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*(e)t- a particle found in front of



*    the conjunctive and absolute



*    pronouns, emphasizing the fol-



*    lowing verb or imparting the



*    idea of necessity; this kind of



*    emphasis may also be expressed



*    by tonal means only, e.g. ɔgb-ɔɛ̃



*    [ ˥ (4-1) ] is equivalent to t-ɔgb-ɔɛ̃;



*    t-uxiã ɽa [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] are you going?



*    ɔɣagb-ɔɛ̃ ɽa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] will he write



*    it? t-ɔgb-ɔɛ̃ [ ˥ (4-1) ] he must write



*    it, and also: he is writing it



*    (with stress on the verb). Instead



*    of t-, rh- may be used before



*    singular pronouns, or possibly



*    only before the 2nd and 3rd



*    pers. sgl.



*ta [ ˥ ] (1) to speak; to say; to tell;



*    ɔt-en-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] he is telling the



*    (already mentioned) story; ɔta



*    ʋ-eriɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] he said so. ta [ ˥ ] ma



*    [ / ] to tell somebody. t-ohoɣe



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] to tell a lie; to lie; ɔt-ohoɣe



*    [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] he lied; ohoɣ-ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “it



*    is a lie he is telling”. t-ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to tell something; ɔt-ɔta ʋ̃ɛ



*    ma‿ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] he talked to him



*    of me. (2) to guess a riddle; used



*    without an object only, in the



*    request: ta [ ˥ ] guess! (with iro



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] “riddle”, the verb mu [ ˥ ]



*    is used). The same meaning “to



*    guess” is perhaps underlying



*    the following two combinations



*    verb ＋ object: t-isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to play



*    the isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] game, and t-ile [ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    bet. Iterat.: talɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to talk



*    much: to jabber (a more re-



*    spectful term is guã [ / ]); talɔ



*    does, however, also mean “to



*    report”, probably because this



*    entails a somewhat lengthy talk.



*tã 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to spread. (2) to hang.



*    tã [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ]: (a) to spread in..;



*    t-ũkpɔ̃ y-ovɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] spread the



*    cloth in the sun! (b) to hang on..;