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*zigala 2 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to try hard; to



*    strive, same as hia 2 [ / ]; occurs



*    in a certain song; cf. ziga [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ziɣaɽakpaziɣaɽakpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] de-



*    scribes the walk of a man



*    suffering from rheumatism, lum-



*    bago, or any complaint con-



*    cerning the hips, i.e. a sort of



*    walk with the legs a little apart



*    and a careful movement of the



*    hips; used with the verb xiã [ ˥ ].



*zixirhi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] to be firm, solid; e.g.



*    of trees.



*zɔ 1 [ / ] (1) to germinate; to



*    shoot up; eʋ̃i‿okɔ na zɔɽ-ɛsɛse



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this seed has come



*    up well. (2) to pick out, with



*    a pointed instrument, or with



*    the finger-nail (also zɔ [ / ] fua



*    [ ˥ ]); zɔ‿akɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to pick one’s



*    teeth, with a pin, or the quill of



*    a broom. Iterat. zɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] kua



*    [ ˥ ] to pull or pick many things



*    out of a heap, or out of a mass



*    of things which are pasted to-



*    gether, by means of something



*    pointed, e.g. one’s finger-nail;



*    but v. yuo [ / ] “to get hold



*    of part of a plant and pull



*    it out”; zɔl-en-ɔgbɛhũ kua



*    ʋ-ɔka ni [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ] pick the



*    useless (scil. ears, or grains)



*    ones out of that corn! (fua



*    cannot be used with zɔlɔ.)



*zɔ 2 [ / ] in zɔ‿ese (or zɛ‿ese)



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to perform as sacrifice



*    ordered by an oracle or any



*    prediction in order to “pacify”



*    for some offence, especially



*    adultery (by the husband of the



*    guilty wife); ese n-azɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ]



*    performing the “pacification



*    sacrifice”. The powers to be



*    pacified are Erha [ ˥ ˥ ], Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    and Ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ]; but Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    priests pacify their wives’ adul-