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*    grieves him” viz. to give it



*    away: he is stingy; cf. eʋ̃idaʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*da 2 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-



*    dicating (1) that the subject



*    performs the main action of his



*    own will, or initiative; t-idaɽu‿



*    ɛe [ ˥ ˦ ˦ (4-1) ] I shall do it of my own



*    free will; ɔmakɛɽ-agi-ɔ, ukeda-



*    ɣaxiã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “it was not



*    (yet) up to the time that you



*    were sent, then you went on



*    your own account”: you went



*    before you were sent. (2) (with



*    a long vowel) that the subject



*    is just starting to perform the



*    main action; t-idaɽu‿ɛe [ \ ˥ ˥ \ ]



*    I am starting to do it (now).



*da 3 [ ˥ ] to drink alcoholic drinks,



*    also d-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ɔdanyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*da 4 [ ˥ ] to pour down, of rain;



*    stronger than rhɔ [ / ]; amɛ na



*    dae-sɛse [ ˩ / ˩ \ ˥ ˦ ] the rain has



*    come down with a vengeance;



*    cf. da [ / ] (?).



*da 5 [ ˥ ] in d-itã [ ˥ ˩ ] to take the



*    ordeal; da‿e [ ˥ ˩ ] take it! da-ɽe



*    [ ˩ \ ] pass (it to) him!



*da 6 [ ˥ ] in d-iɣo [ ˥ ˩ ] ɽua [ ˥ ] “to be-



*    come smoke”: to be annihilated



*    (in a war-song); also d-iɣ-ua



*    [ ˥ / ]; probably also in d-ihoi [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    to be in vain.



*da 7 [ ˥ ] in d-iziɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] to commit



*    a murder; Ojo d-iziɣa ʋ-egb-aʋ̃-



*    ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ n-ɛɣ-ɛd-ia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] Ojo



*    committed the murder of his



*    wife three days ago.



*da 8 [ ˥ ] in da [ ˥ ] vã [ ˥ ], da [ ˥ ]



*    tu [ ˥ ] to shout; da [ ˥ ] tie [ / ] to



*    shout (and call somebody).



*da [ / ] to stretch out; to turn



*    towards; in da‿obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    stretch a hand out (in order to



*    obtain something). As second



*    part of verbal combinations it in-