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*    possibly something like “it has



*    reached me, you, him”, but



*    umɛ is a very strange form. The



*    last vowel is lengthened in these



*    exclamations. s-ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to make



*    a boundary between two (or



*    more) farms; gi-ay-ɔka s-ebɛ̃



*    y-ugbo na [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] let’s take



*    corn to make a boundary on this



*    farm! sɛ [ ˥ ] egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] “to reach



*    body”: (a) to befall; to affect (of



*    curses, not diseases); (b) to be



*    one’s turn; ɔs-ɔɽ-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (a) it



*    befell him; (b) it is his turn;



*    hence: n-ɔs-ɔɽ-egbe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] the



*    next one; n-ɔɣis-ɔɽ-egb-ɔna xĩ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] the next one is this,



*    cf. ɔsegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], v. zɛ [ ˥ ] lele [ ˩ ˥ ].



*    s-ɛɽi [ ˩ ˥ ] to give evidence (same



*    as s-osɛe [ ˥ ˩ ]); ɔs-ɛɽi mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he



*    gave evidence for me; ɔs-ɛɽi gbe



*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he gave evidence



*    against me. s-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be able



*    (v. m-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]). s-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ]



*    (a) to begin; (b) to catch (also:



*    to find out somebody’s guilt by



*    oracle); is-obɔ mu‿ɛ̃ (or, y-ɔ)



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ] I have caught him, or



*    found him out. Must not be



*    mistaken for s-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] “to clap



*    hands”, v. so 1 [ ˥ ]. s-osɛe [ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    give evidence; ɔs-osɛe gb-ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] he bore evidence against



*    him. s-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] “reaching



*    ground”: down; d-iguɛ s-otɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] kneel down! tota(a) s-otɔ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] sit down! sɛ [ ˥ ] ɔkɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to satisfy; not of food; ɔs-ɔʋ̃-ɔ̃kɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “it has satisfied me”: I



*    am content; ɔs-ɔɽ-ɔkɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “it



*    has satisfied him”: he is con-



*    tent, cf. isɔkɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], v. ɛko [ ˩ \ ];



*    s-ukpɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (ukpɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “beak”)



*    “to poke one’s nose into some-



*    thing”: to interrupt (a talk);



*    to be “pompo” (too forward);