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*    (ɽ̃uã, uã), [ ˥ ] (a) to strip some-



*    body (the iterative is used be-



*    cause more than one cloth is the



*    object); ɣɛbãnɔ ʋ̃-uã [ ˥ ˩ ˩ (5-3) ] don’t



*    strip me! (used e.g. by a mother



*    carrying her child on her back



*    when it does not keep quiet and



*    plays with her cloth). (b) to be



*    stripped, naked; ɔʋoxã na bãn-



*    uã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] this child is naked;



*    cf. bã [ / ].



*ba 1 [ / ] (1) to be red, or yellow;



*    v. aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ]. (2) to shine, of the



*    moon; v. uki [ ˩ ˩ ], siɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ba 2 [ / ] (1) to put something up-



*    right, mostly into the ground;



*    ba‿ɛɣɛ y-ɛhɛ na [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] stick



*    xxxxx



*    this yam-pole into the yam-



*    heap! ɔrh-igã ba [ ˩ / ˩ / ] “he



*    took feather put (it) upright”:



*    he stuck the feather upright



*    (into his hair). ba‿ema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    xxxxx



*    to stick yam-poles into the



*    heaps; this is done when the



*    yam-ropes are about a yard



*    long; when the yam has reached



*    the top of the ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], ikpɛsi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    -poles are added, and the yam-



*    ropes tied from the ɛɣɛ to the



*    ikpɛsi; v. fi ema [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) to



*    stick a needle, etc. into some-



*    body; ɣɛba olodɛ y-ɔʋ̃-egbe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “don’t stick a needle



*    into my body!” (e.g. among



*    schoolboys). ba [ / ] ― igbã [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “to stick somebody with a



*    thorn”: to proclaim a woman



*    as a wife of the Ɔba; iɽ̃ã



*    ba-ɽ-igbã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] they proclaimed



*    her as a wife of the Ɔba; cf.



*    baba 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (iter.).



*ba 3 [ / ] to be hard, i.e. difficult;



*    idiom.: ɔba ʋ-axe n-ɔzɔlua ya



*    l-ɛʋi [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ \ ] “it is hard



*    like the pot which (the Ɔba)



*    Ɔzɔlua took to cook oil” (a pot