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*    ukela‿(o)wa [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] shake

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*    that sand off before you enter

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*    the house! ɽueɣ-erhã na n-ɔm-

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*    ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ bɔʋ̃ɛ kua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ] shake

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*    this tree (so) that its fruit is

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*    shaken off! bɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    brush and slap oneself with the

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*    hand, if covered with dirt, as

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*    after a walk in the bush, or in

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*    order to remove insects; v. udiã

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*bũ [ ˥ ] to be plentiful, numerous;

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*    eʋ̃i na bũ gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “these

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*    things are numerous”: many of

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*    these things are there; iɽ̃ã bũ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] they are numerous; bũ [ ˥ ]

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*    gbe [ ˥ ] means also “to suffice”.

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*bu 1 [ / ] (1) to meet; bu ʋ̃ɛ ɣade

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “meet me coming”: come

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*    and meet me! ibu‿ɛɽe xiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    “I am meeting him going”: I am

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*    going to meet him. (2) to be

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*    equal in quantity, e.g. two heaps

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*    of grains when being compared

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*    by people when trading. bu [ / ]

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*    y-ɔ [ \ ] to pay a sum of money

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*    towards something; iy-isil-isɛ̃

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*    bu y-osa n-iʋ̃ɔ̃-ɽe (ʋ̃ɛ [ / ])

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “I took five shillings

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*    paid towards the debt I owe

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*    him” (ɽ is not nasalised).

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*bu 2 [ / ] to decide; bu ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    fix a date, to make an appoint-

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*    ment for something; ɔbu ɛdɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] “he promised me a time”:

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*    he gave me a date, i.e. when he

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*    would come. ibu‿ɛdɛ n-ɔɣaya

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*    re [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] I fixed a date for him

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*    when he should come, lit. “which

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*    he should take to come”;

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*    ibu‿ɛdɛ n-iɣaya s-eʋa ( [ ˥ ])

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] I notified him when

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*    I should arrive there. bu ɛʋo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to found a settlement; ɣa

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*    bu ɛʋo na [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] who founded

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*    this “town”? bu ohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to

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