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*    find there all (i.e. the food)



*    allotted to you”: I declare all



*    the food you may find there to



*    be yours. ya [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to be-



*    lieve; iy-eʋ-uxaɽe yi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ˥ ]



*    I believe what you have said;



*    a‿iy-eʋ-uxaɽe yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / / \ ] what



*    you have said cannot be be-



*    lieved; ɔy-ude ʋ̃ɛ yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he



*    took my advice; cf. iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ];



*    v. ɔmɔbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. ya [ ˥ ] y-eɽo [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    to hope ( “to put hope”). ya [ ˥ ]



*    yi [ ˥ ] obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to put a certain



*    affair into somebody’s hand,



*    e.g. the revenge for an offence;



*    ɔy-ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ y-ɔʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    put his affair into my hand, i.e.



*    he begged me to take it up.



*    ya [ ˥ ] y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to adopt as



*    child; ɔya‿e y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] he



*    adopted him. Combinations



*    with nouns: y-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] kɔ [ ˥ ]



*    to put oneself under the pro-



*    tection of somebody; y-eɣo [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    to give something (after a



*    prayer) to a priest in order that



*    he may give it to the god later



*    on (also mi-eɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], from miɛ



*    [ / ]); v. ɽu [ ˥ ]. y-eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ]



*    to do something with cunning.



*    ya [ ˥ ] erɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (a) to provide



*    lodging for somebody; y-okpia



*    na‿erɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] give this man



*    lodging! (b) to provide food for



*    somebody. (c) (idiom., mostly



*    used by old people) to throw



*    away; y-ɛɽ-erɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] throw it



*    away! ya [ ˥ ] ike [ ˩ ˩ ] to sup-



*    port somebody; ɔy-ɔsi‿ɔɽ-ike



*    ʋ-en-ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he supported



*    his friend in the lawsuit (also



*    rhi-yobɔ na [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]). ya [ ˥ ]



*    obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to help a man; ɔy-erha



*    ʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he helped my



*    father. y-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] tie [ / ] to



*    beckon to somebody; iy-obɔ