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*tɛ [ ˥ ] to be contemptible; “to be



*    useless”; utɛ nɛ ʋ-en-uye na



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] you are already “use-



*    less” in (the state in) which



*    you are now!



*tɛ [ / ] to urge somebody on (to



*    do something, by flattering



*    him, or by acclamations); ɣɛtɛ



*    ʋ̃ɛ ɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] don’t urge me



*    on to do it! (e.g. for I shall be



*    overtired).



*tɛ̃ [ / ] (1) to put in a file (or row?);



*    tɛ̃-biɛka na n-iɽ̃ã ya y-uviɛ̃-sɛse



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] arrange these chil-



*    dren so that they may be pro-



*    perly in a single file! (e.g. may



*    be said by a teacher). (2) to



*    claim as one’s relative (ɔtɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]).



*    (Perhaps this should be a separ-



*    ate item).



*t-ɛ̃zɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] mu [ ˥ ]; cf. tɔ̃ 4 [ ˥ ].



*ti 1 [ ˥ ] to be famous (but usually



*    this is titi [ ˩ ˥ ]).



*ti 2 [ ˥ ] to be fat; ɛwe na fɛko ti



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] this goat is (gradually)



*    becoming fat.



*ti 3 [ ˥ ] to boil; amɛ ti [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the



*    water is beginning to boil; amɛ



*    ti [ ˩ ˩ \ ] the water boils; cf.



*    ti [ / ].



*tĩ 1 [ ˥ ] to fly; ahĩaʋ̃ɛ tĩ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] the



*    bird flew.



*tĩ 2 [ ˥ ] in t-ĩhĩ [ ˩ \ ] to sneeze;



*    ɔt-ĩhĩ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] he sneezed; v. zɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*ti [ / ] (1) to warm up liquid food



*    (soups); unwɔʋ̃ɛ n-atiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]



*    a warmed-up soup. (2) to weld



*    broken iron together; ti‿ematɔ̃



*    na mɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] weld this iron



*    for me!



*tiã [ / ] to flatter; ɣɛɣitiã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    don’t flatter me any longer! v.



*    tɛ [ / ].



*tie [ / ] to call; ɔtie ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he



*    called me. ti-ebe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to read;



*    ɔti-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he read it. ti-ɛbɔ