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*mu 4 [ ˥ ] in mu [ ˥ ] dia [ ˥ ] to



*    stand; to stop. Idiom.: iy-ow-



*    ɔkpa mu dia [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “I stand



*    on one leg”: I have not yet



*    reached a decision (in a palaver,



*    or in any problem). mu [ ˥ ] dia



*    [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to stand bail for some-



*    body; mu dia mɛ‿itey-owa re



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “stand bail for me until



*    I go home and return”, i.e. until



*    I have returned; ɔʋ̃a n-imu dia



*    na lɛ fua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ / / ] the man



*    for whom I stood bail has run



*    away (which is said to happen



*    often). mu [ ˥ ] dia [ ˥ ] xɛ [ / ] to



*    wait for somebody; mu dia xɛ



*    ʋ̃ɛ-ɣ-ide [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] “wait for me



*    for I am coming”! Redupl. in:



*    imu dia mu dia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] I waited



*    and waited.



*mua 1 [ / ] in mua [ / ] ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    to disobey; to argue; ɣɛgũ ʋ̃ɛ



*    mua‿ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “don’t argue



*    (the) matter with me”: don’t



*    disobey me! ɔmua ʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ]



*    “he argued my word”: he dis-



*    obeyed me (also mua [ ˥ ]).



*mua 2 [ / ] to multiply; inya na



*    mua gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˦ ] “this yam has



*    multiplied”; not of the harvest,



*    but of an amount or piece of



*    yam which has yielded more



*    fufu than expected (also mua



*    [ ˥ ]); mua is also used of money



*    that multiplies by trading.



*muegbɛdoo [ ˥ ˦ ˧ / ] a bird, rather



*    big, similar to idu [ ˥ ˩ ] (a dove);



*    cries at night, and in the



*    evening and morning. Its cry,



*    believed to be caused by worm-



*    bite, is interpreted as “(I am)



*    ready for Benin”, i.e. a cry to



*    affirm its willingness to go and



*    serve the Ɔba, while, on the



*    other hand, the worms that in



*    Bini belief cause it to cry are