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*    welcome in triumph (a warrior

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*    returning from a war). gb-izɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to form, bake an izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    (“rice”) cake (round or oval

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*    in a mould); gb-izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    “bake a rice cake for me to

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*    buy”; v. ma 4 [ ˥ ]. gb-obodo

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to pirouette. gb-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    y-ɔbɔtidi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to have an un-

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*    lucky hand (in handling some-

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*    thing). gbe [ ˥ ] odã [ ˥ ˥ ] to kick;

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*    ɔgbe ʋ̃-odã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he kicked me

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*    (man, horse, or cow). gb-ogiɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to make fun; to make fun

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*    of: ya [ ˥ ] gb-ogiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. gb-

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*    akiyɛyɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], gb-iba [ ˥ ˥ ]. gb-

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*    ohio [ ˩ ˥ ] to bore a hole. gb-okĩ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to perform okĩ [ ˥ ˩ ]; also:

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*    fi‿okĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. gb-oɽoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to

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*    spread mud on a timber-track.

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*    gb-osiko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to notch timber.

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*    gb-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] “down”, lit. “hit

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*    ground” is used as second part

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*    of verbal combinations, e.g. in

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*    erhã ni de gb-otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ] that

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*    tree fell down; iɽ̃ã fi‿erhã gb-otɔ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] they cut trees down.

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*    gb-oxoxo [ ˩ / ˩ ] giɛ [ ˥ ] to burst

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*    with laughter: lit. “to hit with

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*    one’s knuckles (and) laugh”.

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*    gb-ɔfɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to become wet; to be

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*    wet; ukpɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ na gb-ɔfɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    “this, my cloth, is (has become)

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*    wet”. gb-ɔkãn-abe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] to

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*    have a serious quarrel with some-

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*    body (idiomatic). gb-ɔrho [ ˥ ˩ ] to

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*    be muddy. gb-ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ] to be

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*    jealous; ɔgb-ɔvo ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] she is

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*    jealous of me. gbe [ ˥ ] ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    to make somebody jealous; eʋ̃i

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*    n-uɽu gbe ʋ̃-ɔ̃vo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    what you have done for her

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*    makes me jealous. gb-ubi [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    to slap; ɔgb-ubi y-ɔʋ̃-ãɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    he slapped my face. gb-ubi [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    to make holes for yam-sticks

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