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*    fore”; ukaɽu‿ɛe yi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) \ ] have



*    you done it before? v. ɽa [ ˩ ].



*yiɣɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] describes the fall of a



*    small fruit (e.g. avocado pears)



*    and big leaves (for bigger fruit,



*    v. kpu [ ˩ ]); ɔde yiɣɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it



*    fell, of a small fruit; v. boɛɛ [ ˩ ].



*yiyi(yi) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the con-



*    tinuous flow of a liquid; v.



*    viɛ [ ˥ ].



*yo 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to go to a certain



*    place; in the imperf. it expresses



*    habitual action only; progres-



*    sing action is expressed by rie



*    [ / ]; uy-eskuɽ(u) ɽa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] do



*    you go to school? ɛ̃, iyo [ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] yes,



*    I go (i.e. usually); iy-eʋa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ],



*    iy-ɛe (lit. “it”) [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] I went



*    there; iyo [ / \ ] I am not going



*    (as a refusal; viz. on an errand,



*    etc.); (but: irie [ / ˩ ‿ \ ] I am not



*    going away). yo and re when



*    added to a verb of motion



*    express the idea of “to and



*    fro”, e.g. ɔxiã yo xiã re [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    he is walking to and fro.



*yo 2 [ ˥ ] tall, not of human beings;



*    erhã na yo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] this tree is high.



*yɔ [ ˥ ] in y-erhɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] to set fire (to



*    farmland only; “to make fire



*    in kitchen or sleeping-place” is



*    kok-erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]); mu egbe n-ayay-



*    erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˥ ˩ ] “get ready that



*    we may go and set fire to the



*    farm!”



*yɔ [ / ] to fill gaps in a crop by a



*    second sowing.



*yɔ [ \ ]; cf. yi 1 [ ˥ ].



*yɔkɔɔ [ ˦ ˦ ] big and fat; of birds,



*    mostly fowls, and also of insects



*    as e.g. mosquitos when full of



*    blood; ɔye yɔkɔɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] it is big



*    and fat; cf. yɔkɔyɔkɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*yɔkɔyɔkɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the



*    clumsy movement of very fat



*    fowls; cf. yɔkɔɔ [ ˦ ˦ ].