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(e)t- a particle found in front of     the conjunctive and absolute     pronouns, emphasizing the fol-     lowing verb or imparting the     idea of necessity; this kind of     emphasis may also be expressed     by tonal means only, e.g. ɔgb-ɔɛ̃     [ ˥ (4-1) ] is equivalent to t-ɔgb-ɔɛ̃;     t-uxiã ɽa [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] are you going?     ɔɣagb-ɔɛ̃ ɽa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] will he write     it? t-ɔgb-ɔɛ̃ [ ˥ (4-1) ] he must write     it, and also: he is writing it     (with stress on the verb). Instead     of t-, rh- may be used before     singular pronouns, or possibly     only before the 2nd and 3rd     pers. sgl.      ta [ ˥ ] (1) to speak; to say; to tell;     ɔt-en-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] he is telling the     (already mentioned) story; ɔta     ʋ-eriɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] he said so. ta [ ˥ ] ma     [ / ] to tell somebody. t-ohoɣe     [ ˩ \ ˩ ] to tell a lie; to lie; ɔt-ohoɣe     [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] he lied; ohoɣ-ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “it     is a lie he is telling”. t-ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ]     to tell something; ɔt-ɔta ʋ̃ɛ     ma‿ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] he talked to him     of me. (2) to guess a riddle; used     without an object only, in the     request: ta [ ˥ ] guess! (with iro     [ ˥ ˩ ] “riddle”, the verb mu [ ˥ ]     is used). The same meaning “to     guess” is perhaps underlying     the following two combinations     verb ＋ object: t-isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to play     the isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] game, and t-ile [ ˥ ˩ ] to     bet. Iterat.: talɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to talk     much: to jabber (a more re-     spectful term is guã [ / ]); talɔ     does, however, also mean “to     report”, probably because this     entails a somewhat lengthy talk.      tã 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to spread. (2) to hang.     tã [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ]: (a) to spread in..;     t-ũkpɔ̃ y-ovɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] spread the     cloth in the sun! (b) to hang on..;