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*    ni xarha kua ʋ-ɔɽueɣ-erhã-ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “those oranges



*    were dropping off when he shook



*    their (lit. ‘its’) tree”. (2) to



*    repeat; cf. exarha [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*xerhe [ ˦ ˦ ] small; used with the



*    verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ]; v.



*    (in descending order of size) tinɛ



*    [ ˦ ˦ ], ɽ̃wɛ̃ỹ [ ˦ ], ɽwey [ ˦ ], viɛ̃ỹ [ ˦ ].



*xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ] to be small; cf. the pre-



*    ceding item, and Yor. kere [ ˧ ˥ ].



*xɛ [ / ] to wait, followed by direct



*    object: to await; dia xɛ(ɛ) ʋ̃ɛ



*    ɣ-ide [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] “(stand and) wait



*    for me for I am coming!”; ix-



*    arhĩ‿eso ʋ-eʋ̃a [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] I am



*    waiting here for some people;



*    ix-ɔ(ɔ)dɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “I am waiting on



*    the road”, e.g. as a guard



*    during a secret performance; v.



*    b-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*xĩ [ ˥ ] to be, preceding a noun-



*    predicate; okpia‿uxĩ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] you



*    are a man! (as a word of praise



*    for some work or e.g. success in



*    wrestling). For the 3rd pers. sgl.



*    nɔ [ ˥ ] is used. xĩ‿ɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    also xĩ [ ˥ ] ʋ-ɔ [ \ ] to be of



*    concern to; to have to do with;



*    iʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ixĩ‿ɛɽe [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “I have



*    not what I am to him”: I have



*    nothing to do with him; iʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ixĩ



*    ʋ-ɔ [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] I have nothing to



*    do with (lit. “in”) it; cf. xĩ [ / ].



*xĩ [ / ] to become; e.g. in the



*    following greetings: ɔxĩ‿ɛdɛ hia



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ˧ ] good bye! lit. something



*    like “it becomes all days, any



*    day”, viz. that we meet.



*    ɔxĩ‿owiɛ [ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ] good night! lit.



*    “it becomes morning” (the reply



*    is uɣuʋi-ɛse o [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] may you



*    sleep well o!) ɔxĩ-ʋ-azɛkpɛe



*    [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ / ] “see you later”, lit.



*    something like “it becomes what



*    lasts a little” (in quick speech ʋ̃