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*    I may carry you to look at the

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*    dance” (to a small child); cf. ɣeɣe

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*    [ / / ]; uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ]; uɣegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɣeɣe [ / / ] to see unexpectedly

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*    (v. A. Biogr.); cf. ɣe [ / ].

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*ɣɛ [ ˥ ] particle used in the negative

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*    imperative and subjunctive;

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*    ɣɛɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] don’t do it! ɣɛyo

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*    [ ˥ (4-1) ] don’t go!

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*ɣɛ 1 [ / ] to fornicate; cf. oɣɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɣɛ 2 [ / ] to feed; occurs in

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*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] song 7; also in

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*    t-uɽami-egbe ya ɣ-ɔɽe [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ]

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*    lit. “may you get body to (take)

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*    feed it”: may you be fit to

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*    bring it (a child) up properly!

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*    (a blessing given to a woman

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*    after delivery, like ɔm-ɔɣɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]).

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*ɣɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] half-way; incompletely

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*    (occurs in a proverb).

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*ɣɛɽɛɣɛɽɛɣɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes a

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*    stealthy way of walking like

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*    that of a spy, with varying

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*    speed and frequent looking

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*    round; ɔxiã ɣɛɽɛɣɛɽɛɣɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    he walks like a spy.

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*ɣi an auxiliary used in several

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*    ways, especially (1) following

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*    the auxiliary ke [ ˥ ] which links

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*    up facts (“and then...”); ɔke-

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*    ɣiɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] “and he was

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*    doing it”; ɔkeɣiɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ]

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*    “and then he did it”. (2) in

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*    temporal clauses: ɔɣis-eʋa (

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*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ \ ˩ \ ] or [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] “when

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*    he had arrived there.” (3) in the

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*    apodosis of a conditional period.

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*    (4) after a negation, meaning

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*    “no longer”: ɛɣiɽu‿ɛe [ / ˥ ˥ \ ]

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*    he no longer does it; cf. ɣu.

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*ɣidiɣidi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] big (of parts of the

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*    body, like arms and calves,

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*    thighs); occasionally gidigidi is

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*    said to be heard, which is

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*    wrong; ɔye ɣidiɣidi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is

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*    big.

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