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    the Ɔba does not refuse a
    present. (This action may also
    be taken in a similar way by
    giving something as a present
    to a “big” man.) ɔy-en-oxuo fi
    ohã gi-ɔba (gie [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]
    lit. “he took the woman (and)
    announced (her) as present to
    the Ɔba”. ya gbe [ ˩ ˥ ] (imperat.
    of ya [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ]) cry of encourag-
    ment for a wrestler: “knock him
    down!” or “throw him down!”
    (when the opponent is lifted
    from the ground) (Pidgin lɛ go
    [ ˥ (4-1) ]: let go!); v. gbaɽaɣada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    ya [ ˥ ] hĩ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to cover
    oneself with something; rhi-
    ukpɔ̃ ni n-uya hĩ egbe [ ˩ ˩ / / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    take that cloth to cover your-
    self with! ya [ ˥ ] ma [ / ] to
    forgive; iya‿e ma ɽ̃uɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ]
    I forgave it you. ya [ ˥ ] m-egie
    [ ˥ ˩ ] (ma [ ˥ ]) to appoint some-
    body to a title. ya [ ˥ ] na
    [ ˥ ] to present somebody with
    something (“to dash”); y-eʋ̃i
    mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] give me something
    (“dash me”). ya [ ˥ ] nwina
    [ ˩ ˥ ] to make somebody work.
    ya [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ] to bring about (A.
    Biogr.). ya [ ˥ ] ta [ ˥ ] re [ ˩ ] to
    repeat in one’s second life an ill-
    ness from which one has suffered
    during the preceding life; this is
    prevented by removing the
    presumed cause of the disease out
    of the body, e.g. in the case of
    a “cough” (consumption?), by
    removing a “bag containing a
    white milky substance” out
    from the abdomen; v. also
    eve [ ˩ ˩ ]. ya [ ˥ ] we [ ˥ ] to allot
    something to somebody; iy-
    eʋaɽe n-uãrhirhimiɛ ʋ-eʋa hia
    w-uɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “I have
    taken food whichever you may