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    sexual intercourse ( “with” is
    expressed by the direct ob-
    ject).
    
hoho [ ˩ ˥ ] to blow (wind); idiom.:
    hoh-otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “to blow
    the ground”: to dig a grave;
    iɽ̃ã ɣihoh-otɔ, akeɣimu‿ɛ̃ y-ɔ
    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “+when they had dug
    a grave, he was then put into
    it” (possibly also iɽ̃ã ɣi- [ ˥ ˩ \ ]).
    
hɔ [ ˥ ] to lay eggs; usually without
    ekɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]; ɔxɔxɔ na hɔe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ]
    the hen has laid (an egg).
    
hɔ̃ [ ˥ ] (1) to hear; ihɔ̃-ɛ̃ ʋ-unu‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “I heard it from his
    mouth”: I heard it from him.
    h-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “to hear word”;
    gi-ah-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “let hear word”:
    shut up! (2) to understand;
    ɔh-ɛ̃do [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he understands Bini;
    ihɔ̃‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I understand it.
    
hɔ [ / ] (1) to wash; hɔ‿ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    to wash clothes; hɔ‿eto [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to
    wash one’s hair; idiom.: hɔ‿ɛzɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to wash river”, a method
    of fishing, v. iɽewe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) to
    drink, and bathe in, blood, as
    done by the chief Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ] during
    a certain sacrifice. (3) to collect
    and mix mud, in hɔ‿ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    (same as ɽu‿ekɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]), also h-ɛkɛ̃
    [ / ˩ ].
    
hɔ̃ [ / ] to grow (of hair), hũ‿edɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to grow grey hair”: to
    become old.
    
hɔ‿uro [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], also hɛ‿uro, to be
    full, of the moon; cf. uro [ ˩ ˩ ];
    v. ko-ro [ / ˩ ], vɛwae [ ˥ \ ].
    
hɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to brush oneself or some-
    thing as a means of purification,
    e.g. after a breach of taboo;
    hɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to purify oneself
    by brushing; hɔʋ̃-owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to
    purify a house; hɔʋ̃-ɛʋo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to
    purify a village; cf. ihɔʋ̃egbe
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].