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*    then we arrived there”: he had

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*    already done it when we arrived

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*    there (v. da [ ˥ ]; “to do something

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*    out of one’s own accord”).

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*    (3) in the phrase ɔɣakɛe [ ˩ ˩ / ]

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*    (lit. “if there is time”?) it is used

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*    to qualify a statement about

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*    something happening in the

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*    future: “probably”, “perhaps”,

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*    v. ɣaa [ ˥ ]; ɔɣakɛe, ɔɣare axwɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] he will probably come

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*    to-morrow.

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*k-ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. [ ˥ ].

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*kɛeke [ \ ˩ ] with; together with;

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*    eni kɛek-akɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ / ˩ ] the

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*    elephant together with its teeth

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*    (v. Uke keʋe arhuaɽo).

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*k-ɛhi [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. [ ˥ ].

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*kɛkã [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) bare; y-owɛ kɛkã ɣa

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*    de [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] come with bare

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*    feet! (2) (in) vain; empty;

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*    ineffective; eʋ̃i kɛkã [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    lit. “it is a vain thing”; said e.g.

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*    of somebody’s intrigues which

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*    the speaker thinks to be harm-

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*    less and negligible; ɔguã‿ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ

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*    kɛkã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ] he is talking

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*    empty words (“word of mouth”)

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*    i.e. he has no power to do

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*    anything. (3) only; ɔkpa kɛkã

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] one only; cf. kã [ ˩ ].

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*kɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to rot, e.g. meat, leaves,

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*    cloth, wood, or a corpse; ɣa s-

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*    ukpɔ̃ na ɽae y-uw-amɛ ʋ-eʋ̃a,

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*    ɔɣakɛkɛ ( [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ‿ ˥ ]

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*    who left this cloth in the water

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*    here, it will rot!

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*kɛtɛkɛtɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] ass; occasionally

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*    brought by Hausa people.

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*k-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ke 1 [ / ].

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*kĩ 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to look for fruit at

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*    the base of a tree; gi‿ayakĩ otiɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ / / ˥ ˥ ˥ ] let us go and look for

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*    otiɛ̃! (2) to inspect, e.g. traps.

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*kĩ 2 [ ˥ ] to tie tightly; ɔy-iri kĩ‿ɛ̃

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*    kãkaãkã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “he took

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