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*    stop! don’t go! ɔtexiã, iɣigu‿ɛe

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*    guã, ɔnahɛwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) / ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ] he

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*    was about to go, when I talked

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*    to him: he then gave it up; v.

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*    ko‿ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*hi [ ˥ ] to pray Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] and Ɛhi

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ] for one’s well-being during

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*    the next reincarnation (ari-aʋehe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]); occurs in a proverb; cf.

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*    ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*hĩ [ / ] (1) to climb; ihĩ‿oke [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    I am climbing a hill; ihĩ‿ũhuʋ̃-

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*    erhã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] I climbed up a tree.

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*    (2) of new moon: to come out

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*    for the first time; uki mahehĩ

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*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] the moon has not yet

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*    come out. (3) to ride a horse;

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*    ihĩ‿ɛ̃sĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am riding a horse.

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*    (4) to show, of tribal marks

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*    which stand up a little from the

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*    surrounding skin; iwu‿ɛɽe hĩɽ̃ĩ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] his tribal marks show.

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*    Idiom.: hĩ oha [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to give

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*    presents to one’s superior, also

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*    to the Ɔba; v. imuohã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (to

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*    the Ɔba only); z-igwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] (wife

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*    to her husband, man to his

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*    superior, e.g. to the chief of the

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*    quarter); eʋ̃i n-iɣaya hĩ‿oha -

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*    iho na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “the things

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*    which I will take to present are

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*    the ones I am looking for now”.

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*hĩ [ \ ] second part of verbal com-

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*    binations implying the meaning

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*    “away”, “out of”, v. mu 1 [ ˥ ].

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*hia 1 [ / ] to scrape; hia‿erhã na

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*    n-ɔri-ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “scrape this

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*    plank that it may be properly

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*    smooth!” hia [ / ] kua [ ˥ ] to

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*    scrape off.

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*hia 2 [ / ] to try to keep up

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*    one’s social position, or one’s

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*    health; to struggle against diffi-

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*    culties; to strive one’s utmost;

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*    ɛrheʋ̃ɛ̃‿eʋ̃i, ɔyehia [ / / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ / / ]

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*    though he has nothing, he is still

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