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*    dicates a direction towards some-

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*    body or something: giɛ [ ˥ ] da

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*    [ / ] to laugh in the direction of,

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*    or towards, somebody; ɣɛgiɛ da

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*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “don’t laugh towards

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*    me!” but ɣɛgiɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ] “don’t

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*    laugh at me!” mu aɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    da [ / ] to turn one’s face to-

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*    wards somebody. As first part

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*    of verbal combinations in da

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*    [ / ] na [ ˥ ] to give somebody

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*    precedence of seniority, i.e.

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*    though being equal in age and

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*    position, as a matter of polite-

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*    ness; ɔda gbe [ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ] he

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*    always gives me precedence.

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*    da [ / ] yi [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to hold some-

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*    thing for somebody; miɛ da‿e

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*    yi (miɛ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “take

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*    and hold it for me!” da [ / ]

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*    yi [ ˥ ] [ / ] (a) to stop some-

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*    body until somebody else comes

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*    ( “to stop wait”); da‿e yi ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “stop him (to wait) for

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*    me!” (b) to adjourn (legal pro-

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*    ceedings); mad-en-ɛzɔ yi xɛ‿iko

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*    n-ɔde [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] we adjourned

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*    the case until the next court

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*    ( “wait court which is coming”).

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*    da [ / ] yi [ ˥ ] is also “to prevent”,

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*    e.g. in ɔda ʋ̃ɛ yi n-iɣɛgb-ẽbe na

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˨ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he prevented me from

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*    writing this letter, lit. “that I

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*    might not write”. In connection

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*    with a noun and a verb in d-amɛ

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*    [ / ˩ ] na [ ˥ ] (or gu [ ˥ ]) to catch

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*    dropping water for somebody;

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*    d-amɛ gũ ʋ̃ɛ (or [ ˥ ]) ya nw-

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*    igaɽi na [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “catch the

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*    (dropping) water for me to (take

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*    and) drink this cassava”. d-obɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to hold on (doing

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*    something); d-obɔ yi‿itere [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    hold on until I come!

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*dã [ ˩ ] bad; eʋ̃i dã [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] it is

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*    a bad thing (scil. to do).

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