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*dabadogũ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Pari-
* narium sp.
*dada [ ˩ ˥ ] to carry (heavy things)
* by hand; ɔdada‿e xiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he
* is carrying it along.
*dãdaãdã [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] exact(ly); of time.
*d-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. da 3 [ ˥ ].
*daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to test; cf. ɔdaʋ̃(ɛ)o-
* figbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. (2) to taste some-
* thing. (3) in daʋ̃-ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to
* test ear”: to listen; ɔdaʋ̃-ehɔ-ɽe
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] he is listening to it.
*de 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to fall; ɔde ʋ-uhuʋ̃-erhã
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he fell from the top of the
* tree; iter.: dele [ ˩ ˥ ], e.g. in iɽ̃ã
* dele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] they fell (one after
* the other), but iɽ̃ã de [ ˥ ˩ \ ] they
* fell (all at the same time). (2) to
* happen; to come about; ʋ-ɔya-
* de [ \ ˩ ˥ ] “what did it take to
* fall?”: how did it come about?
* Combinations with verbs: de [ ˥ ]
* ba [ / ] to join; v. ya 3 [ ˥ ] ba [ / ];
* ɔde ba‿iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he joined
* them; ɔde ba-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] it agrees
* to it; it goes with it, of different
* kinds of merchandise (e.g. beans)
* which can be mixed with each
* other in order to fetch a higher
* price. de [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ] to fall on
* something. de [ ˥ ] gb-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] to
* fall on the ground, down; ɔfe
* ʋ̃-obɔ de gb-otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] it slipped
* from my hand (and) fell down.
* de [ ˥ ] kũ [ / ] to knock against
* somebody or something, e.g. in
* the dark; idiom.: de kũ‿erhã
* kũ‿iri [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to hit oneself
* here and there, “against rope,
* against wood”; ɔde kũ‿erhã kũ‿
* iri xiã ʋɔ-d-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˥ ] he
* hits against this and that when
* he is drunk. de [ ˥ ] lel-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
* “to fall (and) follow one an-
* other”: to fall one after the
* other, as e.g. bottles standing in