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*gwa 2 [ ˥ ] to dig; gw-ɛhɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to
* make a yam-heap (or a heap for
* planting coco-yam or gari); cf.
* Yor. wa [ ˩ ].
*gwa 3 [ ˥ ] to fit; to be suitable (of
* rooms); ɔgwa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it fits, suits,
* me (in space); wɛ w-eʋa ɣagwa‿e
* yi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “do you think (lit.
* “say”) (that room) there will
* fit him?” (i.e. that there will be
* enough room for him); idiom.:
* Ogbe‿gw-ihɔ̃wa [ ˥ / ˩ \ ˩ ] “Ogbe
* (a quarter of Benin City) does
* not fit Ihɔ̃wa (a name)”: it is in-
* tolerable; e.g. in n-uye na, Ogbe‿
* ʋegw-ihɔ̃wa-ɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] lit.
* “what you are in now, Ogbe
* will not fit Ihɔ̃wa any more
* (ʋe [ / ]) to-day”: the temper
* in which you are to-day is be-
* coming intolerable (sc. and I can
* no longer put up with it; e.g. to
* a nagging wife).
*gwa 4 [ ˥ ] in gwa [ ˥ ] ehiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] to
* scratch (with nails, or birds with
* their claws); oxuo na gwa ʋ̃-ehiɛ̃
* [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] this woman scratched
* me; v. nyi 2 [ ˥ ].
*gwa 5 [ ˥ ] in gwa [ ˥ ] kpaɔ [ ˥ ] to
* get up.
*gwalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to search; ɔgwal-en-ɛwe
* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he searched for the goat.
* gwalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] kua [ ˥ ] to dig some-
* thing out (of a heap of similar
* things e.g.); ɔgwal-isawɛwɛ kua
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] he (or, it, e.g. a fowl)
* is searching, digging out ground-
* nuts; cf. gwa 2 [ ˥ ].
*gwe [ ˥ ] “to be with”: to be pos-
* sessed by (somebody); inya‿irɔ
* n-iɣaɽe-ɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] I have no
* yam to eat to-day; answer:
* ɔgwe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “it is with me”:
* I have some; cf. gu [ ˥ ].
*gwɛ [ ˥ ] (1) to know; to be ac-
* customed to something; ɔgw-ebe