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*    round his Ɛguae, or travels

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*    around his country in order to

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*    inspect it; ɔloɣa gbe ʋ-ɛɣɛ ni

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ] he travelled around

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*    a good deal at that time; cf.

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*    la 1 [ ˥ ] (?).

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*l-oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. la 1 [ ˥ ].

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* [ ˥ ] (1) to grind; to sharpen

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*    (knife); l-ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ] to grind corn.

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* [ / ] (1) to iron, press a cloth, or,

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*    clothes; lɔ‿(u)kpɔ̃ni-sɛse [ ˩ / / ˦ ˧ ]

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*    press that cloth well! (the low

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*    tone of the u is not indicated

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*    above); ɔlɔ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he ironed it.

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*    (2) to step sidewards in dancing,

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*    e.g. in ugba [ ˥ ˩ ], akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], and

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*    ohoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. [ ˥ ] (?)

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*lɔgiɔlɔgiɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a sway-

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*    ing kind of walk; almost the

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*    same as gɔlɔgɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], but con-

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*    veying the idea of the walk

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*    being more pleasant. Used with

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*    the verb xiã [ ˥ ].

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*lɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to pain; to ache; to

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*    cause suffering; ɔlɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    it made me suffer (a disease);

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*    ɔlɔɣ-ɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it pains him.

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*    (2) to be difficult; ɔlɔɣɔ (or

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*    ʋ̃e) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is difficult for me

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*    (with an object of the third

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*    person, however, ɔlɔɣ-ɔe is

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*    used; ɔlɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] is not

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*    used).

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*l-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]; cf. [ / ] (?).

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*lubaseɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] anklets worn by a

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*    prince (okoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]); v. Idzɔ Idzɔ

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*    Idzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*lue [ / ] to chew; lu-ɛɽe n-ɔsũ‿ɛ̃sɛsɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] chew it (so) that it is

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*    well ground! l-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to

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*    chew mouth”; yaɣe ʋ-ɔɣal-unu

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*    [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “(go and) look how he

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*    chews”.

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*luɛluɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to wither; ebe na luɛluɛe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] this herb is withered.

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*luɛluɛ [ / / ] describes the move-

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