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*    ra [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ] they are crossing

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*    the river; cf. gbe [ / ] ra [ / ], v.

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*    gwa 1 [ ˥ ]; (b) to break into a row

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*    of people called ikpokpã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] at

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*    an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ], or into a row (single

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*    or double file) of people at an

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*    Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] festival. In the case of

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*    the Ɔvia, the man was (is?)

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*    whipped for it; in the case of the

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*    ikpokpã, he was formerly killed

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*    and is nowadays made to pay for

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*    a big sacrifice costing up to £5.

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*    fiã [ ˥ ] ɽe [ ˥ ] (a) to bite; ekita fiã

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*    ʋ̃ɛ ɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] a dog has bitten me;

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*    (b) idiom.: to cheat; iɣafiã‿ɛ̃ɽ-

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*    ɛsɛse, ɣaɣe ʋ̃ɛ ɣ-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ]

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*    I shall cheat him ( “bite him

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*    eat”) properly, (just) look at me

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*    and (look) at him! (i.e. you will

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*    see). Combinations with nouns:

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*    f-ĩdĩ [ ˥ ˩ ] to dig a grave: fĩ-enwɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ] “to be cut breast”: to

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*    be weaned. fiã [ ˥ ] iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ] “to

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*    cut money”: to fine somebody;

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*    v. 1 [ ˥ ]; afĩ-ozo‿iɣo ʋ-ikotu n-

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*    owiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] Ojo was fined

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*    in court this morning. f-ĩɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    to change money; f-ĩɣo na (i)mɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] change this money for

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*    me! v. idɔla [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. f-ĩhue [ ˥ ˥ ] “to

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*    be cut at the nose”: to be de-

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*    faced, of a coin or cowrie.

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*    fi-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] “to cut

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*    the road to somebody’s hand”:

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*    to reach a certain place earlier

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*    than somebody else by using a

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*    shorter road; to make a short

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*    cut. fĩ-osuɣu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] yi [ ˥ ] egbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to trouble somebody (by

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*    means of charms or intrigues).

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*    fĩ-ovã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to give a nickname

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*    (praise-name), v. also ɽe 1 [ ˥ ];

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*    ɔfĩ-ovã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] he gave me a

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*    nickname. fĩ-ɔ̃ka [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to reap

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*    corn (maize). (2) to become, be,

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*    cut or broken; to come off (of a

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