tua 1 [ / ].
kĩ 3 [ ˥ ] to dazzle; cf. okĩ [ ˥ ˩ ].
ki [ / ] (1) to coil; of snakes,
caterpillars, centipedes; to curl
up; of the Scaly Anteater;
ɛnyɛ n-imiɛ-ɽɛ wa bɛɣe ʋ̃ɛ ɔkeki
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] “the snake which I
saw to-day, it (suddenly: wa)
saw me, it coiled”. (2) to cower,
in ki [ / ] re [ ˥ ]; ɔki re kpukpuu-
kpu [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he cowered; feeling
cold; with crossed arms and
hands resting on shoulders.
(3) to curl (of hair); eto n-ɔkiɽi
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] curls. (4) to coagulate,
e.g. of owo [ ˩ ˥ ]-soup or starch;
but for oil, rhuɛ [ / ] is used; owo
na kiɽi ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this owo
soup has properly coagulated,
i.e. it is still liquid; iterat.
kinɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
kie [ / ] (1) to open, e.g. door,
window, padlock; ɔki-urho [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
he opened the door. (2) to be
open(?). (3) to fold; m-ɔki-ewa na
la‿owa ʋ-amɛ de [ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ]
“it was I who folded this mat
(and took it) into the house when
rain was coming”. (4) in ki-
ewua [ ˩ ˥ \ ] to wake the Ɔba by
imitating a cock’s crow.
(e)k-igbe s-iy-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] fifty:
“remain ten reach sixty” (twenty
times three); cf. kɛ 1 [ / ].
(e)k-igbes-iy-ehã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] a hundred
and ten: “remain ten reach
twenty times six”; cf. kɛ 1
[ / ].
(e)k-igbe s-iy-enɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] seventy:
“remain ten reach eighty”
(twenty times four); cf. kɛ 1 [ / ].
(e)k-igbe s-iy-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] ninety:
“remain ten reach a hundred”
(twenty times five); cf. kɛ 1 [ / ].
k-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ka 4 [ ˥ ].
