



*    the corresponding headings).



*    mu [ ˥ ] ɽo [ / ] “to take to



*    think”: to mind; to worry;



*    ɣɛmu‿ɛ̃ ɽo [ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ] don’t mind,



*    don’t worry (= ɣɛzɛ y-ɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ]).



*    mu [ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ] to cheat; ɔmu‿ɛ̃ ɽu



*    gbe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] he cheated him much.



*    mu [ ˥ ] xua‿efɛ̃ [ / ˥ ˩ ] to carry



*    something on one’s hip, support-



*    ing the load with one hand. mu



*    [ ˥ ] xuɛ [ / ] na [ ˥ ] to give (a



*    marriageable girl) in marriage



*    without previous ugaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    or “dowry”. mu [ ˥ ] xwi [ / ]



*    to lock somebody up; Ozo



*    mu‿Odɛ xwi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ / ] Ojo locked



*    Odɛ up. mu [ ˥ ] ze [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to



*    feed (“to give chop”) (invisible)



*    spirits, i.e. witches, ɛrɛe [ ˩ \ ],



*    juju messengers (not jujus); it



*    is not a sacrifice with slaughter-



*    ing, and if a chicken is given it



*    has been killed before at home



*    (v. wa [ / ] n-azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] “to give



*    food to witches” by way of



*    slaughtering an animal on the



*    spot). mu followed by nouns:



*    mu‿awɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to fast; mu‿egbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to get, be, ready; to dress;



*    ɔmu‿egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he is ready.



*    m-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be able, cf. s-ɛtĩ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔm-ɛtĩ ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he is



*    able to do it. mu idãdã [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    to guess; idãdã-ɽ-umu na [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    you are only guessing! v. mu‿ĩro



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. mu igbĩna [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to make



*    peace; to settle a fight. mu‿ĩro



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to guess a riddle; ɔmu‿ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ] “he has got it” (by



*    guessing), v. also ta [ ˥ ]. mu‿ĩ^