hia ɛɣadĩn-odɛ nwuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]
lit. “things that you are doing
all, it will not reach the road for
you”: whatever you do will not
meet with success; this can only
be used as a curse, not in con-
versation with a man who is
unlucky, apparently because the
expression itself is considered to
be harmful; v. heʋeheʋe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
diɔ̃ [ / ] to be senior; idĩ-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
I am senior to him ( “I senior
him”); cf. odiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. dido [ ˥ ˩ ],
ixiʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
d-itã [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. da 5 [ ˥ ].
d-ivu [ ˥ ˩ ] to (rot and) germinate;
of seed-yam only.
diʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to be deep; ɛzɛ na diʋ̃i
gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this river is very
deep. (2) to be hard to under-
stand; to be idiomatic; exɔ-ɽe
diʋ̃i gbe [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] his conduct is
hard to understand; ɛdo n-uzɛe
na ɛdo n-ɔdiʋ̃i nɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] the
Bini you speak is “deep” Bini,
i.e. very idiomatic speech. (3) to
go to the bottom of a river, etc.;
v. iɽ̃aʋ̃iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. diʋ̃idiʋ̃i
[ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ], udiʋ̃iʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ].
diʋ̃idiʋ̃i [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] deep, but not
narrow; v. gulugulu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; used
with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. diʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].
d-ixwiɛxwiɛ ɽi‿ua [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] not to
reach normal size; to fall short
in size, of men, animals, but
also of corn; cf. xwiɛxwiɛɛxwiɛ
[ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; v. kpɛ-iri [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (of men and
animals only).
d-iziɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. da 7 [ ˥ ].
do 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to weave, also used of
the spider. du‿ido [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to weave
(ido [ ˩ ˥ ] “weaving”). d-ukpɔ̃
[ ˥ ˩ ] to weave cloth. (2) to make
baskets; gũ ʋ̃ɛ hu‿ɔʋ̃a n-ɔgua
du‿oxuae (ho [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ \ ]
