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*    slices! (2) to wane, of the



*    moon.



*bɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] describes a short and



*    very fat man; used with the



*    verb ye [ ˥ ].



*bɛtɛbɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] sword; sabre.



*bɛtɛɛ [ ˦ ˦ ] very big, of a farm;



*    ugb-ɛɽe ye bɛtɛɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] his



*    farm is very big.



*b-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to stammer; cf. ɔbɛʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. fu ɛʋ̃ɛ [ / ˥ ˩ ].



*bi 1 [ ˥ ] to be dark; dark blue,



*    when followed by dũdũdũ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]



*    or sũsũsũ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; cf. ebiebi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].



*bi 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to move; bi [ ˥ ] de [ / ]



*    to rush, pour in, of a crowd; v.



*    hihia [ ˩ ˥ ] de [ / ], yiyi [ ˩ ˩ ]. bi [ ˥ ]



*    yo [ ˥ ] bi [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ] to move here



*    and there; ɔbi yo bi re [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] he



*    is moving here and there. bi



*    egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to move body”:



*    (a) to walk with swaying body,



*    as cows and pigs do (v. Ɔxwahɛ-



*    songs, 2). (b) to move aside so



*    as to let somebody pass; bi egbe



*    n-ugũ ʋ̃ɛ gbe ra [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] “step



*    aside that you may let me



*    pass!” (2) to push; ɣɛbi ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ \ ] don’t push me! v. bi [ / ],



*    sua [ / ]. bi [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ] to shut;



*    door, window, box, or any-



*    thing that has a lid; v. ɛxu



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]. (3) to vomit; cf. Yor. bi



*    [ ˩ ]; v. ekpa [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ubiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ],



*    bi 1 [ / ].



*bi 1 [ / ] to stab; to prick with



*    some pointed object; ɣɛbii ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ \ ] don’t stab me! said e.g.



*    when dancing with an agbada



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (This sentence differs



*    from the one given under bi 2 [ ˥ ]



*    “to move” only in the length of



*    the vowel i in bii which, there-



*    fore, has been doubled here.)



*bi 2 [ / ] to concern; d-en-ɔbi-ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “what does it concern