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*    ɣɛzãzã ʋ̃-ũkpɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] don’t scat-



*    ter my clothes! ɔzãzã-ɽ-eto [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    she tore her hair; cf. zaɣazaɣa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], zã [ / ], zaɣa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ze [ ˥ ] (1) to be hard, stiff. (2) to



*    be strong, powerfull; ze ʋ-udu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to be strong at the



*    heart”: (a) to be courageous,



*    v. dĩ [ ˥ ] “to be bold”. (b) to be



*    obstinate; cf. izeʋudu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*z-edu [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. zɛ 4 [ ˥ ].



*zeɣezeɣe [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] very lean and



*    weak, as a man recently re-



*    covered from illness; used with



*    the verb ye [ ˥ ]; v. nyiɣɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*zɛ 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to choose; to select;



*    ɛbɔ z-ɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] “is an ebɔ choosing



*    you?” viz. as priest; said if



*    somebody suddenly becomes



*    excited and moves like someone



*    drunk or mad, such as people



*    do when entered by a spirit;



*    (also z-ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]); iɣa-ɽe nɛ, eɽ-



*    inaz-ɔɣ-ɔe nɛ [ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) \ ] I



*    shared it (already), and then



*    I selected his own (share) and



*    gave (it) him. (2) to take out;



*    iɽaz-ema ʋ-odo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am



*    going to take fufu out of the



*    mortar; iɽaz-ema y-ɔkpã (yi [ ˥ ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am going to put fufu



*    on a wooden plate ( “take fufu



*    out and put on”); or iɽay-ɔkpã



*    z-ema (ya [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] I am going



*    to take a wooden plate to put



*    fufu (sc. “on”), i.e. out of the



*    mortar. (3) to cause (v. ya 1 [ ˥ ]),



*    used with following iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ] or a



*    construction with -na-; ɽ̃-ɔ̃zɛ-



*    ɣ-ɔs-unu [ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is he who



*    caused that it happened; v. also



*    (e)ʋ- 3. Combined with verbs:



*    zɛ [ ˥ ] ba [ / ] to take more of a



*    certain thing than accorded or



*    allowed; ɔzɛ ba‿isawɛwɛ n-iya nɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] he has taken more of