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*    ni xarha kua ʋ-ɔɽueɣ-erhã-ɽ̃ɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “those oranges

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*    were dropping off when he shook

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*    their (lit. ‘its’) tree”. (2) to

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*    repeat; cf. exarha [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*xerhe [ ˦ ˦ ] small; used with the

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*    verb ye [ ˥ ]; cf. xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ]; v.

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*    (in descending order of size) tinɛ

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*    [ ˦ ˦ ], ɽ̃wɛ̃ỹ [ ˦ ], rwey [ ˦ ], viɛ̃ỹ [ ˦ ].

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*xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ] to be small; cf. the pre-

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*    ceding item, and Yor. kere [ ˧ ˥ ].

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* [ / ] to wait, followed by direct

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*    object: to await; dia xɛ(ɛ) ʋ̃ɛ

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*    ɣ-ide [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] “(stand and) wait

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*    for me for I am coming!”; ix-

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*    arhĩ‿eso ʋ-eʋ̃a [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] I am

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*    waiting here for some people;

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*    ix-ɔ(ɔ)dɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “I am waiting on

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*    the road”, e.g. as a guard

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*    during a secret performance; v.

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*    b-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*xĩ [ ˥ ] to be, preceding a noun-

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*    predicate; okpia‿uxĩ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] you

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*    are a man! (as a word of praise

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*    for some work or e.g. success in

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*    wrestling). For the 3rd pers. sgl.

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*     [ ˥ ] is used. xĩ‿ɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ \ ]

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*    also xĩ [ ˥ ] ʋ-ɔ [ \ ] to be of

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*    concern to; to have to do with;

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*    iʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ixĩ‿ɛɽe [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “I have

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*    not what I am to him”: I have

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*    nothing to do with him; iʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ixĩ

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*    ʋ-ɔ [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] I have nothing to

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*    do with (lit. “in”) it; cf. xĩ [ / ].

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*xĩ [ / ] to become; e.g. in the

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*    following greetings: ɔxĩ‿ɛdɛ hia

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*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ˧ ] good bye! lit. something

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*    like “it becomes all days, any

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*    day”, viz. that we meet.

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*    ɔxĩ‿owiɛ [ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ] good night! lit.

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*    “it becomes morning” (the reply

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*    is uɣuʋi-ɛse o [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] may you

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*    sleep well o!) ɔxĩ-ʋ-azɛkpɛe

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*    [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ / ] “see you later”, lit.

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*    something like “it becomes what

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*    lasts a little” (in quick speech ʋ̃

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