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*    (with the pointed stick ubi [ ˩ ˥ ]).

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*    gb-ugbo [ ˥ ˥ ] to do farm work (as

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*    one’s occupation); to be a

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*    farmer. gb-ugb-ogi-erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ]

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*    to play a certain children’s game

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*    which consists in guessing things

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*    that are known to a few of the

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*    players only. gb-uke [ ˥ ˩ ] to stamp

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*    one’s feet (as in a special kind of

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*    dance); uke ɔgbe na ɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] is

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*    he stamping uke there? (The na

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*    is used when the speaker can see

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*    the man.) gb-umɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to rub

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*    oneself with camwood (which

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*    dyes the skin red); this is e.g.

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*    done by the women members of

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*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] at the ikpolɛki

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] festival, and by men, at

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*    the agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (new-yam festival

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*    at the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]); ɔgb-umɛ n-

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*    ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˩ ] she has rubbed

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*    (herself with) camwood for

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*    Ɔxwahɛ. gb-uzɛbu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to dance

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*    the Uzɛbu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] dance (gbe [ ˥ ] is

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*    also used with the names of

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*    other dances, e.g. gb-akaba [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    or gb-ukpukpɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “to dance

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*    a war-dance”).

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*gbe 2 [ ˥ ] a verb indicating that an

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*    action is performed intensively

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*    or extensively, or that a certain

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*    state exists to a high degree

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*    (“much”, “well”); always fol-

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*    lowing the main verb; ɔgw-ob-iɽ̃ã

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*    gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] (gwɛ [ ˥ ]) he is much

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*    (well) acquainted with them;

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*    ɔgw-ob-iɽ̃ã gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] some-

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*    thing like: he is always in their

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*    company. (The verbal character

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*    of gbe is shown by the different

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*    intonation in these two forms,

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*    the pf. and ipf.)

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*gbe 3 [ ˥ ] (1) to be rotten; aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ

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*    na gbe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ] this meat is

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*    rotten (so that only parts of it

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*    are eatable). (2) ɔgbe [ ˩ \ ] also

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