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*    egbe gu‿ɛe ɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˦ ] “body

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*    helped her to do” or “body

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*    did (it) with her”: she had a

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*    miscarriage. gu becomes gũ in

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*    front of the objective ʋ̃ɛ “me”

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*    and ʋ̃a “us”.

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*gu 2 [ ˥ ]; cf. gi [ ˥ ].

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*gua 1 [ / ] (also: guaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ] used by

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*    old people) to know how to do

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*    a thing; used with verbs only:

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*    igua xa-ɽe [ / ˦ / ˩ ] I don’t know

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*    how to say it.

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*gua 2 [ / ] (1) to adulterate;

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*    ɔgu-anyɔ na [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he has

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*    adulterated this palm wine;

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*    ɔgua‿oɽoka na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he has

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*    adulterated (the metal of) this

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*    ring (in both cases gua may

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*    be [ / ]). (2) the second example

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*    can also mean “he has charmed

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*    this ring” (in order to give its

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*    owner a certain power, e.g. to

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*    fell an opponent in fighting at a

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*    single blow); v. le [ ˥ ].

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*gue [ / ] (1) to cover (with a lid);

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*    g-uwawa na n-ikiã ɣɛtĩ y-ɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] cover this pot in

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*    order that the flies may not get

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*    into it. (2) to be covered; uwa-

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*    wa na gueɽe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this pot

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*    is covered.

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*guɛɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] very small (same as

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*    gyɛɣɛgyɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. giɛ(ɛ)ɽɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ] (e.g. in ɔɣɛdɛ ne giɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    “banana”).

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*gũkã [ ˩ ˩ ] describes a certain way

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*    of sitting down (used with tota

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*    [ ˥ / ]); used e.g. of a vulture

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*    perching on a tree; ɔtĩ y-uhuʋ̃-

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*    erhã gũkã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] it has (flown

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*    and) perched on a tree. In the

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*    case of a man sitting down, it

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*    describes “a huge, big man, sit-

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*    ting down as if collapsing.”.

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*gũkaã [ ˦ ˦ ] very lean, but not im-

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*    plying tallness, e.g. people who

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