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*    elephant; used with the verb

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*    ye [ ˥ ]; cf. gidigbii [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], gadagbaa

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*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].

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*gie [ ˥ ] (1) to send; gie [ ˥ ] uhuʋ̃u

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to send on an errand; ɔgi-

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*    ɛɽ-uhuʋ̃u gi-erha‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] he

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*    sent him on an errand to his

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*    father. (2) also used as second

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*    verb of a combination in order

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*    to indicate a direction towards

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*    something or somebody (v.

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*    above). (3) to attack, of diseases,

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*    the object being the particular

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*    spot that is affected (possibly,

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*    this item does not belong to

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*    gie [ ˥ ]).

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*gie 1 [ / ] to compare; ɣɛya‿e gie

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*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ] “don’t take him

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*    compare (with) me”: don’t

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*    compare him with me! gie [ / ]

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*    ma [ / ] to show something that

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*    cannot be taken in one’s hand,

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*    or that is at a distance, to some-

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*    body; ɔgi-ugb-ɛɽemaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    he showed me his farm (ma is

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*    long). gi-odɛ dã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] ma [ / ]

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*    “to show a bad way”: to lead

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*    astray (also in a metaphorical

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*    sense); ɔgi-odɛ dã ma ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-inɔ-ɽ-

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*    ibude [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ] he led me

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*    astray when I had asked his

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*    advice; v. bibi [ ˩ ˥ ], ya [ ˥ ] dido

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], gu [ ˥ ] dido [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*gie 2 [ / ] to spit, in gi-asɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*    gi-exwae [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] to spit on

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*    a charm after pronouncing a

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*    prophecy or curse, in order to

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*    confirm the words spoken, v.

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*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] songs 7. gie [ / ]

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*    always seems to imply deliberate

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*    spitting; v. tu‿asɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*giɛ [ ˥ ] to laugh; ɔgiɛ y-ɛʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is laughing at my

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*    words; ɔgb-oxoxo giɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is

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*    bursting with laughter; cf. ogiɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ].

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