gɔ̃gɔɔ̃gɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] your nose
stands upright (special charac-
teristic of the European, hence
the above sentence may be
closed with: ʋ-ihu-ebo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
“like the nose of a white man”.
This feature is considered as
funny. On the other hand, an
ibue pɛrhɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “flat nose”, said
to be: ʋ-ihu-egwi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “like
the nose of a tortoise”, is not
thought to be beautiful, either).
gɔlɔgɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the walk
of a very tall man with the
upper part of his body swaying;
used with the verb xiã [ ˥ ]; cf.
ogɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. lɔgiɔlɔgio [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
gu 1 [ ˥ ] a verb indicating (1) that
another action is performed by
the subject with the help of
somebody else, or (2) that the
action is reciprocal, e.g. gu [ ˥ ]
b-owa [ ˩ ˥ ] to help (somebody)
in building a house; gu [ ˥ ]
dɛ [ ˥ ] to buy something from
somebody; wɛ‿igu dɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] I
bought it from you. gu [ ˥ ]
dia [ / ] to stay with somebody
or something, esp. in order to
guard it, e.g. of a hunter’s boy
who watches the kill while his
master is in the bush. gu [ ˥ ]
dido [ ˩ ˥ ], gu [ ˥ ] fi [ ˥ ] dɔ̃ [ ˥ ] to
lead astray by giving false in-
formation; v. gie 1 [ / ], ya 1 [ ˥ ].
gu [ ˥ ] guã [ / ] to talk with
somebody. gu [ ˥ ] gwi [ ˥ ] to
quarrel with somebody. gu [ ˥ ]
gbĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] to fight with some-
body. gu [ ˥ ] ho [ / ] to help
(somebody) to find something.
In an impersonal use, gu means
“to succeed”: ɔgũ ʋ̃ɛ ɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]
“it helped me to do (it)”: I
succeed in doing (it); idiom.:
