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*ya 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to take (in the



*    meaning of “to use for a certain



*    purpose”); ɔy-ɔpia ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ]



*    he did it with a matchet (lit.



*    “took a matchet did it”)+; ya‿e



*    ɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “take (it) to do it!”



*    ɔpia n-aya nwina [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “a



*    matchet which is taken (used)



*    to work”: a matchet for work-



*    ing; ukeke n-aya gb-ẽbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “a stick that is used to write”:



*    “a writing-stick”: a pen. (2) to



*    last (a certain time); ɔgɔ na



*    y-ɛdɛ-ha, ɔkewu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this



*    bottle lasted for three days



*    before (lit. “and then”) it



*    broke. (3) to cause; ɽ̃-ɔ̃ya‿e



*    s-unu [ / \ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “it is he who



*    caused it to happen”; ɽ̃-ɔ̃ya ʋ̃ɛ



*    ɽu‿ɛe [ / ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ] “it is he who



*    caused me to do it”; see below:



*    ya [ ˥ ] nwina [ ˩ ˥ ]; ya [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ];



*    v. also zɛ 1 [ ˥ ]. Combinations



*    with verbs: ya [ ˥ ] d-egbe (dɛ [ ˥ ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to substitute somebody for



*    oneself as a pawn or as a victim



*    for a sacrifice. ya [ ˥ ] dido [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to lead astray by showing the



*    wrong way, or, by giving false



*    information about something;



*    ɔya ʋ̃ɛ dido ʋ-en-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    he gave me false information



*    in (or about) this affair (v. also



*    gie [ / ] ma [ / ], bibi [ ˩ ˥ ], gu



*    [ ˥ ] dido [ ˩ ˥ ], gu [ ˥ ] fi [ ˥ ] dɔ̃ [ ˥ ]).



*    ya [ ˥ ] fi ohã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to proclaim a



*    woman or possibly an article as



*    a present to the Ɔba; this is



*    mainly done when two people



*    quarrel about something, and



*    the weaker party sees that he



*    cannot keep (or obtain) it in any



*    case; but also when something



*    “causes trouble” to its owner; it



*    is also done e.g. by a father



*    whose daughter is troublesome;