knows how to make baskets!
do 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to attend, e.g. du‿ɛki
[ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “to attend market”: to
trade; du‿ikotu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to attend
at court, of chiefs; do‿ugie,
d-ugie [ ˥ ˩ ] to hold an ugie, of the
Ɔba and his chiefs. (2) to be in
full swing, of trade in the mar-
ket; ɛki do [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the market is
on, or is in full swing.
do 3 [ ˥ ] to feed, of birds and bush-
animals; v. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ] (of man and
domestic animals).
do [ ˥ ] ga [ / ] to stand around
somebody or something; cf.
ga [ / ].
do 1 [ / ] a verb implying the idea
“to come”, but always followed
by another verb: “to come in
order to do something”; v. ya
[ / ]; do s-ɛɣɛ na (sɛ 1 [ ˥ ])
[ / ˩ / ˩ ] “coming to reach this
time”: up to this time; until now.
do 2 [ / ] to do something secretly;
ɔdo ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he did it secretly.
do [ / ] guã [ / ] “to talk se-
cretly”: to whisper. do [ / ]
gu [ ˥ ] guã [ / ] to talk to some-
body in secret; to whisper to
somebody. do [ / ] mu [ ˥ ] “to
carry secretly away”: to steal
(heavy things). do [ / ] rhie [ / ]
“to take secretly away”: to
steal; ɔdo ʋ̃-ɛ̃rhu rhie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ]
he stole me my cap; ɔdo ɛwu
rhie gũ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he stole a
garment for me.
d-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. da [ / ].
d-omia [ ˩ ˥ ] to move to and fro, of
people ill, drunk, drugged, or in
agony; ɔɣidomia yo domia re
ʋ-is-eʋa [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] he was writh-
ing (to and fro) in agony when
I came ( “reached”) there; cf.
d-oʋe [ ˩ ˥ ].
