me.
lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] swollen and big (as of
a corpse); ɔye lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it is
big and swollen; cf. lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] big, broad (as e.g. of
a filled yam-stack, eru [ ˩ ˥ ]), or,
heavily; ɔye lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is
broad; eru ɛɽe si lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
his yam-stack hangs (lit. “pulls”)
heavily; cf. lɛlɛɛlɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].
lɛ ɽe [ ˩ / ] to hide; ɔlɛ ɽe [ ˩ \ / ] he
is hidden; irhi-ɛɽe lɛ ɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ]
I have hidden it (lit. “taken it
hidden”); cf. lɛ [ / ], ɽe [ / ].
lɛu [ ˩ ] describes the fall of a heavy
object having corners or a flat
side, such as e.g. an uxwerhe
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] or an uhuʋ̃-ɛ̃dĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔde
lɛu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] it fell (in the way
described above); also mɛu [ ˩ ].
likiba [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] some kinds of trees
(Pausinystalia talbotii; P. go-
himba; P. brachythyrus; P. ma-
croceras, and Coryantha pachy-
ceras); wood used for planks in
house building.
likpalikpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also likpilikpi)
rough, pimply (of the body);
uɽu egbe likpalikpa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
“you make body pimply”: you
have pimples, e.g. after eating
too much sugar-cane; v. also
ikp-ɔxɔe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
lo [ ˥ ] ʋiɛ [ / ] to lie down (to
sleep); ɔloʋiɛ [ ˩ \ / ] he lay down
to sleep; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ].
lo [ / ] to waste (money, time, etc.);
iɣo n-ilo y-oxuo na‿uhuʋ̃u kpɔlɔ
gbe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the money
I spent on this woman (head) is
very much (‘big’)”. Said e.g. of
the “dowry”, or when having
settled her debts; cf. Yor. lo [ ˩ ].
loɣa [ / ˩ ] to travel around, said
of an Ɔba or ruler only who walks
