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*bukpɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] formula of thanks given
* by women after a meal; this is
* also used as a greeting to some-
* body who has sneezed; v. ɛrɛe
* [ ˩ \ ], kada [ \ ˩ ].
*buyɛbuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] crumpled, of cloth;
* ɔye buyɛbuyɛ [ \ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
* (oh), it is crumpled! (The fall on
* ɔ- is due to emotional reasons.)
*(e)d- (1) an interrogative particle
* conveying the idea expressed by
* the pronoun “which”; the nouns
* linked with it are followed by
* relative sentences: d-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]
* which man: who; d-eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]
* which thing: what; d-ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],
* d-ɛkpo [ ˥ ˥ ] which time: when;
* d-ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] which day: when;
* d-eke [ ˩ ˥ ], d-ehe [ ˩ ˥ ] which place:
* where; d-asɛ [ ˥ ˥ ], d-ako [ ˩ ˩ ]
* which spot: where; d-uki [ ˩ ˩ ]
* which month; d-ɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ] which
* country. It is used alone in d-
* en-ɔxĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] which (out of a cer-
* tain number) is it? (2) when used
* with ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] and repeated with
* a following noun or with ɔɣ-ɔe
* [ ˥ \ ] it comes to mean “every
* one”, e.g. d-ɔʋ̃a d-ɔɣ-ɔe wɛ ri-
* eʋaɽe obɔ-ɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ]
* everyone must eat his own food;
* d-ɔʋ̃a d-owa-ɽe lao [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ]
* everyone must enter his own
* house, i.e. “I do not want you
* here any longer”.
*da 1 [ ˥ ] to have a severe, hard
* effect, in obɔ da‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “hand
* was hard on him”: he received
* a severe blow; gi-obɔ da‿e [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]
* “let the hand be severe on him”:
* hit him properly! an encourage-
* ment for one party in a fight;
* ɔda ʋ̃ɛ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] it grieves me
* very much; I am very sorry;
* idiom.: eʋ̃i da‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “thing