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*    god’s name as a curse on some-



*    body, and also any minor kind



*    of curse in which no god is men-



*    tioned; ɔmu‿ɛbɔ gb-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ]



*    he swore juju on him. mu‿ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    nya [ / ] to trust in somebody;



*    uwɛ‿imu‿ɛtĩ nya ʋ-i-aɣa-ɽu‿



*    ɛ‿ugbugbɛ hia [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    “it is you I am trusting in



*    whenever I am doing it (at all



*    times)”. mu‿idobo yi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ]



*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] “to put obstacle to



*    (one’s) body”: to hinder; to put



*    something in one’s way (v. gbe



*    [ / ] odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]). m-unu y-egbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “to take mouth to one’s



*    body”: (a) to be quiet (used as a



*    command only): m-un-uɛ y-egbe



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] shut up! (b) (followed by



*    gbe [ ˥ ]): to announce oneself as



*    the Ɔba’s wife; any woman may



*    declare herself to be the Ɔba’s



*    wife if she does not agree with



*    her husband, and from that



*    time on he must leave her alone.



*    The Ɔba may, however, have her



*    decision revoked by the Osodĩ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] if he does not want to



*    marry the woman, or if he has



*    sympathy with her husband;



*    ɔm-unu y-egb-ɛɽe gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    she proclaimed herself to be the



*    Ɔba’s wife. m-use [ ˩ ˥ ] gie [ ˥ ] to



*    give somebody agricultural help;



*    also: y-use [ ˩ ˥ ] gie [ ˥ ] (ya [ ˥ ]);



*    im-use gi-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ] I helped



*    him with use [ ˩ ˥ ].



*mu 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to be sharp; abɛ na



*    mu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] this knife is sharp;



*    cf. Yor. mu [ ˥ ]. (2) to be sour,



*    of soup which has been standing



*    for some time; unwɔʋ̃ɛ na mu



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ] this soup is sour.



*mu 3 [ ˥ ] to be dark; only used with



*    ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “day”; ɛdɛ mu [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] it



*    (lit. “the day”) is dark; v. so 2 [ ˥ ].