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*yɛkuyɛku [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] big; fat; of rats



*    or pigs; also describing the walk



*    of such animals; ɔfɛ̃ na xiã



*    yɛkuyɛku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] this rat is



*    walking clumsily (because of



*    its being fat); v. ɛbete [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*yɛyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be foolish; v. kiza



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].



*yi 1 [ ˥ ] a verb indicating the



*    direction in which an action is



*    performed; something like “to



*    put into”, “to put in a certain



*    place”; or simply “into”, “in”;



*    eke n-irhi-ɛɽe yi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] the



*    place where I put it; irhi-ɛɽe



*    y-eʋa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] I put it there.



*    y-ɔ [ \ ] “in it”, e.g. ɔkegbĩna



*    wu y-ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “he fought and



*    died in it”: he died while



*    fighting (Egh. Hist.). y-ihe [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “into the place”: instead;



*    irhi-ɔna y-ih-ɔɣ-ũʋ̃ɛ n-ɔwiɽi



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] I take this instead



*    of mine which is lost.



*yi 2 [ ˥ ] to create; Osa yi agbɔ̃



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ] it was God (or Osa) who



*    created the world; uyiʋ̃ɛ n-osa



*    yi‿ɔ ɔɣ-igbogiɛ nɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “the creation (as) which Osa has



*    created you, was one of a joke”,



*    said e.g. when somebody has



*    done a very stupid thing.



*    yi‿ama [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (a) to make a mark



*    (indicating ownership e.g.); (b)



*    to wound. y-uhi [ ˥ ˩ ] to make



*    a law, or rule.



*yi 3 [ ˥ ] in yi [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] to



*    watch; to observe; ɔy-ɛɽ-ɛɽo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he observed him; ama n-



*    ɔya y-ɛɽ-ɛɽ-ɔna xĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “this is the mark he has used



*    to watch it” (e.g. a piece of his



*    property, lest it be stolen).



*yi 4 [ ˥ ] a particle often used at



*    the end of questions (but not ne-



*    cessarily), meaning possibly “be