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*    more ordinary expression is



*    ohu m-obɔ mu‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] “anger



*    seizes him strongly”. z-axɔwa



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to choose as substitute.



*    z-azɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to pay a fee to a



*    “doctor” or somebody who has



*    taken care of a man; z-en-azɛ



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] pay the fee! z-ebaɣa [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    to be out of control; to be res-



*    tive; ɛsĩ na z-ebaɣa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] this



*    horse is troublesome, uncon-



*    trollable; okɔ na z-ebaɣa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] the canoe is out of



*    control (e.g. in a strong current).



*    ɛki z-ebaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] there is a



*    slump in the market; z-en-unu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] to state one’s case (in the



*    Bini with a following possessive



*    pronoun; this combination be-



*    longs perhaps to zɛ 4) also gwi‿



*    en-unu‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; zɛ [ ˥ ] unu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] in the idiom: ɔmɔ z-ɔɽ-unu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “the child chose his



*    mouth”: he (or she) had a child



*    several times, but it always died



*    (“never stayed”). z-eto [ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    shave (hair); lahɔ, doz-ɔʋ̃-eto



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] please, come and shave



*    my hair! (gb-eto [ ˩ ˥ ] is “to cut



*    hair with scissors”) z-ɛgbɛle [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    to commit suicide by hanging



*    oneself. z-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] to oppose; to



*    contradict; ɔz-ɔʋ̃-ɛ̃tĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    opposed me. z-ɛtu [ ˥ ˩ ] to shave



*    (beard). z-idase [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to play



*    naughty tricks, of boys; ɔz-



*    idase gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ] he is naughty.



*    z-idũna [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “to play magic



*    tricks”, i.e. to vanish, or to



*    transform things (but “to trans-



*    form oneself” is xiã [ / ]); it is



*    also used of conjuring tricks, as



*    e.g. in ɔz-idũna y-ɔka x-ĩnya



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he is playing tricks,



*    turning corn into yam (xiã [ / ]).



*    z-igie [ ˥ ˩ ] to select the best (used