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*    xue [ / ] (to move, or shake,

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*    faintly).

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*ɽueɽueɽue [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] very small; of

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*    things only; used with the verb

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*    ye [ ˥ ]; v. ɽ̃uɛĩɽ̃uɛĩɽ̃uɛĩ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].

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*ɽuɛ 1 [ / ] possessive pronoun of

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*    the 2nd pers. sgl. “your”: ebe

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*    ɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] your book. After

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*    nasalised vowels, ɽ̃uɛ̃: agbɔ̃ ɽ̃uɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ] your life; short forms are

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*    -uɛ, uɛ̃ [ / ], -a [ / ].

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*ɽuɛ 2 [ / ] (1) to learn; also

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*    ɽuɛ‿ebe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to learn

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*    book”; ɔɽu-ɔɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is

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*    learning it. (2) to teach; also:

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*    ɽuɛ [ / ] ebe [ ˩ ˥ ] “to teach

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*    book”; ɔɽuɛ ʋ̃-ebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he is

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*    teaching me; ɔɽu-ɔɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] he

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*    is teaching him (implying “it”

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*    as well); cf. iɽuɛʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], uɽuɛ^

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*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*ɽuɛ 3 [ / ] to have a good effect; of

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*    a sacrifice; (only used of ese

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ]); to be accepted. ɽuɛ [ / ]

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*    na [ ˥ ] to have a good effect in

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*    somebody’s favour, e.g. ese n-

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*    izɔɽe ɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ˦ ] the

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*    sacrifice I performed had an

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*    effect that was favourable for

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*    me.

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*ɽuɛɽuɛɽuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] faintly burning,

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*    used with the verb ba [ / ]; v.

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*    riɛriɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɽuɽuɽu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a pregnant

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*    woman; also used to describe

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*    swellings caused by elephanti-

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*    asis (eve [ ˩ ˩ ]), and pregnancy

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*    in cows or pigs; used with the

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*    verb ye [ ˥ ].

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*ɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to fry (with oil or lard);

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*    oko, doɽ̃aʋ̃-ɔ̃xɔxɔ na n-ima ɽe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] “friend, come

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*    and fry this fowl for us to

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*    eat!”; emiowo n-aɽ̃aʋ̃-ɔ̃na xĩ ɽa

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ \ ˩ ] is this fried meat?

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