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*koko 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to gather; si‿ɛ(e)

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*    koko [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] gather it (also [ ˥ \ ]);

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*    w-iɽ̃ã si koko ʋ̃ɛ-ɣ-ide (iɣe

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ]) [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] tell them

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*    to gather and wait for me for

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*    I am coming! kok-erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to

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*    make a fire; kok-erhɛ̃ n-al-eʋ̃i

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] make a fire so that

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*    we can cook something! kok-

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*    ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to gather strength”:

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*    to rest: kok-ɛtĩ xerhe n-uɣade

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˧ / ] rest a while before

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*    you come; lit. “that you will

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*    come” (uteɣade [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] is also

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*    possible); cf. ko 1 [ / ].

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*koko 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to look after; to feed;

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*    ukok-ɔmɔ na ɛs-eriɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ]

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*    are you feeding this child pro-

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*    perly (like that)?

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*kokomɛmɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] cucumber; Engl.

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*kokooko [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] hard; used with the

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*    verb ze [ ˥ ] or ye [ ˥ ], e.g. of

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*    bread, pounded yam, or cas-

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*    sava.

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*koyɔ [ ˥ ˦ ] a very common greeting

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*    among the Binis; koyɔ-ko [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]

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*    “good day (or, hullo!), friend”,

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*    v. oko [ ˩ ˥ ]; koyɔ-ga [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “good

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*    day, sir”; koyɔ-tɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ]

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*    “good day, cousin”; v. ɔga [ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    ɔtɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ].

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* [ ˥ ] (1) to plant. (2) to put up

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*    a god’s, ancestral, or guardian

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*    spirit’s shrine, in k-ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] “to

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*    construct one’s juju”; k-ɛhi [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    “to construct one’s Lord”, i.e.

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*    guardian spirit; cf. ukɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*kɔ̃ 1 [ ˥ ] to be foolish; ɔkɔɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]

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*    he is foolish; ɔkɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] he is at

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*    times foolish; ɔkɔ̃ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is

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*    very (or, too) foolish; stronger

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*    expressions are: ɔk-ũkɔ̃ʋ̃-oya gbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ] “he is foolish with a dis-

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*    graceful foolishness”; and ɔk-

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*    ũkɔ̃ʋ̃-ɔ̃zuɔ gbe (v. ɔzuɔ [ ˩ ˩ ])+

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ukɔ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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