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*    me?” i.e. I have nothing to do



*    with it. ɔmabi ʋ̃ɛ, iʋ̃-ɔ̃bɔ ʋ-ɔ



*    [ ˥ ˥ / (4-1) / ˩ ˩ \ ] “it does not con-



*    cern me, I have no hand in it”.



*bi ogũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an expression used in



*    the Ɔxwahɛ-cult only (after aka^



*    ba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]-dances), meaning “quite



*    so”; v. isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*biã [ / ] to strip a palm-branch,



*    or a banana- or tobacco-leaf by



*    tearing the side-branches or the



*    leaves off separately at each side;



*    v. xuɔ̃ [ / ], which describes the



*    action of stripping a leaf by



*    gliding along the mid-rib at both



*    sides simultaneously as can be



*    done in the case of a small leaf.



*bibi [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to move to and fro, to



*    grope about; ɔbibi yo bibi re



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he went here and there



*    (not knowing where to go); v.



*    baba 2 [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) to miss the way;



*    ɔbibi odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he missed the



*    road. (3) to lead astray, in



*    idiom. bibi [ ˩ ˥ ] ― agbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] lit.



*    “to mislead (somebody) life”;



*    ɽ̃-ɔ̃bibi ʋ̃-ãgbɔ̃ ʋ-en-iye na



*    [ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “it is he who misled



*    me to where I am now”, he



*    brought me into the state in



*    which I am now; v. gie [ / ]



*    ma [ / ]; ya [ ˥ ] dido [ ˩ ˥ ]. (4) to



*    be foolish, senseless; ubibi [ ˥ ˩ \ ]



*    are you mad? v. kiza [ ˩ ˥ ].



*bie [ / ] (1) to cook thoroughly,



*    only of beans, so that they are



*    well done. (2) to be cooked



*    thoroughly, to be done; same



*    as ga 2 [ ˥ ]; ihɛʋ̃ɛ na bieɽe ɛsɛse



*    [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the beans are done.



*biɛ [ ˥ ] to bear (a child); ɣabi-ɔ



*    [ ˥ ˥ / ] “who bore you?”: who are



*    your parents? d-eke n-anabi-ɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ / ] “which place (is it



*    that) you were born”, where were



*    you born? cf. ibiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].