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*    to divide up in working gangs;



*    waz-otu n-uwa rherheɽu‿ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] “divide yourselves



*    in gangs that you may do it in



*    time!” z-owɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to step. z-ɔkã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to shout (at somebody); to



*    speak harshly; ɔz-ɔkã da ʋ̃ɛ (da



*    [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is (always) shout-



*    ing at me (but “to shout to



*    somebody” is da [ ˥ ] tie [ / ]).



*    z-ɔrhɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] to purify oneself from



*    being a widow. z-ɔxi-aɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    lit. “to have a strong eye (?)”:



*    to make a pretence of strength



*    or power, in order to obtain



*    something. z-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] “to choose



*    mouth”: to be squeamish about



*    one’s food, cf. izunu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. z-uwu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] “to choose death”: to com-



*    mit suicide, v. z-ɛgbɛle [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. (3)



*    to send; iz-ɔʋ̃a bu‿ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    I sent a man to meet him.



*zɛ 2 [ ˥ ] to be proud (in a good sense).



*    z-aɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] to be severe; iz-aɽo mu‿



*    ɛ̃, ɔkeɣaxiã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] I was se-



*    vere with him, and then he went.



*zɛ 3 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-



*    dicating that the main action



*    is performed or has been per-



*    formed for some time. zɛ [ ˥ ]



*    kpɛe [ / ] (to be) soon; iɣas-odɔ



*    ʋ-azɛkpɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] I shall



*    arrive there soon; lit. “when it



*    has lasted some time”.



*zɛ 4 [ ˥ ] to speak a certain



*    language; ɔz-ɛdo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he speaks



*    Bini (or [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] e.g. when hearing



*    a foreigner suddenly speaking



*    Bini); ɔz-uhobo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he speaks



*    Sobo. z-edu [ ˩ ˥ ] to interpret;



*    edu n-ɔzɛ ma gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ] the



*    interpretation (which he per-



*    forms) is very good.



*zɛ ʋe [ ˥ ˦ ] as; according to;



*    ma ɽu‿ɛe zɛ ʋ-en-uxaɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˧ ˨ / ˩ ]



*    we did it as you said; cf. zɛɛ [ ˦ ].