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*(e)doo [ ˥ ] a common form of in-



*    formal salute given when meet-



*    ing somebody equal or inferior



*    to oneself (same an koyɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]):



*    hullo! plur. wa doo [ ˩ ˥ ]; do tɛ



*    [ ˥ / ] indicates that the speaker



*    is worried or absent-minded (v.



*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] song 2); d-ɔmɔ o



*    [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] a salutation addressed to



*    chiefs, v. ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; do‿ɛwae



*    n-ɔbũ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “do, big family”:



*    answer of the senior of a clan to



*    the clan-greeting (v. la 3 [ ˥ ]);



*    instead of ɛwae [ ˩ ˩ ], ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ]



*    or uniɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] can be used.



*d-oʋe [ ˩ ˥ ] to move to and fro



*    without sleep; cf. d-omia [ ˩ ˥ ].



*dɔ̃ [ ˥ ] to become, be thin; lean;



*    ɔʋ̃a n-ɔdɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] a thin, lean



*    man; cf. dɔ̃ [ / ] (?), udɔ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ];



*    v. si 1 [ ˥ ].



*dɔ [ / ] yɔ [ \ ] to extinguish a fire;



*    dɔ‿erhɛ̃ yɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] quench the fire!



*dɔ̃ [ / ] to stretch itself, of a spring-



*    trap when catching; ifi na dɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] the trap has stretched



*    itself; cf. dɔ̃ [ ˥ ] (?)



*dɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] a verb indicating (1) that



*    a certain action is performed



*    again; v. weri-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔdɔlɔ



*    ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he did it again;



*    dɔl-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] is also used, e.g. in



*    dɔl-egbe ta [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to repeat (say-



*    ing), dɔl-egbe ɽu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to repeat



*    (doing). Hence, (2) to mend; to



*    repair; in dɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ] to repair.



*    dɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to repair, and, to



*    prepare; also: to put in a safe



*    place; dɔl-etebuɽu yi, atekpaɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ] lay the table before



*    we leave. dɔl-amiɔʋ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ˩ ]



*    “to settle adultery”: to pay the



*    fine which is, at least, partly used



*    for the pacification-sacrifice (v.



*    zɔ [ / ]), and receive kola from



*    the husband as a sign of re-