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*s-ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. 1 [ ˥ ].

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* 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to reach; ɔs-ɔe [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ]

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*    he reached it. [ ˥ ] ʋ-eriɔ [ \ ]

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*    “reach thus”: so far; or con-

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*    jugated: ɔsɛ ʋ-eriɔ n-uɣu-

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*    yavã‿eʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] lit. “has

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*    it reached so far already that

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*    you are not going to branch off

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*    here?”: something like: “are

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*    you so angry that you do not

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*    want to call on us any longer?”

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*    (said e.g. to a disappointed lover

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*    by relations of the girl). (The

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*    high tone of -ya- indicates the

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*    negation.) (s-ɛriɔ [ ˥ / ] is also

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*    used). (2) to come true, v.

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*    s-unu [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɛʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃ɛ sɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] my

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*    word has come true. (3) to be

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*    enough; ɔsɛe [ ˩ \ ] it is enough;

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*    ɔmahesɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] it is not yet

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*    enough; ɔsɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is enough

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*    for me (but: ɔsɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is

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*    effective for me, viz. a charm or

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*    medicine); ɔsɛ ʋ-eriɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] that

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*    is enough (e.g. when pouring

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*    out medicine). (4) to visit;

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*    us-eke n-iye [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ (3-5) ] “have you

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*    reached the place where I am?”:

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*    have you ever come to see

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*    me? (5) Idiom.: ɔs-umɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    “what a nuisance”; an expres-

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*    sion of regret or annoyance at

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*    some mistake (also ɔsɛ ʋ̃ɛ

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*    s-egbee [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ]) one has made

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*    oneself; ɔs-uɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “oh, you

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*    are a trickster” (to somebody

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*    who e.g. has broken a pot,

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*    and put the pieces together so

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*    that it looks undamaged) (also

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*    ɔs-uɛs-egbee [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ]); ɔs-ɔɽee [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    “I’m sorry for him” (when

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*    learning of something bad that

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*    has happened to a man known

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*    to the speaker) (also ɔs-ɔɽe

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*    s-egbee [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ]), v. [ ˥ ] egbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ]. The lit. meanings are

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