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*    wuo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] I greased myself with



*    palm oil (after a bath, to keep



*    the skin smooth, especially



*    during the time of harmattan).



*    wu-orhue [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to mark the



*    shrine and temple of an ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]



*    with chalk patterns, as done by



*    the priests on every ɛd-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    and ɛd-ekɛ̃ n-aka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) to



*    make (scratch together) a yam



*    heap; wu-ɛh-inya ni mɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ˥ ]



*    pile that yam heap for me!



*xa [ / ] to say; ɔxaɽe w-iɽ̃ɛ̃‿(i)yo-



*    nwa (wɛ [ / ]; enwa [ ˩ \ ])



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ˩ \ ] he said he would



*    not go just now; ɔxa-ɽe [ ˩ / ˦ ]



*    or [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he said it. xa [ / ] ma



*    [ / ] to tell; v. ta [ ˥ ] ma [ / ];



*    ɔxa ma ʋ̃ɛ w-iɽ̃ɛ̃ de [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ]



*    he told me that he was coming



*    (the syllable ma is low, not a



*    low-falling tone). xa‿ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “to say a word”: (a) to settle



*    a palaver, cf. ɔxaɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; (b)



*    to curse (with the help of a



*    charm); ɔy-exwae xa‿ɛʋ̃ɛ nɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] he cursed him with an



*    exwae [ ˥ ˩ ]; v. t-ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ], rhi-ɛbɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*xã 1 [ / ] to sift corn (maize) when



*    mixed with water; rhi-ahɛ̃ re,



*    n-ayaxã-ka na [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ˩ / / ˩ ]



*    “bring a sieve that we may take



*    (it) to sift this corn” (-ka is ɔka



*    [ ˥ ˩ ]); v. bɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*xã 2 [ / ] to tire (of food and work);



*    ema xã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “fufu is tiring



*    me”: I am beginning to get



*    tired of fufu, when the speaker



*    has been eating fufu for a long



*    time, but v. hũhũ [ ˩ ˥ ] which is



*    used after a single rich meal;



*    v. wɔ [ / ].



*xarha [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to drop; xarha [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    kua [ ˥ ] to drop off; alimoi