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*    four village elders, the ediɔ̃



*    n-enɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], whose senior is



*    the ɔdiɔ̃weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔzukpogieha



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the third elder; ɔzuk-



*    pogienɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the fourth elder;



*    cf. zɛ 1 [ ˥ ], ukpogieva [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɔzuɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] fool; v. kɔ̃ [ ˥ ].



*ɔzuwa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] hair-pin.



*papa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to pat (e.g. a dog);



*    ɔy-obɔ papa ɽ-uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he



*    is patting him on the head.



*    (2) to dab a liquid on some-



*    thing, e.g. a medicine on some



*    part of the body.



*papaapa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes small



*    things that are flat and smooth



*    (e.g. planks).



*pãpããpã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] noise made by a slack



*    drum.



*pɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be fiat.



*pɛrhɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] flat; ɔye pɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    it is flat.



*pɛɽɛpɛɽɛpɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes the



*    flight of a small bird (e.g. asɛsɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]), moving with short in-



*    tervals.



*pɛɽɛɽɛɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the



*    flight of small birds (from a



*    pigeon downwards).



*piãpiã [ / / ] describes the sound



*    of a whip; ɔfi‿ɛɽ-asã piãpiã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ / / ] he whipped him.



*prrrr [ ˩ ] describes the flight of



*    medium-size birds (parrots,



*    pigeons, doves) at a short dis-



*    tance.



*pupupu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (short u’s) describes



*    the flight of a bird about to die,



*    or of a domestic fowl, i.e. rather



*    an effort to fly; ɔtĩ pupupu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it flutters.



*ra [ ˥ ] to rub a part of one’s body



*    with a finger previously dipped



*    into a “medicine” or sacrificial