zuã [ / ] to watch a man eating, in the hope of obtaining food (or usually some more food) by this silent appeal; cf. uzuãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. z-uɣu [ ˩ ˥ ] to trouble (of stomach only); ɛko z-uɣu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “stomach is troubling me”: I have indigestion; cf. t-uɣu [ ˩ ˥ ], l-uɣu [ ˩ ˥ ]. zuɽɔzuɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the walk of a man, as it were, afraid of hitting against something though there is nothing to be afraid of, of “people not bright in move- ment”; possibly “slouching” is the nearest adequate term; used with the verb xiã [ ˥ ]. zuzuzu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a smell like that of a dead animal; used with the verb wia [ / ]; v. hũhũhũ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. |