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*    is crawling already. (3) to cause,

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*    esp. si‿ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] to cause a

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*    “palaver”; iɣ-ɔsi ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it

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*    is money that has caused the

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*    palaver; oxuo ɔsi ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it

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*    is woman that (always) causes

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*    palavers; v. ya 1 [ ˥ ], 1 [ ˥ ].

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*si 2 [ ˥ ] in si [ ˥ ] [ / ] (a) to be

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*    near; owa-ɽe si k-ɔɣ-uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ]

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*    his house is near to mine, v.

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*    dia [ ˥ ]; (b) to go near; to go

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*    towards a certain direction; si

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*    kɛ‿iyeke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] go further back!

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*    si k-ɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] (odɔ) “go further

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*    there”: go further in that direc-

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*    tion! (c) to place near, as in si

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*    [ ˥ ] k-ɔtɔ [ / ˩ ] (otɔ) to turn down

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*    (the wick of a lamp, but without

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*    turning the lamp out); si ukpa

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*    na k-ɔtɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] turn the lamp

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*    down! cf. si 1 [ ˥ ] (?).

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*si 3 [ ˥ ] in si [ ˥ ] kpaɔ [ ˥ ] to remove

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*    from; to leave a certain place;

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*    cf. si 1 [ ˥ ] (?).

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*sĩ 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to give thread (of

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*    loom). (2) to spin; isĩ oɽuɽu

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am spinning cotton

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*    (but do [ ˥ ] “to weave” is used

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*    of the spider).

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*sĩ 2 [ ˥ ] in sĩ‿ãɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to “give the

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*    glad eye” (same as sĩ 1?);

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*    ɔsĩ‿ãɽo dɔɔɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] she is flirting.

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*    sĩ [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] to watch; to

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*    observe; cf. yi 3 [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*sie 1 [ / ] to be black; ɔsieɽe

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*    duduudu [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it is quite

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*    black; cf. usie [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*sie 2 [ / ] to take a pot from the

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*    fire; ɔsi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he took it

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*    down.

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*siɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to deny; ɔsiɛ̃ ʋ-inɔɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ]

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*    he denied (it) when I asked him.

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*siɛ̃ [ / ] to break down (collapse,

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*    fall in, owing to subsidence)

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*    (same as suo [ / ]); uye na siɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this hole has collapsed.

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