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*    which it was very difficult to

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*    heat, and to cool again): it is

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*    very hard indeed, e.g. of a piece

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*    of work, or a severe illness, etc.

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*    ɔba kua [ ˩ ˥ / ] it is very hard

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*    indeed; cf. baba [ / / ].

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*ba 4 [ / ] to add; used as second

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*    part of a verbal combination;

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*    v. rhie [ / ], de [ ˥ ]; hence, ba-ɽe

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*    [ / ˩ ] “added to it”, may often

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*    be translated by “besides”, “as

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*    well”, etc.

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*ba 5 [ / ] in ba‿ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] ba [ / ]

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*    xxxxx

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*    for the sake of; ba‿ɛʋ̃ɛ n-odɛ

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*    eɽ-ugbe ʋ̃ɛ ba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “for

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*    the sake of yesterday (i.e. for the

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*    thing which happened yester

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*    day) you are flogging me”.

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*bã [ / ] to give up, stop, doing

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*    something; to leave alone; bã

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*    oxiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] stop walking! bã rie

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] keep away! bã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] leave

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*    me alone! cf. bã [ ˥ ].

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*baba 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to stick or peg poles

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*    into the ground (plural or

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*    iterative form of the verb

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*    ba 2 [ / ]).

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*baba 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to grope for the way

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*    (in the dark); ɔbaba yo baba re

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*    ʋ-ebiebi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˧ ] he is groping

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*    here and there in the dark; v.

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*    bibi [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*baba [ / / ] to be hard, i.e. severe

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*    (also used in the literal sense?);

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*    inwina ni ɣizɛbaba, ɔkelɛ fua

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / / ˦ ˩ / / ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] when that

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*    work was so hard (: for some

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*    time), he ran away.

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*balɔ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to hurt; also in a meta-

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*    phorical sense; ɛtɛ balɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    the sore hurts me; ɛʋ̃ɛ n-ɔta ma

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*    ʋ̃ɛ balɔ ʋ̃ɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˨ ] the

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*    word (matter) he told me hurt

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*    (enraged) me very much; cf

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*    ibalegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; ba 3 [ / ] (?).

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*balɔ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to scoop water, with a

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