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*    a row; v. dele [ ˩ ˥ ]. de [ ˥ ]

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*    mudia [ ˥ ˥ ] to stop dead when

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*    going or running, or e.g. when

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*    suddenly sliding. Combinations

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*    with a noun: d-igwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] to

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*    kneel, but de-gwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] (a) to fall

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*    on one’s knees, e.g. in wrestling;

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*    iɽ̃ã hegbasikã ʋ-ɔde-gwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    they had just started shaking

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*    each other (as a preliminary to

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*    a wrestling-match), when he fell

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*    down on his knees. (b) to remain

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*    unfulfilled; to fail, of a promise;

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*    enya n-ɔnyaɽ̃ɛ̃ hia de-gwɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] all the promises he has

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*    given have not been carried out.

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*    (c) to sink in, of the nose, as

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*    an organic malformation; ihu-

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*    ɛɽe de-gwɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] his nose is

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*    sunk in, deformed.

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*de 2 [ ˥ ] in de [ ˥ ] kɛ(e) [ / ] to

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*    remain, also de [ ˥ ] [ / ] re [ ˥ ];

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*    inya n-ɔde re bũ n-aɣaɽ-axwɛ

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*    (ɽe [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “yams which

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*    remain are many that we may

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*    eat (them) to-morrow”: there

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*    remain for us many yams to be

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*    eaten to-morrow; n-ɔde kɛe

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*    r-eʋa [ ˥ ˥ / ˦ (3-1) ] the remainder is

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*    there; cf. 1 [ / ].

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*de [ / ] to tie; to fasten; de [ / ]

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*    mu [ ˥ ] to tie to; d-ɛɽe mu‿erhã

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*    na [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] tie it to this stick!

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*    cf. Yor. de [ ˩ ]; v. gba 2 [ ˥ ].

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*de [ \ ] an exclamation calling

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*    attention to one’s presence (A.

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*    Biogr.); v. ge [ \ ].

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*dede [ ˩ ˥ ] to embrace; v. mu 1 [ ˥ ],

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*    va 2 [ ˥ ] mu [ ˥ ].

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*deɣe [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) if; deɣ-ɛr-owa,

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*    ta ma-ɽ̃ɛ̃-ɣ-irhi-ukpɔ̃ ʋ-eʋ̃ã

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*    [ ˥ / ˥ ˦ ˩ / / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] if he is not at

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*    home, tell him that I have taken

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*    a cloth from here! (2) a particle

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*    implying that a question asked

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*    will be answered in the affirma-

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