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*    the Ɔba does not refuse a



*    present. (This action may also



*    be taken in a similar way by



*    giving something as a present



*    to a “big” man.) ɔy-en-oxuo fi



*    ohã gi-ɔba (gie [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]



*    lit. “he took the woman (and)



*    announced (her) as present to



*    the Ɔba”. ya gbe [ ˩ ˥ ] (imperat.



*    of ya [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ]) cry of encourag-



*    ment for a wrestler: “knock him



*    down!” or “throw him down!”



*    (when the opponent is lifted



*    from the ground) (Pidgin lɛ go



*    [ ˥ (4-1) ]: let go!); v. gbaɽaɣada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*    ya [ ˥ ] hĩ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to cover



*    oneself with something; rhi-



*    ukpɔ̃ ni n-uya hĩ egbe [ ˩ ˩ / / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    take that cloth to cover your-



*    self with! ya [ ˥ ] ma [ / ] to



*    forgive; iya‿e ma ɽ̃uɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ]



*    I forgave it you. ya [ ˥ ] m-egie



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] (ma [ ˥ ]) to appoint some-



*    body to a title. ya [ ˥ ] na



*    [ ˥ ] to present somebody with



*    something (“to dash”); y-eʋ̃i



*    mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] give me something



*    (“dash me”). ya [ ˥ ] nwina



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to make somebody work.



*    ya [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ] to bring about (A.



*    Biogr.). ya [ ˥ ] ta [ ˥ ] re [ ˩ ] to



*    repeat in one’s second life an ill-



*    ness from which one has suffered



*    during the preceding life; this is



*    prevented by removing the



*    presumed cause of the disease out



*    of the body, e.g. in the case of



*    a “cough” (consumption?), by



*    removing a “bag containing a



*    white milky substance” out



*    from the abdomen; v. also



*    eve [ ˩ ˩ ]. ya [ ˥ ] we [ ˥ ] to allot



*    something to somebody; iy-



*    eʋaɽe n-uãrhirhimiɛ ʋ-eʋa hia



*    w-uɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “I have



*    taken food whichever you may