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*    by old people); ʋ-u-az-igie ba,



*    z-ɔkpa (or rhi-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) ʋ-ɔ



*    [ ˩ / ˩ / / ˥ ˩ \ ] “what are you



*    picking (for the best) for, take



*    one among them!” z-igwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    to give presents, of a wife to



*    her husband, or of a man to



*    his superior chief, v. hĩ‿oha [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],



*    imuohã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. z-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ] (a) to



*    cut teeth, of a small child;



*    (b) to pay money, as a fine, or



*    when blackmailed; but v. ha 2



*    [ / ] (for a debt); ɔz-iɣo y-



*    amiɔʋ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] he payed



*    money for adultery. zɛ [ ˥ ]



*    iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ] to fine (or blackmail)



*    somebody; iz-ɔɽ-iɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] I fined



*    him. z-ihĩ [ ˩ \ ] to blow one’s



*    nose. z-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to take



*    out hand”: to give up; to



*    cease; ɔz-obɔ ʋ-inwina [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he



*    has ceased working; ɔz-ɔɽ-obɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he gave it up. Idiom.: z-



*    ukpɔ̃‿obɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to give up



*    (wearing a) cloth”: to die



*    (v. Ɔxwahɛ song 7). z-ogiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “to take out laughter”: (a) to



*    joke; (b) to cause laughter; to



*    be ridiculous; amaɽu egbe z-ogiɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] “one does not do each



*    other to cause laughter”: the



*    things you do to each other are



*    no matter for laughing. Idiom.:



*    az-ogiɛ z-ɛʋ̃ata [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] as a



*    matter of fact: lit. “we joke and



*    say the truth” which means



*    perhaps “though it seems a joke



*    it is true”. The more modern



*    expression is ʋ-od-ɛʋ̃ata [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]



*    lit. “on the road of truth”.



*    z-okeke [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to make false



*    excuses; uya yi-ɣ-Ozo z-okeke



*    ɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] do you believe that



*    Ojo makes false excuses? z-oko



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to pay a fine (but not in



*    money); cf. oko [ ˩ ˩ ]. z-otu [ ˥ ˩ ]