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*    ti-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I beckoned to him.



*    y-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] y-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] to come



*    about; to commence (intrans.,



*    of a thing, or affair); ʋ-ɔya y-obɔ



*    y-otɔ hɛ [ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ] how did it



*    come about? y-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] y-ɔ



*    [ \ ] (yi 1 [ ˥ ]) to agree to it



*    (the second verb, yi, may be



*    followed by nouns as well)+ (v.



*    kwe [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ]); iy-obɔ y-ɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] I agree (to it). y-owɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] rilo [ ˩ ˥ ] to tread (lit. “with



*    feet”); idiom.: uy-owɛ ril-ɔʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “you have trodden on



*    me”: you have committed



*    adultery with my wife. y-ɔɣɔ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] na [ ˥ ] to honour; to pay



*    respect to; y-ɔɣɔ n-en-ɔdiɛ̃ ɽ̃uɛ̃



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ] pay respect to your



*    senior! ɔy-ɔɣɔ mɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ] he



*    (always) pays respect to me.



*    y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to betroth



*    (“dash”) a girl to somebody



*    (i.e. generally as a child, when



*    the suitor has asked for her);



*    after the betrothal, the suitor



*    starts the ugaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ], the



*    service for his father-in-law;



*    v. also mu [ ˥ ] xuɛ [ / ]; ɔy-ɔmɔ



*    nɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] he betrothed a girl to



*    him. y-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] to



*    demand a price for something



*    (of the seller); il-iɣo‿uy-unu y-ɔ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] how much (money) do



*    you want for it? (v. ve [ ˥ ].)



*ya 2 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb used in



*    relative sentences when the



*    relation is a temporal one:



*    “when”; d-ɛɣɛ n-ɔya re [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    or [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ] “at what time (was



*    it) when he came?”: when did he



*    come? cf. ya 1 [ ˥ ] (?); v. na 4 [ ˥ ].



*ya 3 [ ˥ ] to join, in ya [ ˥ ] ba [ / ]



*    to join. ya [ ˥ ] gba [ ˥ ] to stick



*    together; to become knotted;



*    e.g. of a rope into which some-