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*    ɔɣare [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] ..., he would have



*    come.



*ɣã [ ˥ ] to cry at the slightest



*    rebuke, of children.



*ɣã [ / ] to be dear, expensive; ɔɣã



*    gbe [ ˩ / ˦ ] it is very dear; axiɛ̃ ɣã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “may (your) selling be



*    dear”: a greeting to traders; cf.



*    Yor. nwɔ̃ [ ˩ ].



*ɣabi-ɔna [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “who has borne”:



*    the fifth generation of de-



*    scendants, the last generation a



*    man can see (such as e.g. the



*    long-lived Azaka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]), but



*    whom he can no longer identify;



*    hence the name; v. iwu [ ˩ ˩ ]; eyɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]; ihiɛ̃hiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; (e)sakpaɽ̃ɛ̃ɣodĩ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɣae [ / ] to share; to divide; iɽ̃ã



*    ɣa-uzo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] they divided the



*    antelope; iɽ̃ã ɣae n-eʋ̃i [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ]



*    they are sharing the thing;



*    nanaɣa-eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “dividing



*    things”: division (in arith-



*    metic); v. ɽoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɣa-ka (ɔka



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ] “to share turns”: to



*    do a thing in turns; olɔkpa



*    ɣaka [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] the police changed



*    reliefs.



*ɣãɣaãɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] very hot (of the



*    weather); ɛdɛ n-ɛɽɛ ɽu (or, ye [ ˥ ])



*    ɣãɣaãɣã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is very hot



*    to-day.



*ɣarao [ ˥ (5-3) ] a salutation used to-



*    wards chiefs (at any time);



*    it may contain rɔ [ (5-3) ], mean-



*    ing something like “may you be



*    there”, and referring to long



*    life (?); v. (e)doo [ ˥ ].



*ɣe [ / ] to look; ɔɣe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is



*    looking at me. ɣe [ / ] lɛ [ / ] ga



*    [ / ] to look around; ɔɣelɛga‿egbe



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he looked around. ɣ-



*    uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ] to look at a show (i.e.



*    usually a dance); lare n-imu‿ɛ̃



*    ɣ-uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “come, that