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*giɛ [ / ] to give way; to break
* suddenly (of a worn-out cloth).
*giɛ̃ [ / ] to burn; owa giɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ fɛfɛɛfɛ
* [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] the house burnt (or, is
* burnt) to the ground; cf. agiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].
*giɛgiɛ [ / ˦ ] to be quick at some-
* thing; ɔgiɛgiɛ nwina [ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he
* is working quickly; cf. ɛgiɛgiɛ
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].
*giɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] very bright; of weather;
* ɛdɛ rãɽ̃ɛ̃ giɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] the day
* was very bright.
*gilɔgilɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] tall and thin (of men
* only; v. sigosigo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] which
* seems to indicate a greater de-
* gree of thinness; used with ɔtaɛ̃
* [ ˩ \ ] “he is tall”); v. nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃
* [ ˥ ˥ ].
*gĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to he against; ɛʋ̃ɛ
* na gĩna‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “this matter
* is against him”: he is guilty in
* this matter. (2) used as second
* part in the combination; rhia [ ˥ ]
* gĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] in agbɔ̃ rhia gĩna‿ɛ̃
* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “life is spoilt for him”,
* meaning “he is impotent”, or,
* “he is destitute”; in case of a
* woman “she is barren”, or “she
* has a venereal disease”; cf.
* agbegĩnotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].
*gi-odɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] ma [ / ]; cf. gie 1 [ / ].
*giogiogio [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] very hot, of boiling
* water; used with the verb tɔ̃ 3 [ ˥ ];
* v. ɣiɽiɣiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*giri, gri [ ˩ ˩ ] describes a sudden or
* unexpected motion; ɔgwa kpaɔ
* giri [ ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he got up suddenly;
* v. ha 1 [ / ].
*giriririri (i very short and almost
* inaudible) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the
* patter of rain, also that of rain
* not yet on the spot; ɔso giriririri
* [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it patters; v. kpata-
* kpatakpata [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*gizaka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the falling
* down (or the noise of it?) of