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*    [ ˥ ], this ma [ ˥ ] is used to express

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*    that the action has not yet been

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*    done; ɔmaheɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ] he

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*    has not yet done it.

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*ma 2 [ ˥ ] to simulate; to pretend

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*    to do something; the verb is

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*    apparently used in the imperfect

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*    only and may be identical with

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*    ma 1; ɔmanwina [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he pre-

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*    tends to work (but v. ɔmanwina

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ] under ma 1); ɔmaɽu ʋ-ɔʋ̃a

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*    n-ɔxũɔʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “he is acting

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*    like a sick man”: he simulates

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*    illness; ɔmaɽu ʋ-ɔʋ̃a n-ɔɽ̃-ɔ̃tɔ-ɽe

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*    (ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ] “he is

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*    acting like a man who knows

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*    the bottom of it”: he pretends

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*    to know much about it. m-ɛɽi

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] [ ˥ ] to give a false state-

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*    ment; to be a false witness. The

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*    first part of this verbal group was

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*    stated to be ma [ ˥ ] “to pretend”;

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*    cf. imawu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; imaɽu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ma 3 [ ˥ ] to fit; to suit; clothes, or

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*    a dance; ukpɔ̃ n-ozo rhuaɛ̃-ɽɛ

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*    ma‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] the cloth which

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*    Ojo has put on to-day suits him

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*    (the ɽ is not nasalised); iku

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*    n-uku ma‿a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˦ / ] “the

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*    dance you are dancing suits

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*    you”. ma [ ˥ ] gue [ / ] to a grow

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*    around; e.g. a white ant hill

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*    grown around some object, or

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*    a prey entirely covered by

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*    soldier-ants; oxiã ma gu-ɛɽe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] the soldier-ants have

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*    covered it. (The gu- is low here.)

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*ma 4 [ ˥ ] (1) to make pots, or

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*    bricks; iterat.: manɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to make

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*    many pots or bricks. (2) to bake

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*    “rice” (izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]) cakes, in:

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*    m-izɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ɔmaxe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    ɔmizɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ma [ ˩ ] short form of the personal

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*    pronoun, 1st pers. pl.; used in

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*    front of the verb; cf. ima [ ˥ ˩ ].

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