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*  sexual intercourse ( “with” is
* expressed by the direct ob-
* ject).
*hoho [ ˩ ˥ ] to blow (wind); idiom.:
* hoh-otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “to blow
* the ground”: to dig a grave;
* iɽ̃ã ɣihoh-otɔ, akeɣimu‿ɛ̃ y-ɔ
* [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “+when they had dug
* a grave, he was then put into
* it” (possibly also iɽ̃ã ɣi- [ ˥ ˩ \ ]).
*hɔ [ ˥ ] to lay eggs; usually without
* ekɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]; ɔxɔxɔ na hɔe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ]
* the hen has laid (an egg).
*hɔ̃ [ ˥ ] (1) to hear; ihɔ̃-ɛ̃ ʋ-unu‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “I heard it from his
* mouth”: I heard it from him.
* h-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “to hear word”;
* gi-ah-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “let hear word”:
* shut up! (2) to understand;
* ɔh-ɛ̃do [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he understands Bini;
* ihɔ̃‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I understand it.
*hɔ [ / ] (1) to wash; hɔ‿ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
* to wash clothes; hɔ‿eto [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to
* wash one’s hair; idiom.: hɔ‿ɛzɛ
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to wash river”, a method
* of fishing, v. iɽewe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) to
* drink, and bathe in, blood, as
* done by the chief Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ] during
* a certain sacrifice. (3) to collect
* and mix mud, in hɔ‿ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
* (same as ɽu‿ekɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]), also h-ɛkɛ̃
* [ / ˩ ].
*hɔ̃ [ / ] to grow (of hair), hũ‿edɛ
* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to grow grey hair”: to
* become old.
*hɔ‿uro [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], also hɛ‿uro, to be
* full, of the moon; cf. uro [ ˩ ˩ ];
* v. ko-ro [ / ˩ ], vɛwae [ ˥ \ ].
*hɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to brush oneself or some-
* thing as a means of purification,
* e.g. after a breach of taboo;
* hɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to purify oneself
* by brushing; hɔʋ̃-owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to
* purify a house; hɔʋ̃-ɛʋo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to
* purify a village; cf. ihɔʋ̃egbe
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].