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*    is heard instead of ʋ). Further

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*    in xĩ-ɔ̃maɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to become old;

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*    cf. xĩ [ ˥ ], xiã [ / ], xiɛ̃ [ / ].

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*xiã [ ˥ ] (1) to walk (i.e. not with

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*    a definite aim); to take a stroll.

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*    (2) as second part of verbal

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*    combinations it means that the

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*    main action is stretching over a

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*    certain time; in combination

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*    with verbs of motion it can be

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*    translated by “along”, e.g.

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*    ahiaʋ̃ɛ tĩ xiã [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˥ ] the bird is

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*    flying along. This translation is

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*    also used in the local form of

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*    English when no verb of motion

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*    is concerned, e.g. “they are

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*    working along”: iɽ̃ã nwina xiã

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]. In combinations, it is

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*    only used in the ipf. mood of

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*    action. Redupl.: xiãxiã [ ˥ ˥ ] to

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*    go about; v. rie [ / ], yo [ ˥ ].

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*xia [ / ] to hurt; owɛ xia-ɽe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]

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*    (his) foot hurts him.

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*xiã [ / ] (1) to turn (into); x-ĩkɔ

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*    [ / ˩ ] to obstruct somebody’s in-

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*    tentions: ɣɛx-ĩkɔ lele ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]

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*    don’t follow me in order to

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*    obstruct my affairs; used e.g. by

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*    a girl who is followed by her

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*    sister on a secret way to her

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*    lover, cf. ikɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]. (2) to trans-

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*    form into something; the trans-

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*    formation is done by the help

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*    of the ɛbɔ Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ]; such

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*    “transformers” have no chil-

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*    dren. It is said to be possible

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*    to be transformed into any-

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*    thing, but the most difficult

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*    thing which is only achieved

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*    by a few adepts is to transform

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*    into a cow. At the death of a

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*    “transformer” some magic is

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*    expected to happen so that he

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*    will know when he is going to

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*    die. When he dies, a flash of

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*    light is said to go up from his

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