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*    while “to quarrel” (occasionally)

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*    is gbĩna [ ˩ ˥ ]; the town, etc.

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*    against which war is waged is

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*    the direct object of the verb.

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*    xɔ̃ [ / ] mu‿otɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to conquer

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*    (also metaphorically used); Ɔba-

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*    nosa xɔ̃‿ũte mu‿otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ]

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*    Ɔbanosa conquered Ute (near

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*    Akurɛ); ixɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃ mi-ɔ̃ɽ-otɔ [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    I have conquered it (some

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*    dificulty or hardship) (miɛ [ / ]

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*    instead of mu [ ˥ ] is only used

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*    with a pronoun following).

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*    xɔ̃‿ĩhũ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to be jealous; Osa^

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*    nobua n-ɔxɔ̃‿ĩhũ xĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “I am a jealous God” (Akugbe).

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*xɔ̃ 2 [ / ] to be needed; iɣo n-

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*    amɔmɔ xɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ɛɣɛ ni [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ]

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*    I needed (lent) money at that

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*    time; v. ho [ / ].

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*xu [ ˥ ] to drive (away); iterat.: xulo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to drive in different direc-

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*    tions. xu [ ˥ ] kua [ ˥ ] to drive

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*    out; ɔxul-iɽ̃ã kua ʋ-owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    he drove them out of the

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*    house.

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*xu‿iwu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to hate (a word

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*    used by the older people); ɔxu‿

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*    iwu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he hates me; v.

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*    mu‿ohu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] which is not so

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*    strong a term, but is used with

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*    the above meaning by young

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*    people.

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*xua 1 (or xwa) [ / ] to pinch; ɔxua

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*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is pinching me; anwa

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*    xua ʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] “tongs have

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*    pinched my hand”: I pinched

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*    my hand with the tongs.

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*xua 2 [ / ] used as second part

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*    of a verbal combination, with

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*    si 1 [ ˥ ] only.

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*xuaa [ / ] to be heavy; agba na

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*    xuaa [ ˩ / ˩ / ] this stool is heavy.

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*xue [ / ] to touch faintly; ɣɛxu-ɛɽe

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*    n-ɔɣɛz-ɔʋ̃a xu [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ \ ] don’t

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*    touch it that it may not drive

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