Page-076-R

*    “trying” (to keep up appear-



*    ances); uhia sɛ nɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] you



*    have “tried” enough; e.g. if one



*    has been offered enough by a



*    poor host, or, if somebody has



*    tried to give help, but without



*    success.



*hiã 1 [ / ] to be bright and clean;



*    only used of something that has



*    been washed; ukpɔ̃ na hiãɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this cloth is bright



*    (after being washed); cf. uhiãʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ], huã 1 [ / ]; v. nwanwa-



*    nwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*hiã 2 [ / ] to ask for a sacrifice by



*    means of an oracle; of a god;



*    v. ese [ ˩ ˩ ].



*hie 1 [ / ] to blow on a fire; ɔhi-



*    erhɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] he blew on the fire;



*    ɔhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is blowing on it.



*hie 2 [ / ] (1) to put a ceiling on a



*    room (but “to roof” is dɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]).



*    (2) to ridge a roof.



*hiehie (also hiehieɽe [ / / ˩ ] and



*    Egh. Hist. hieɽehieɽe [ / ˥ (4-1) ˩ ])



*    [ / / ] at all; ɛrɔɔ hiehie



*    [ / ˥ ‿ / / / ‿ ˩ ] there are none at all!



*    or, he is not at all there!



*hiɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to be prosperous, wealthy;



*    ɔhiɛ̃ nɛ-sɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is very



*    prosperous.



*hiɛ [ / ] (1) to deceive. (2) to fail;



*    of charms.



*hiɛ̃hiɛ̃hiɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] describes a high and



*    faint voice; used with the verb



*    guã [ / ].



*higboo [ ˦ ˦ ] tall and fat, same as



*    gbɔhuũ [ ˦ ˦ ]; used with the verb



*    ye [ ˥ ]; v. gbokoo [ ˦ ˦ ].



*hiɣahiɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] trembling; of old



*    people, or nervous trembling;



*    used with the verb gwɔ [ ˥ ]; not



*    as strong as zɛzɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],



*hihiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to upset; v. ni [ ˥ ] for



*    a canoe; ɔhihi-ɔe n-owiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ]



*    he upset it this morning. hihiɛ