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*    tã‿ɛ̃ y-egb-ekɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] hang it on



*    the wall! atã‿ɛ̃ y-egb-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    it hangs on the wall. tã [ ˥ ] gu [ ˥ ]:



*    t-ũkpɔ̃ gu‿etebuɽu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] spread



*    the cloth on the table! tã [ ˥ ]



*    lele [ ˩ ˥ ] would be used if a cloth



*    were to be spread on several



*    tables. t-ĩri [ ˩ ˥ ] to put up



*    a rope (as a clothes line);



*    ɔt-ĩri y-ovɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] he fixed a



*    clothes line in the sun. t-õkũ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to measure by means of a



*    line (mostly in timber work);



*    t-õkũ y-ɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ] measure it! (lit.



*    “stretch a rope to it!”); cf. tã 2



*    [ ˥ ](?).



*tã 2 [ ˥ ] to be tall (of human



*    beings); ɔʋ̃a na taɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ \ ] this



*    man is tall; cf. tã 1 [ ˥ ](?).



*ta [ / ] (1) to imitate; ɣɛtaa ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ \ ] don’t imitate me! (2) to



*    compare; ɣɛya‿e taa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    don’t compare him with me!



*tab- [ ˩ ] in idiom.: tab-ɛɽ-ɛʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] what is the matter? what



*    is wrong? (lit. “or is it not the



*    matter”, viz. “is there anything



*    the matter or is it not?”); w-ɔɽ-



*    u‿ɛe ɽa tab-ɛɽ-uwɛ [ / ˦ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    are you the one who did it, or



*    was it not you? cf. Yor. tabi [ ˩ / ].



*tafia [ ˩ \ ] to interfere; to meddle



*    in other people’s affairs; utafia



*    gbe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] you interfere too



*    much! cf. Engl. interfere; v.



*    mi-arale [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ].



*taĩtaĩ [ ˩ ˩ ] describes the smell of



*    corpses and of dog-blood (the ĩ



*    is not short here); cf. tãtaãtã 2



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*tãtaãtã 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (to be stretched)



*    straight and long; used with the



*    verb niɛ [ / ]; v. Texts: Uke



*    keʋe arhuaɽo; cf. tã 1 [ ˥ ].



*tãtaãtã 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) salty; ɔfiã ( “it



*    cuts”) tãtaãtã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is salty.