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*    blame on somebody; ɔmu‿en-ɛʋ̃ɛ

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*    nya ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “he put the

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*    matter (i.e. the blame for the

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*    matter) on me”. mu [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ]

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*    to bring (v. mu [ ˥ ] de [ / ]; for

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*    the use of re 2 [ ˥ ] and de [ / ] v.

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*    the corresponding headings).

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*    mu [ ˥ ] ɽo [ / ] “to take to

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*    think”: to mind; to worry;

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*    ɣɛmu‿ɛ̃ ɽo [ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ] don’t mind,

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*    don’t worry (= ɣɛzɛ y-ɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ]).

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*    mu [ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ] to cheat; ɔmu‿ɛ̃ ɽu

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*    gbe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] he cheated him much.

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*    mu [ ˥ ] xua‿efɛ̃ [ / ˥ ˩ ] to carry

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*    something on one’s hip, support-

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*    ing the load with one hand. mu

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*    [ ˥ ] xuɛ [ / ] na [ ˥ ] to give (a

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*    marriageable girl) in marriage

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*    without previous ugaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    or “dowry”. mu [ ˥ ] xwi [ / ]

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*    to lock somebody up; Ozo

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*    mu‿Odɛ xwi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ / ] Ojo locked

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*    Odɛ up. mu [ ˥ ] ze [ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to

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*    feed (“to give chop”) (invisible)

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*    spirits, i.e. witches, ɛrɛe [ ˩ \ ],

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*    juju messengers (not jujus); it

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*    is not a sacrifice with slaughter-

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*    ing, and if a chicken is given it

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*    has been killed before at home

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*    (v. wa [ / ] n-azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] “to give

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*    food to witches” by way of

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*    slaughtering an animal on the

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*    spot). mu followed by nouns:

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*    mu‿awɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to fast; mu‿egbe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to get, be, ready; to dress;

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*    ɔmu‿egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he is ready.

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*    m-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be able, cf. s-ɛtĩ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔm-ɛtĩ ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he is

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*    able to do it. mu idãdã [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]

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*    to guess; idãdã-ɽ-umu na [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    you are only guessing! v. mu‿ĩro

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]. mu igbĩna [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to make

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*    peace; to settle a fight. mu‿ĩro

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to guess a riddle; ɔmu‿ɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ] “he has got it” (by

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*    guessing), v. also ta [ ˥ ]. mu‿ĩ^

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