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* find there all (i.e. the food)

* allotted to you”: I declare all

* the food you may find there to

* be yours. ya [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to be-

* lieve; iy-eʋ-uxaɽe yi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ˥ ]

* I believe what you have said;

* a‿iy-eʋ-uxaɽe yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / / \ ] what

* you have said cannot be be-

* lieved; ɔy-ude ʋ̃ɛ yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he

* took my advice; cf. iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ];

* v. ɔmɔbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. ya [ ˥ ] y-ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ]

* to hope ( “to put hope”). ya [ ˥ ]

* yi [ ˥ ] obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to put a certain

* affair into somebody’s hand,

* e.g. the revenge for an offence;

* ɔy-ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ y-ɔʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he

* put his affair into my hand, i.e.

* he begged me to take it up.

* ya [ ˥ ] y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to adopt as

* child; ɔya‿e y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] he

* adopted him. Combinations

* with nouns: y-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] kɔ [ ˥ ]

* to put oneself under the pro-

* tection of somebody; y-eɣo [ ˥ ˩ ]

* to give something (after a

* prayer) to a priest in order that

* he may give it to the god later

* on (also mi-eɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], from miɛ

* [ / ]); v. ɽu [ ˥ ]. y-eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ]

* to do something with cunning.

* ya [ ˥ ] erɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (a) to provide

* lodging for somebody; y-okpia

* na‿erɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] give this man

* lodging! (b) to provide food for

* somebody. (c) (idiom., mostly

* used by old people) to throw

* away; y-ɛɽ-erɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] throw it

* away! ya [ ˥ ] ike [ ˩ ˩ ] to sup-

* port somebody; ɔy-ɔsi‿ɔɽ-ike

* ʋ-en-ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he supported

* his friend in the lawsuit (also

* rhi-yobɔ na [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]). ya [ ˥ ]

* obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to help a man; ɔy-erha

* ʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he helped my

* father. y-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] tie [ / ] to

* beckon to somebody; iy-obɔ
