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*    fore”; ukaɽu‿ɛe yi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) \ ] have

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*    you done it before? v. ɽa [ ˩ ].

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*yiɣɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] describes the fall of a

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*    small fruit (e.g. avocado pears)

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*    and big leaves (for bigger fruit,

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*    v. kpu [ ˩ ]); ɔde yiɣɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it

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*    fell, of a small fruit; v. boɛɛ [ ˩ ].

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*yiyi(yi) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the con-

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*    tinuous flow of a liquid; v.

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*    viɛ [ ˥ ].

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*yo 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to go to a certain

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*    place; in the imperf. it expresses

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*    habitual action only; progres-

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*    sing action is expressed by rie

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*    [ / ]; uy-eskuɽ(u) ɽa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] do

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*    you go to school? ɛ̃, iyo [ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] yes,

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*    I go (i.e. usually); iy-eʋa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ],

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*    iy-ɛe (lit. “it”) [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] I went

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*    there; iyo [ / \ ] I am not going

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*    (as a refusal; viz. on an errand,

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*    etc.); (but: irie [ / ˩ ‿ \ ] I am not

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*    going away). yo and re when

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*    added to a verb of motion

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*    express the idea of “to and

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*    fro”, e.g. ɔxiã yo xiã re [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    he is walking to and fro.

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*yo 2 [ ˥ ] tall, not of human beings;

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*    erhã na yo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] this tree is high.

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* [ ˥ ] in y-erhɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] to set fire (to

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*    farmland only; “to make fire

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*    in kitchen or sleeping-place” is

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*    kok-erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]); mu egbe n-ayay-

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*    erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˥ ˩ ] “get ready that

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*    we may go and set fire to the

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*    farm!”

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* [ / ] to fill gaps in a crop by a

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*    second sowing.

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* [ \ ]; cf. yi 1 [ ˥ ].

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*yɔkɔɔ [ ˦ ˦ ] big and fat; of birds,

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*    mostly fowls, and also of insects

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*    as e.g. mosquitos when full of

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*    blood; ɔye yɔkɔɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] it is big

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*    and fat; cf. yɔkɔyɔkɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*yɔkɔyɔkɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the

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*    clumsy movement of very fat

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*    fowls; cf. yɔkɔɔ [ ˦ ˦ ].

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