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*    be successful; a curse: eʋ̃i n-uɽu

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*    hia ɛɣadĩn-odɛ nwuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]

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*    lit. “things that you are doing

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*    all, it will not reach the road for

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*    you”: whatever you do will not

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*    meet with success; this can only

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*    be used as a curse, not in con-

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*    versation with a man who is

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*    unlucky, apparently because the

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*    expression itself is considered to

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*    be harmful; v. heʋeheʋe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*diɔ̃ [ / ] to be senior; idĩ-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    I am senior to him ( “I senior

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*    him”); cf. odiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. dido [ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    ixiʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*d-itã [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. da 5 [ ˥ ].

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*d-ivu [ ˥ ˩ ] to (rot and) germinate;

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*    of seed-yam only.

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*diʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to be deep; ɛzɛ na diʋ̃i

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*    gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this river is very

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*    deep. (2) to be hard to under-

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*    stand; to be idiomatic; exɔ-ɽe

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*    diʋ̃i gbe [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] his conduct is

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*    hard to understand; ɛdo n-uzɛe

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*    na ɛdo n-ɔdiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] the

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*    Bini you speak is “deep” Bini,

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*    i.e. very idiomatic speech. (3) to

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*    go to the bottom of a river, etc.;

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*    v. iɽ̃aʋ̃iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. diʋ̃idiʋ̃i

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*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ], udiʋ̃iʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ].

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*diʋ̃idiʋ̃i [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] deep, but not

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*    narrow; v. gulugulu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; used

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*    with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. diʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*d-ixwiɛxwiɛ ɽi‿ua [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] not to

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*    reach normal size; to fall short

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*    in size, of men, animals, but

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*    also of corn; cf. xwiɛxwiɛɛxwiɛ

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*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; v. kpɛ-iri [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (of men and

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*    animals only).

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*d-iziɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. da 7 [ ˥ ].

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*do 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to weave, also used of

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*    the spider. du‿ido [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to weave

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*    (ido [ ˩ ˥ ] “weaving”). d-ukpɔ̃

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to weave cloth. (2) to make

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*    baskets; gũ ʋ̃ɛ hu‿ɔʋ̃a n-ɔgua

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*    du‿oxuae (ho [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ \ ]

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