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*s-ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



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



*    he reached it. sɛ [ ˥ ] ʋ-eriɔ [ ˥ / ]



*    “reach thus”: so far; or con-



*    jugated: ɔsɛ ʋ-eriɔ nɛ n-uɣu-



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



*    it reached so far already that



*    you are not going to branch off



*    here?”: something like: “are



*    you so angry that you do not



*    want to call on us any longer?”



*    (said e.g. to a disappointed lover



*    by relations of the girl). (The



*    high tone of -ya- indicates the



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



*    used). (2) to come true, v.



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



*    word has come true. (3) to be



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



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



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



*    for me (but: ɔsɛ mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is



*    effective for me, viz. a charm or



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



*    is enough (e.g. when pouring



*    out medicine). (4) to visit;



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



*    reached the place where I am?”:



*    have you ever come to see



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



*    “what a nuisance”; an expres-



*    sion of regret or annoyance at



*    some mistake (also ɔsɛ ʋ̃ɛ



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



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



*    are a trickster” (to somebody



*    who e.g. has broken a pot,



*    and put the pieces together so



*    that it looks undamaged) (also



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



*    “I’m sorry for him” (when



*    learning of something bad that



*    has happened to a man known



*    to the speaker) (also ɔs-ɔɽe



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



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]. The lit. meanings are