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*  l-exue [ / ˩ ] “to pass by (some-
* body’s) shame”: to overlook an
* offence, for reason of the offend-
* er’s youth, poverty, relationship,
* etc.; il-exu-ɛɽe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I overlook-
* ed his offence.
*leilei [ ˦ ˦ ] v. teitei [ ˦ ˦ ].
*lele [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to follow; lel-ɛe kpaɔ
* [ ˩ \ / ] follow him! (2) (follow-
* ing another verb): along; gwa
* lel-ɛzɛ na ɣari-ototɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]
* pull along this river until (lit. “to
* go”) its mouth (lit. “bottom”).
* (3) in an abstract sense: follow-
* ing in consequence of, e.g. lel-
* ude [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “following the advice”:
* in consequence of the advice;
* occurs in a proverb only (while
* “taking the advice” would be
* y-ude yi [ ˩ / ˥ ]).
*lɛ [ ˩ ] same as nɛ [ ˩ ] it; occurs in
* lɛ ʋo [ ˩ / ] or lɛ ʋo yi [ ˩ / ˥ ] where
* is it?
*lɛ [ / ] (1) to run. (2) to flow: ɛzɛ
* lɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] the river, brook is
* flowing. (3) to lose colour, of
* some sorts of cloth, in washing;
* ukpɔ̃ n-ɔrhuaɛ̃ na lɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˦ ]
* the cloth he wears now has lost
* its colour to a great extent (lɛ
* [ ˥ ] is heard also). (4) to make
* run (?), in l-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] “to make a
* man run”: to keep the public
* at a distance, e.g. the bull-
* roaring performed at secret
* societies; cf. ulɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. Com-
* binations with verbs: lɛ [ / ]
* fe [ ˥ ] to escape, run away; ɔlɛ fe
* ʋ̃ɛ xiã [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he is escaping me
* (along): da-e y-ɛse n-ɔɣɛlɛ f-ima
* [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] hold him well in order
* that he may not escape us!
* lɛ [ / ] ga [ / ] to move around;
* ɔgwa lɛ ga‿erhã na [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he
* is digging (yams) around this
* tree; ɔh-ĩkɛkɛ lɛ ga ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]