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*    ɣɛzãzã ʋ̃-ũkpɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] don’t scat-

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*    ter my clothes! ɔzãzã-ɽ-eto [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    she tore her hair; cf. zaɣazaɣa

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], zã [ / ], zaɣa [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ze [ ˥ ] (1) to be hard, stiff. (2) to

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*    be strong, powerfull; ze ʋ-udu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “to be strong at the

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*    heart”: (a) to be courageous,

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*    v. dĩ [ ˥ ] “to be bold”. (b) to be

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*    obstinate; cf. izeʋudu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*z-edu [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. 4 [ ˥ ].

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*zeɣezeɣe [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] very lean and

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*    weak, as a man recently re-

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*    covered from illness; used with

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*    the verb ye [ ˥ ]; v. nyiɣɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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* 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to choose; to select;

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*    ɛbɔ z-ɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] “is an ebɔ choosing

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*    you?” viz. as priest; said if

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*    somebody suddenly becomes

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*    excited and moves like someone

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*    drunk or mad, such as people

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*    do when entered by a spirit;

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*    (also z-ɛbɔ [ ˥ ˩ ]); iɣa-ɽe , -

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*    inaz-ɔɣ-ɔe [ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) \ ] I

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*    shared it (already), and then

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*    I selected his own (share) and

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*    gave (it) him. (2) to take out;

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*    iɽaz-ema ʋ-odo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am

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*    going to take fufu out of the

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*    mortar; iɽaz-ema y-ɔkpã (yi [ ˥ ])

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am going to put fufu

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*    on a wooden plate ( “take fufu

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*    out and put on”); or iɽay-ɔkpã

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*    z-ema (ya [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] I am going

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*    to take a wooden plate to put

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*    fufu (sc. “on”), i.e. out of the

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*    mortar. (3) to cause (v. ya 1 [ ˥ ]),

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*    used with following iɣe [ ˥ ˩ ] or a

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*    construction with -na-; ɽ̃-ɔ̃zɛ-

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*    ɣ-ɔs-unu [ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is he who

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*    caused that it happened; v. also

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*    (e)ʋ- 3. Combined with verbs:

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*     [ ˥ ] ba [ / ] to take more of a

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*    certain thing than accorded or

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*    allowed; ɔzɛ ba‿isawɛwɛ n-iya

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] he has taken more of

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