allotted to you”: I declare all
the food you may find there to
be yours. ya [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to be-
lieve; iy-eʋ-uxaɽe yi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ˥ ]
I believe what you have said;
a‿iy-eʋ-uxaɽe yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / / \ ] what
you have said cannot be be-
lieved; ɔy-ude ʋ̃ɛ yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he
took my advice; cf. iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ];
v. ɔmɔbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. ya [ ˥ ] y-eɽo [ ˥ ˩ ]
to hope ( “to put hope”). ya [ ˥ ]
yi [ ˥ ] obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to put a certain
affair into somebody’s hand,
e.g. the revenge for an offence;
ɔy-ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ y-ɔʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he
put his affair into my hand, i.e.
he begged me to take it up.
ya [ ˥ ] y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to adopt as
child; ɔya‿e y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] he
adopted him. Combinations
with nouns: y-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] kɔ [ ˥ ]
to put oneself under the pro-
tection of somebody; y-eɣo [ ˥ ˩ ]
to give something (after a
prayer) to a priest in order that
he may give it to the god later
on (also mi-eɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], from miɛ
[ / ]); v. ɽu [ ˥ ]. y-eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ]
to do something with cunning.
ya [ ˥ ] erɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (a) to provide
lodging for somebody; y-okpia
na‿erɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] give this man
lodging! (b) to provide food for
somebody. (c) (idiom., mostly
used by old people) to throw
away; y-ɛɽ-erɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] throw it
away! ya [ ˥ ] ike [ ˩ ˩ ] to sup-
port somebody; ɔy-ɔsi‿ɔɽ-ike
ʋ-en-ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he supported
his friend in the lawsuit (also
rhi-yobɔ na [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]). ya [ ˥ ]
obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to help a man; ɔy-erha
ʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he helped my
father. y-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] tie [ / ] to
beckon to somebody; iy-obɔ
