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*    voice, it is used with ukpɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “beak”); tua-kpɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], e.g. ɔtua



*    (u)kpɛ rhãrhaãrhã [ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ˧ ˧ ] he



*    spoke loudly (v. gboɽogboɽo



*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]).



*tua 3 [ / ] to swell (of corpse).



*tua 4 [ / ] (1) to hasten; to hurry;



*    ɣɛtua‿inwina na [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] don’t



*    hurry this work! (2) to be



*    hurried (of work, etc.; not “to



*    be in a hurry”); inwina na tua



*    gbe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ˦ ] this work is too



*    much hurried (i.e. and therefore



*    hard). (3) to be serious. (A.



*    Biogr.) “To take serious” is ex-



*    pressed by mu [ ˥ ] gogoogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    gbe [ ˥ ] “to take too high”.



*tue 1 [ / ] (1) to ooze out; to



*    bleed; esagiɛ̃ yetue ʋ-ɛnwɛ na



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] the blood is still



*    oozing out of this wound; esagiɛ̃



*    tue ʋ-egbe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I am



*    bleeding ( “blood is coming out



*    of my body”). (2) to squeeze



*    out (viz. the contents of the



*    bowels of game); tu-ibi-aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ ni



*    ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] squeeze the



*    bowels of this animal well out!



*    (3) to pour out (if the liquid is



*    kept in a vessel with a narrow



*    mouth, v. rhurhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]); ɔtu-amɛ



*    ʋ-uko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he is pouring water



*    out of a calabash.



*tue 2 [ / ] to dress one’s hair (of



*    women); oxuo na ɣatu-eto



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] this woman is dressing



*    (her) hair.



*tue 3 [ / ] to prepare “medicine”



*    over a fire, i.e. to “fry” it in a



*    pan, but without oil or lard;



*    ɽ̃aʋ̃-uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] is nowadays



*    used by the young people, but



*    it is not correct, v. Ɔxwahɛ text;



*    v. le [ ˥ ], ɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], tɔ̃ 3 [ ˥ ].



*tuɛ [ ˥ ] (1) to visit (a certain place).



*    (2) to greet; to salute; koyɔ! ido-