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*tinɛ [ ˦ ˦ ] very small; tiny, of



*    babies and things; a higher



*    degree than xerhe [ ˦ ˦ ]; ɔye tinɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] it is tiny.



*t-ĩri [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. tã 1 [ ˥ ].



*t-isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ta [ ˥ ].



*titi [ ˩ ˥ ] to be famous; ɔtetiti gbe



*    ʋ-ɔye xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he was



*    (formerly) very famous when he



*    was young; v. ti 1 [ ˥ ].



*titiiti 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] noise made by Boras-



*    sus palms in the wind; used with



*    the verb kpe [ / ]; v. uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ].



*    (This item has been contested



*    by A. who wanted to substitute



*    dididididi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] for it.)



*titiiti 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] fat, stout, and at the



*    same time short.



*titititititi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] imitates the



*    sound produced by the small



*    uke [ ˩ ˥ ] drum; used with the



*    verbs kpe [ / ] and ɽu [ ˥ ]; ɔkp-



*    ɛɽe t. [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “he is beating



*    it t.”; v. tiidigbɛ̃ỹ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ].



*to [ ˥ ] (1) to be hot (of pepper).



*    (2) to burn high (of burning



*    farm land). (3) to be “active”,



*    of an ɛbɔ or ihɛ̃, i.e. quick in



*    complying with prayers and



*    curses.



*toba [ ˩ ˥ ] in toba [ ˩ ˥ ] mu [ ˥ ] to



*    stick to.



*tobatoba [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] gumming together



*    (occurs in a magical formula



*    only); cf. toba [ ˩ ˥ ].



*t-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] added to the personal



*    pronouns and, at the same time,



*    followed by the possessive, it



*    conveys the idea of “self”; mɛ



*    t-obɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] l myself; wɛ



*    t-obɔ‿ɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] you yourself (or,



*    in commands: t-obɔ ɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ]:



*    t-obɔ ɽuɛ ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ / ˦ (4-1) ] do it



*    yourself!); ɽ̃ɛ̃ t-obɔ-ɽe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] he



*    himself; ma t-ob-ima [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] we



*    ourselves; wa t-ob-uwa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]