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*fua 2 [ ˥ ] to be white; ɔfua ʋ-akɔ̃

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*    n-unu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “it is white like

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*    the teeth of the mouth”; cf.

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*    fuɔfua [ ˩ ˥ ], ɛfua [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*fuã [ / ] (1) to perish; a curse:

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*    uɽafuã [ ˥ ˦ / ] may you perish!

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*    (answer: iwua‿en-ɔfuã o [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ (5-4) ˧ ]

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*    “I am forbidden what is perish-

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*    ed o”: something like “God has

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*    not destined me to perish”).

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*    (2) to die out; ɛgbɛ-iɽ̃ã fuã xiã

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] lit. “their family (sib)

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*    are perishing along”, i.e. dying

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*    out. This would be a bad curse

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*    if uttered to a member of the

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*    clan; cf. fua [ ˥ ] (?).

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*fuɛ̃fuɛ̃fuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] smothering, of a

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*    fire that only smokes a little; a

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*    smaller fire than that described

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*    by ɽuɛɽuɛɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; used with

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*    the verb ba [ / ].

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*fuɔfua [ ˩ ˥ ] to be white; ukpɔ̃ n-ozo

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*    rhuaɛ̃ fuɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ] the cloth

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*    Ojo wears is white; cf. fua 2 [ ˥ ].

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*ga 1 [ ˥ ] to serve; ɔga‿e [ ˩ ˥ / ] he

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*    served him. ga [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to serve

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*    for a betrothed girl (with her

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*    father); ɔga y-ɔʋox-ũʋi [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    he served for the girl; cf. ugaʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ], ega 1 [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ga 2 [ ˥ ] to cook; to be done, of

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*    food that is being cooked; inya

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*    na fɛko ga [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] this yam is

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*    cooking (gradually); v. bie [ / ].

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*ga [ / ] (1) to surround; v. [ / ].

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*    (2) to fence, i.e. to set a fence

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*    as part of a trap across the bush,

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*    cf. ega 2 [ ˩ ˥ ]; or, to put a fence

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*    around something, e.g. a tree, or

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*    the hole of an animal; ga

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*    ɛzi erhã na n-idoxũ‿ĩfi y-ɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] lit. “fence the

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*    base of this tree that I may come

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*    and set traps there!” v. gba 2

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*    [ ˥ ].

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