by women after a meal; this is
also used as a greeting to some-
body who has sneezed; v. ɛrɛe
[ ˩ \ ], kada [ \ ˩ ].
buyɛbuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] crumpled, of cloth;
ɔye buyɛbuyɛ [ \ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
(oh), it is crumpled! (The fall on
ɔ- is due to emotional reasons.)
(e)d- (1) an interrogative particle
conveying the idea expressed by
the pronoun “which”; the nouns
linked with it are followed by
relative sentences: d-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]
which man: who; d-eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]
which thing: what; d-ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],
d-ɛkpo [ ˥ ˥ ] which time: when;
d-ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] which day: when;
d-eke [ ˩ ˥ ], d-ehe [ ˩ ˥ ] which place:
where; d-asɛ [ ˥ ˥ ], d-ako [ ˩ ˩ ]
which spot: where; d-uki [ ˩ ˩ ]
which month; d-ɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ] which
country. It is used alone in d-
en-ɔxĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] which (out of a cer-
tain number) is it? (2) when used
with ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] and repeated with
a following noun or with ɔɣ-ɔe
[ ˥ \ ] it comes to mean “every
one”, e.g. d-ɔʋ̃a d-ɔɣ-ɔe wɛ ri-
eʋaɽe obɔ-ɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ]
everyone must eat his own food;
d-ɔʋ̃a d-owa-ɽe lao [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ]
everyone must enter his own
house, i.e. “I do not want you
here any longer”.
da 1 [ ˥ ] to have a severe, hard
effect, in obɔ da‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “hand
was hard on him”: he received
a severe blow; gi-obɔ da‿e [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
“let the hand be severe on him”:
hit him properly! an encourage-
ment for one party in a fight;
ɔda ʋ̃ɛ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] it grieves me
very much; I am very sorry;
idiom.: eʋ̃i da‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “thing
