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*    this is the last among the

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*    helping parties (use [ ˩ ˥ ]) which

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*    we are having (mu [ ˥ ])” (this

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*    may be used as an exasperated

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*    comment of one who thinks that

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*    he is exploited by the man for

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*    whom the helpers are working).

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*kpa [ / ] (1) to lift up; kpa-ɽe ɣe

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*    deɣ-uɣas-ɛtĩ mu‿ɛ̃ [ / ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ]

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*    lift it up and look whether you

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*    will be able to carry it! kpa

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*    [ / ] mu [ ˥ ] dia [ ˥ ] to put some-

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*    thing in an upright position,

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*    e.g. a log, in order to test its

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*    length. kpa egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to lift

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*    body”: to leave, depart; ɔkpa‿

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*    egbe ʋ-en-ɛʋo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] he has

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*    already left the town; v. kpaɔ

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*    [ / ]. kpa‿obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to raise

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*    one’s hand; same as tɔ̃‿obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    mu [ ˥ ]; ɔkpa‿obɔ n-ɔfi ʋ̃-eʋ̃i,

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*    eɽ-inalɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ \ / ] “he

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*    raised (his) hand in order to

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*    strike me (a thing), then (lit.

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*    ‘it was’) I ran away”. (2) to

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*    help somebody carry a load;

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*    ikpa-ɽe ʋ-odɛ n-ima nay-enyaɛ

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “I helped him on

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*    the way by which we went to

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*    Enyaɛ”; cf. kpaɔ [ / ].

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*kpaa [ ˩ ] describes report of a

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*    European double-barrel or rifle.

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*kpaɛ̃ [ / ] (1) to pull out, e.g. the

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*    blade of an axe from the handle.

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*    (2) to tear, break off branches or

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*    leaves, or fruit that is picked

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*    from the stem of a plant, e.g.

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*    cocoa; kpã-ebe ni [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] tear

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*    these leaves off for me! iterat.

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*    kpãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]. (3) to fall out; to

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*    break off (intrans.); v. kɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    (to pick a fruit from the

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*    branches), biã [ / ], xuɔ̃ [ / ].

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*kpãkãkpãkãkpãkã [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] gra-

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*    velly (of soil); so as to hurt one’s

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*    feet; otɔe na ye kpãkãkpãkã-

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