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*    “from”; k-eʋ̃a ɣari-ɛdo ibiɽik-isɛ̃

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*    nya‿iy-eva [ ˩ \ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ]

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*    from here to Benin is 45 miles. (3)

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*    “since”, in k-eʋa ɣaxiã [ ˩ \ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    since that time: lit. “from there

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*    going”.

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*ke 1 [ / ] (1) to be suitable; it is

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*    used impersonally with a follow-

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*    ing subjunctive introduced by

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*    n- and conveys something like

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*    the idea of the English “ought

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*    to”; ɔkeɽe n-aɽ̃ɛ̃-ʋ̃i n-ɔwiɽi

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “it is suitable that

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*    one should know the thing that

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*    is lost”: one ought to know

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*    what is lost. (2) to put some-

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*    thing in the right position (so

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*    that it does not fall); to support;

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*    k-axe ni ɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] put this pot

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*    in a safe position! k-ewu [ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    put three stones up as a support

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*    for a cooking-pot; to prepare a

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*    place for cooking; imi-ɔɛ̃ ʋ-ɔkewu

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*    ʋ-ɛɣɛ n-inay-eʋa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ \ ]

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*    I saw him preparing a cooking-

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*    place (at the time) when I went

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*    there (na [ ˥ ] or [ \ ]); cf.

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*    ikewu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. k-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] to rest,

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*    gũ ʋ̃ɛ k-ɛtĩ xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] let me

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*    rest a little! v. ko-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], kok-

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*    ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ke 2 [ / ] in ke [ / ] ikiã [ ˥ ˩ ] to

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*    be the result of something;

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*    ɔk-ɛɽ-ikiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] it results from it.

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*keke [ ˩ ˥ ] to push (in a crowd), to

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*    jostle: ɣɛkeke ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] don’t

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*    push me! ɔkeke ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he

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*    pushed me; v. rua [ / ], sua [ / ].

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*(e)k-es-ɔgbã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] twenty-five:

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*    “remain five (to) thirty” (by

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*    young people isɛ̃ nya‿ugie [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ]

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*    “five above twenty” is used);

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*    cf. 1 [ / ].

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*(e)k-es-ugie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] fifteen; something

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*    like “remain five (to) twenty”;

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*    cf. 1 [ / ].

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