give food to a god (rhie [ / ] is
also used). mi-ɔ̃ʋ̃-ãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]
“to see somebody’s wife”: to
commit adultery; v. miɛ [ ˥ ].
miɛmiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to be sweet (like
sugar); cf. miɛmiɛmiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; (2)
to suck (sweets, e.g. toffee).
miɛmiɛmiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] sweet; used with
the verb ye [ ˥ ].
m-igbo [ / / ] to echo; ɔm-igbo xiã
[ ˩ / / ˥ ] it is echoing along.
mina [ ˩ ˥ ] to dream; ɔt-imina n-
ɔminaɛ ma ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] he told
me the dream he had dreamt;
cf. miɛ [ ˥ ] (?); imina [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
miɔɣɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be slippery; ɔmiɔɣɔɛ̃
ʋ-ima la enwa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ / ˥ ˩ \ ] it was
slippery when we passed (at
that time); ɔmiɔɣɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “it
slipped me” (viz. the ground):
I skidded; ɔmiɔɣɔ̃ ʋ̃-obɔ ʋ̃ɛ
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] it slipped out of my
hand; cf. miɔɣɔɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].
miɔ̃ɣɔɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] smooth and slippery;
like e.g. varnished wood; used
with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. miɔ̃ɣɔ̃
[ ˩ ˥ ], alimiɔ̃ɣɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; v. kpɛɣɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
mitaã [ ˩ ˩ ] describes a very lazy
way of walking; used with the
verb xiã [ ˥ ]; cf. mitãmitã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
mitãmitã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] too small for one’s
age; poor-looking (in the meta-
phorical sense); used with the
verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. mitaã [ ˩ ˩ ].
m-izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ma 4 [ ˥ ].
mm [ \ ] no.
mmm [ ˩ ] (with a preceding glottal
stop; very low tone) describes
the cry of a bigmonkey (name?);
used with the verb tu [ ˥ ].
m-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], m-ohã [ ˩ ˥ ], m-ohioɽo
[ ˥ ˦ ˩ ], m-ohu [ ˥ ˩ ], m-ose [ ˩ ˥ ],
m-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf mu 1 [ ˥ ].
mosee [ ˩ ˩ ] nice, beautiful; used
with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; owa na ye
