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*    are lean on account of a disease;

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*    stresses the leanness less than

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*    kãgũkãgũ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]; cf. gokaã [ ˦ ˦ ].

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*gulɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] intensifies an impres-

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*    sion of flexibility (used with the

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*    verb ʋoxo [ ˩ ˥ ]); of the tail-

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*    feather of a cock e.g., or the

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*    creeper ikã [ ˥ ˩ ], or the shrub

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*    unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*gulugulu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] deep; of narrow

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*    holes, such as uy-egwi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ],

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*    wells, or deep places in a river;

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*    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ].

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*g-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to keep quiet; g-un-uɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ / ] something like “shutup!”;

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*    a milder expression is gi‿ah-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] lit. “let hear word”; cf.

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*    gue [ / ] (?); v. hũ [ ˥ ] nwa [ ˥ ].

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*guozaa [ ˩ ˩ ] describes the noise of

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*    falling trees when a farm is

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*    being made.

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*gũɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to brush with some-

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*    thing soft (an oɽokɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or a

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*    brush, or leaves); to dust (by

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*    shaking); v. bɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], (2) idiom.:

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*    gũɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to shake

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*    body”: to turn brusquely round

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*    when addressed; ɔgũɔʋ̃-egbe kpaɔ

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*    ʋ-igu‿ɛe guã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / ] he

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*    turned round brusquely when I

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*    was talking to him. (3) to wag

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*    the tail (of a dog); the man whom

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*    the dogs greet in this way is

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*    object of the verb.

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*gwa 1 [ ˥ ] to pull (of a canoe), also

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*    gw-okɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]. gwa [ ˥ ] gbera‿ɛzɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to pull somebody across a

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*    river. gwa [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] lit. “to

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*    pull in it”: to join in pulling;

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*    gwa y-ɔ [ ˩ \ ] join in pulling!

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*    (to men sitting in the canoe

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*    without helping). gw-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to

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*    cross a river by canoe. gw-amɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ], given by N.W.Th. with the

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*    same meaning, was said not to

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*    be used (by A.); cf. Yor. wa [ ˩ ].

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