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*zɛbi [ ˩ ˥ ] to be guilty; ɔzɛbi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    he is guilty; cf. Yor. jɛbi [ ˩ ˧ ].



*zɛɛ [ ˦ ] (1) exactly; eriɔ ye zɛɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] it is exactly so. (2) quietly;



*    intensifies sɛ [ ˥ ] ɽae [ / ] “to



*    leave alone”; s-ɔ(e) ɽae zɛɛ ʋ-en-



*    iɣe ɽuɛ na [ \ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] lit. “leave



*    him alone as I am looking at



*    you now”, i.e. something like:



*    can’t you see that I am angry?



*    leave him alone! cf. zɛ ʋe [ ˥ ˦ ].



*zɛɣɛzɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] loose; shaking, e.g.



*    of a tooth, or rafters in the roof-



*    construction of a house; used



*    with the verb ɽu [ ˥ ]; ɔɽu zɛɣɛzɛɣɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it shakes.



*zɛzɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] trembling; violent,



*    esp. with fear; stronger than



*    that described by hiɣahiɣa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; zɛzɛzɛ is mostly used



*    with the verb gwɔ [ ˥ ].



*zĩ [ / ] to bear; to endure; also



*    zĩ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔzĩ‿egb-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ]



*    he endured it.



*ziɛ̃ [ / ] (1) to get hold of some-



*    thing to which one is not en-



*    titled, but with the intention



*    of using it exclusively (“by



*    force”). (2) to stamp the



*    ground, or to beat the soil



*    with a stick round a pole newly



*    rammed-in in order to fix it. zĩ-



*    ãɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] yi [ ˥ ] to look carefully



*    at (something); to scrutinize.



*ziɛ̃ziɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to force into; ɔziɛ̃zĩ-



*    ũkpɔ̃ y-uwɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ / ˩ ] he is



*    forcing the cloth into it (e.g.



*    a box); cf. ziɛ̃ [ / ].



*ziga [ ˩ ˥ ] to try; v. hia 2 [ / ]; ɔziga



*    ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he tried to do it;



*    cf. zigala 2 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*zigala 1 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to fly, of butterflies;



*    very idiomatic, used only by old



*    people (the existence of this



*    word was doubted by A.); cf.



*    ziga [ ˩ ˥ ].