come.
ɣã [ ˥ ] to cry at the slightest
rebuke, of children.
ɣã [ / ] to be dear, expensive; ɔɣã
gbe [ ˩ / ˦ ] it is very dear; axiɛ̃ ɣã
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “may (your) selling be
dear”: a greeting to traders; cf.
Yor. nwɔ̃ [ ˩ ].
ɣabi-ɔna [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “who has borne”:
the fifth generation of de-
scendants, the last generation a
man can see (such as e.g. the
long-lived Azaka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]), but
whom he can no longer identify;
hence the name; v. iwu [ ˩ ˩ ]; eyɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ]; ihiɛ̃hiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; (e)sakpaɽ̃ɛ̃ɣodĩ
[ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ].
ɣae [ / ] to share; to divide; iɽ̃ã
ɣa-uzo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] they divided the
antelope; iɽ̃ã ɣae n-eʋ̃i [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]
they are sharing the thing;
nanaɣa-eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “dividing
things”: division (in arith-
metic); v. ɽoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɣa-ka (ɔka
[ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ] “to share turns”: to
do a thing in turns; olɔkpa
ɣaka [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] the police changed
reliefs.
ɣãɣaãɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] very hot (of the
weather); ɛdɛ n-ɛɽɛ ɽu (or, ye [ ˥ ])
ɣãɣaãɣã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is very hot
to-day.
ɣarao [ ˥ (5-3) ] a salutation used to-
wards chiefs (at any time);
it may contain rɔ [ (5-3) ], mean-
ing something like “may you be
there”, and referring to long
life (?); v. (e)doo [ ˥ ].
ɣe [ / ] to look; ɔɣe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is
looking at me. ɣe [ / ] lɛ [ / ] ga
[ / ] to look around; ɔɣelɛga‿egbe
[ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he looked around. ɣ-
uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ] to look at a show (i.e.
usually a dance); lare n-imu‿ɛ̃
ɣ-uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “come, that
