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are lean on account of a disease;     stresses the leanness less than     kãgũkãgũ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; cf. gokaã [ ˦ ˦ ].      gulɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] intensifies an impres-     sion of flexibility (used with the     verb ʋoxo [ ˩ ˥ ]); of the tail-     feather of a cock e.g., or the     creeper ikã [ ˥ ˩ ], or the shrub     unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].      gulugulu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] deep; of narrow     holes, such as uy-egwi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ],     wells, or deep places in a river;     used with the verb ye [ ˥ ].      g-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to keep quiet; g-un-uɛ̃     [ ˩ / ] something like “shutup!”;     a milder expression is gi‿ah-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ     [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] lit. “let hear word”; cf.     gue [ / ] (?); v. hũ [ ˥ ] nwa [ ˥ ].      guozaa [ ˩ ˩ ] describes the noise of     falling trees when a farm is     being made.      gũɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to brush with some-     thing soft (an oɽokɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or a     brush, or leaves); to dust (by     shaking); v. bɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], (2) idiom.:     gũɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to shake     body”: to turn brusquely round     when addressed; ɔgũɔʋ̃-egbe kpaɔ     ʋ-igu‿ɛe guã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / ] he     turned round brusquely when I     was talking to him. (3) to wag     the tail (of a dog); the man whom     the dogs greet in this way is     object of the verb.      gwa 1 [ ˥ ] to pull (of a canoe), also     gw-okɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]. gwa [ ˥ ] gbera‿ɛzɛ     [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to pull somebody across a     river. gwa [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] lit. “to     pull in it”: to join in pulling;     gwa y-ɔ [ ˩ \ ] join in pulling!     (to men sitting in the canoe     without helping). gw-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to     cross a river by canoe. gw-amɛ     [ ˥ ˩ ], given by N.W.Th. with the     same meaning, was said not to     be used (by A.); cf. Yor. wa [ ˩ ].