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*Sokpɔ̃ba [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] name of a village:



*    “Sakpoba”; its population con-



*    sists of Jekri people only; cf.



*    sokpã [ ˩ ˥ ], Ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ].



*solo [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to pick, of birds.



*    (2) to bore a hole with a pointed



*    instrument, v. ha [ ˥ ]; ɔsol-ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] he bored (or, picked) it.



*    (3) idiom. to come true, of a



*    suspicion, e.g. eʋ̃i n-ɛd-ɔ hɛkosolo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] “the thing of the



*    other day is graduaIly coming



*    true”; v. s-unu [ ˩ ˥ ].



*sologãsologã [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] describes



*    walking with one sore foot, so



*    that it makes no full footprint;



*    ɔxiã sologãsologã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] he is



*    walking with one sore foot.



*s-osɛe [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*s-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. sɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*sɔ̃ 1 [ ˥ ] to grow, of grass and hair;



*    v. iɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*sɔ̃ 2 [ ˥ ] to be hard; ɛsɔ̃-ɽ̃-uɽuʋ̃ɛ



*    [ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] it is not hard for him



*    to do; cf. ɛsɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ]: v. lɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*sɔ [ / ] (1) to split (wood); ɔsɔ



*    erhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is splitting wood.



*    xxxxx



*    (2) to split (intrans.); erhã sɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ] the wood splits. (3) to



*    tear (cloth); ɔsɔ-ʋ̃-ũkpɔ̃ [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ]



*    he tore my cloth.



*sɔgwɔgwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tender, of a child;



*    ɔmɔ ne sɔgwɔsɔgwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the



*    tender child.



*sɔnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to grieve, anger, annoy.



*    (2) to disgust, be disgusting.



*sɔsɔsɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes something



*    that foams; v. hu [ ˥ ].



*sɔtɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to rebel; ɔsɔtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he



*    rebelled; cf. Yor. ʃɔtɛ [ ˩ ˧ ], ɔtɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ], and Bini isɔtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*sss Interjection used in calling



*    dogs (same as gba [ \ ]).



*sũ 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to be powdery, of



*    ground or pounded foodstuffs



*    like corn or soup herbs; ɔsũ