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*yɛkuyɛku [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] big; fat; of rats

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*    or pigs; also describing the walk

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*    of such animals; ɔfɛ̃ na xiã

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*    yɛkuyɛku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] this rat is

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*    walking clumsily (because of

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*    its being fat); v. ɛbete [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*yɛyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be foolish; v. kiza

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*yi 1 [ ˥ ] a verb indicating the

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*    direction in which an action is

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*    performed; something like “to

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*    put into”, “to put in a certain

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*    place”; or simply “into”, “in”;

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*    eke n-irhi-ɛɽe yi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] the

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*    place where I put it; irhi-ɛɽe

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*    y-eʋa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] I put it there.

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*    y-ɔ [ \ ] “in it”, e.g. ɔkegbĩna

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*    wu y-ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “he fought and

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*    died in it”: he died while

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*    fighting (Egh. Hist.). y-ihe [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    “into the place”: instead;

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*    irhi-ɔna y-ih-ɔɣ-ũʋ̃ɛ n-ɔwiɽi

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] I take this instead

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*    of mine which is lost.

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*yi 2 [ ˥ ] to create; Osa yi agbɔ̃

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*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ] it was God (or Osa) who

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*    created the world; uyiʋ̃ɛ n-osa

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*    yi‿ɔ ɔɣ-igbogiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “the creation (as) which Osa has

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*    created you, was one of a joke”,

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*    said e.g. when somebody has

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*    done a very stupid thing.

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*    yi‿ama [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (a) to make a mark

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*    (indicating ownership e.g.); (b)

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*    to wound. y-uhi [ ˥ ˩ ] to make

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*    a law, or rule.

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*yi 3 [ ˥ ] in yi [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] to

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*    watch; to observe; ɔy-ɛɽ-ɛɽo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he observed him; ama n-

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*    ɔya y-ɛɽ-ɛɽ-ɔna xĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “this is the mark he has used

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*    to watch it” (e.g. a piece of his

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*    property, lest it be stolen).

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*yi 4 [ ˥ ] a particle often used at

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*    the end of questions (but not ne-

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*    cessarily), meaning possibly “be

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