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

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*    palm oil (after a bath, to keep

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*    the skin smooth, especially

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*    during the time of harmattan).

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*    wu-orhue [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to mark the

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*    shrine and temple of an ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]

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*    with chalk patterns, as done by

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

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

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*    make (scratch together) a yam

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

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*    pile that yam heap for me!

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

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*    nwa ( [ / ]; enwa [ ˩ \ ])

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

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

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

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

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

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*    he told me that he was coming

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*    (the syllable ma is low, not a

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

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*    “to say a word”: (a) to settle

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

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*    to curse (with the help of a

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*    charm); ɔy-exwae xa‿ɛʋ̃ɛ

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

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

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*xã 1 [ / ] to sift corn (maize) when

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*    mixed with water; rhi-ahɛ̃ re,

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

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*    “bring a sieve that we may take

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

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ]); v. bɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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

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

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*    me”: I am beginning to get

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*    tired of fufu, when the speaker

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*    has been eating fufu for a long

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

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*    used after a single rich meal;

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*    v. [ / ].

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

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*    kua [ ˥ ] to drop off; alimoi

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