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*  is much heard, but which “never
* comes to the main road”; the
* cry is usually heard dying down
* or receding into the distance.
*hɛ 1 [ / ] to carry (many things; v.
* viɔ [ / ]); cf. hɛ 2 [ / ] (?).
*hɛ 2 [ / ] in hɛ yo hɛ re [ / ˥ / ˥ ] to
* breathe heavily; cf. hɛwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ].
*hɛ 3 [ / ] a particle closing a
* sentence or clause opened by
* ʋ- “how”; ʋ-uwa ʋiɛ hɛ [ ˩ / / / ]
* how have you (pl.) slept? ʋ-
* ɛɣ-aye hɛ [ ˩ / ˥ / ] what (how) is
* the time?
*hɛ̃ [ \ ] no; v. mm [ \ ]; ɛo [ ˥ ˦ ].
*hɛ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to level ground for the
* purpose of house-building; ɔhɛ̃h-
* ɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] he levelled it. hɛ̃h-
* ũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to level mouth”:
* to come to an agreement or
* decision; iɽ̃ã hɛ̃h-ũnu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] they
* have come to an agreement; cf.
* ihɛ̃hũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*h-ɛkɛ̃ [ / ˩ ]; cf. hɔ [ / ].
*hɛko [ ˩ / ] a variant of the verb
* fɛko [ ˩ / ]; hɛko ɣaguã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ]
* speak gently!
*hɛ̃nɛdɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] safely; easily.
*h-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. hɔ̃ [ ˥ ].
*hɛwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to breathe; ɔhɛw-
* ɛsɛse n-uɣɛgi-afiãma fiã‿ã
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] he breathes pro-
* perly so that you need not
* be afraid; lit. “so that you
* must not allow pulse to beat
* you”; ɔhɛwɛ y-otɔ hɛwɛ y-uxuʋ̃u
* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “+he is (heavily) draw-
* ing breath down and up”: he is
* breathing with difficulty, as e.g.
* a man suffering from asthma.
*hɛwɛ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to refrain from doing
* a certain thing; hɛwɛ re [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
* don’t do it! lit. something like
* “leave off!”; used when an
* order previously given is re-
* voked; hɛwɛ! ɣɛɣiyo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ]