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*    idiom.: ɔs-ukpɛ ʋ-ɔwɛwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    he is interrupting in the course



*    of the sentence; ɔʋoxã na s-ukpɛ



*    gbe ʋ-ɔta [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] this boy



*    meddled much in the talk. s-uma



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to hold a council; cf. isuma



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. s-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] (a) to happen;



*    (b) to come true.



*sɛ 2 [ ˥ ] to break; to split; sɛ [ ˥ ]



*    fua [ ˥ ] to split off, e.g. a corner



*    of a pot; uwawa na sɛ fua ʋ-ehɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] this soup-pot has split



*    off at the edge. s-ivĩ [ ˥ ˩ ] (a) to



*    husk palm kernels; mu‿egbe



*    n-ugi-aya s-ivĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / / ˥ ˩ ] “get



*    ready that you let go (that we



*    may) and husk kernels!” (b) to



*    bear twins; cf. ivĩ [ ˥ ˩ ]. s-akɔ̃



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to file teeth. This is done



*    by Yoruba people mostly, but



*    also by the Binis of Akurɛ and



*    the people of Usɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]. With Bini



*    people it is said to be a modern



*    copying only. The two middle



*    upper incisors are filed mostly



*    and by means of a knife or file;



*    ɔs-akɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he has his teeth filed;



*    ɔsɛ ʋ̃-ãkɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he filed my teeth;



*    n-akpa s-ɔɽ-akɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] lit. “whom



*    a foetus has filed the teeth”: a



*    man with a natural tooth-gap.



*    s-iwu [ ˥ ˩ ] to make the tribal



*    body-marks (iwu [ ˩ ˩ ]). Whether



*    s-iwu belongs to this verb, does



*    not seem to be quite certain.



*sɛ 3 [ ˥ ] in sɛ [ ˥ ] ɽae [ / ] to leave;



*    ɔs-ɔe ɽae [ ˩ (5-3) / ] he left him.



*sɛ [ / ] to surpass (means to ex-



*    press the comparative idea);



*    ɔkpɔlɔ sɛɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is bigger



*    than I ( “pass me”); ɔɽ̃ɛ̃ sɛɛ ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] he is becoming cleverer



*    than I (the sɛɛ is spoken on a



*    low falling tone); cf. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*sɛrhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to revoke a curse; this



*    is, in the case of a simple curse,