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*    ti-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I beckoned to him.

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*    y-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] y-otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] to come

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*    about; to commence (intrans.,

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*    of a thing, or affair); ʋ-ɔya y-obɔ

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*    y-otɔ [ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ] how did it

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*    come about? y-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] y-ɔ

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*    [ \ ] (yi 1 [ ˥ ]) to agree to it

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*    (the second verb, yi, may be

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*    followed by nouns as well)+ (v.

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*    kwe [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ]); iy-obɔ y-ɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] I agree (to it). y-owɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] rilo [ ˩ ˥ ] to tread (lit. “with

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*    feet”); idiom.: uy-owɛ ril-ɔʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “you have trodden on

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*    me”: you have committed

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*    adultery with my wife. y-ɔɣɔ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] na [ ˥ ] to honour; to pay

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*    respect to; y-ɔɣɔ n-en-ɔdiɛ̃ ɽ̃uɛ̃

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ] pay respect to your

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*    senior! ɔy-ɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ] he

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*    (always) pays respect to me.

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*    y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to betroth

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*    (“dash”) a girl to somebody

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*    (i.e. generally as a child, when

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*    the suitor has asked for her);

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*    after the betrothal, the suitor

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*    starts the ugaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ], the

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*    service for his father-in-law;

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*    v. also mu [ ˥ ] xuɛ [ / ]; ɔy-ɔmɔ

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*     [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] he betrothed a girl to

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*    him. y-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] to

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*    demand a price for something

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*    (of the seller); il-iɣo‿uy-unu y-ɔ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] how much (money) do

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*    you want for it? (v. ve [ ˥ ].)

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*ya 2 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb used in

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*    relative sentences when the

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*    relation is a temporal one:

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*    “when”; d-ɛɣɛ n-ɔya re [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    or [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ] “at what time (was

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*    it) when he came?”: when did he

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*    come? cf. ya 1 [ ˥ ] (?); v. na 4 [ ˥ ].

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*ya 3 [ ˥ ] to join, in ya [ ˥ ] ba [ / ]

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*    to join. ya [ ˥ ] gba [ ˥ ] to stick

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*    together; to become knotted;

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*    e.g. of a rope into which some-

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