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*    is crawling already. (3) to cause,



*    esp. si‿ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] to cause a



*    “palaver”; iɣ-ɔsi ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it



*    is money that has caused the



*    palaver; oxuo ɔsi ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it



*    is woman that (always) causes



*    palavers; v. ya 1 [ ˥ ], zɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*si 2 [ ˥ ] in si [ ˥ ] kɛ [ / ] (a) to be



*    near; owa-ɽe si k-ɔɣ-uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ]



*    his house is near to mine, v.



*    dia [ ˥ ]; (b) to go near; to go



*    towards a certain direction; si



*    kɛ‿iyeke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] go further back!



*    si k-ɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] (odɔ) “go further



*    there”: go further in that direc-



*    tion! (c) to place near, as in si



*    [ ˥ ] k-ɔtɔ [ / ˩ ] (otɔ) to turn down



*    (the wick of a lamp, but without



*    turning the lamp out); si ukpa



*    na k-ɔtɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] turn the lamp



*    down! cf. si 1 [ ˥ ] (?).



*si 3 [ ˥ ] in si [ ˥ ] kpaɔ [ ˥ ] to remove



*    from; to leave a certain place;



*    cf. si 1 [ ˥ ] (?).



*sĩ 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to give thread (of



*    loom). (2) to spin; isĩ oɽuɽu



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am spinning cotton



*    (but do [ ˥ ] “to weave” is used



*    of the spider).



*sĩ 2 [ ˥ ] in sĩ‿ãɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to “give the



*    glad eye” (same as sĩ 1?);



*    ɔsĩ‿ãɽo dɔɔɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] she is flirting.



*    sĩ [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] to watch; to



*    observe; cf. yi 3 [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ].



*sie 1 [ / ] to be black; ɔsieɽe



*    duduudu [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it is quite



*    black; cf. usie [ ˩ ˥ ].



*sie 2 [ / ] to take a pot from the



*    fire; ɔsi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he took it



*    down.



*siɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to deny; ɔsiɛ̃ ʋ-inɔɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ]



*    he denied (it) when I asked him.



*siɛ̃ [ / ] to break down (collapse,



*    fall in, owing to subsidence)



*    (same as suo [ / ]); uye na siɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this hole has collapsed.