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*    the groundnut than what I

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*    allowed (lit. “took gave”) him

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*    (the ba is low here, not falling);

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*    v. [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ]. [ ˥ ] hĩ [ \ ] to

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*    take (a certain amount) away

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*    from something (e.g. grains, or

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*    gari); ɔzɛ hĩ-gaɽi ni [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ]

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*    (look) he is taking out of that

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*    gari! [ ˥ ] kua [ ˥ ] to take

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*    something out and throw it

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*    away; ɔxɔxɔ z-ize n-ɔfua na kua

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ] “the fowl took these

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*    crawfish and threw them away”:

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*    i.e. scratched some away and

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*    made them thereby useless.

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*     [ ˥ ] lele [ ˩ ˥ ] “to choose (and)

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*    follow”: to be next of kin, or

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*    in rank, to somebody; m-ɔɽ-

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*    en-ɔzɛ lel-en-uxa ni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ]

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*    lit. “it is I who chooses

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*    follows that (one) whom you

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*    are (or, were) speaking of”:

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*    I am next to the man you

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*    were speaking of. [ ˥ ] ta [ ˥ ]

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*    “to guess say”: to spread

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*    rumours; cf. ɔzɛta [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. [ ˥ ]

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*    yi [ ˥ ] same as [ ˥ ] ba [ / ].

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*     [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] (a) same as [ ˥ ]

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*    ba [ / ], but y-ɔ [ \ ] implies an

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*    object which has already been

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*    mentioned: “to take more of

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*    it.” (b) to take heed of some-

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*    thing; also in ɔzɛ y-ɔʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is minding my word.

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*    Combined with nouns: z-abɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to do something quickly, v.

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*    also giɛgiɛ [ / ˦ ]. z-abɔ ɣaxiã

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*    n-urherhere [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “go quick-

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*    ly that you may come in time!”

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*    z-abɔ ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] do it quickly!

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*    Idiom.: z-ak-ĩhã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “to

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*    bring out the tooth in the wrong

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*    direction”: to be irritated, of

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*    otherwise peaceful people, e.g.

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*    by mockery; also of animals

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*    when attacked or wounded; the

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