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*  the groundnut than what I
* allowed (lit. “took gave”) him
* (the ba is low here, not falling);
* v. zɛ [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ]. zɛ [ ˥ ] hĩ [ \ ] to
* take (a certain amount) away
* from something (e.g. grains, or
* gari); ɔzɛ hĩ-gaɽi ni [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ]
* (look) he is taking out of that
* gari! zɛ [ ˥ ] kua [ ˥ ] to take
* something out and throw it
* away; ɔxɔxɔ z-ize n-ɔfua na kua
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ] “the fowl took these
* crawfish and threw them away”:
* i.e. scratched some away and
* made them thereby useless.
* zɛ [ ˥ ] lele [ ˩ ˥ ] “to choose (and)
* follow”: to be next of kin, or
* in rank, to somebody; m-ɔɽ-
* en-ɔzɛ lel-en-uxa ni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ]
* lit. “it is I who chooses
* follows that (one) whom you
* are (or, were) speaking of”:
* I am next to the man you
* were speaking of. zɛ [ ˥ ] ta [ ˥ ]
* “to guess say”: to spread
* rumours; cf. ɔzɛta [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. zɛ [ ˥ ]
* yi [ ˥ ] same as zɛ [ ˥ ] ba [ / ].
* zɛ [ ˥ ] y-ɔ [ \ ] (a) same as zɛ [ ˥ ]
* ba [ / ], but y-ɔ [ \ ] implies an
* object which has already been
* mentioned: “to take more of
* it.” (b) to take heed of some-
* thing; also in ɔzɛ y-ɔʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is minding my word.
* Combined with nouns: z-abɔ
* [ ˩ ˥ ] to do something quickly, v.
* also giɛgiɛ [ / ˦ ]. z-abɔ ɣaxiã
* n-urherhere [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “go quick-
* ly that you may come in time!”
* z-abɔ ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] do it quickly!
* Idiom.: z-ak-ĩhã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lit. “to
* bring out the tooth in the wrong
* direction”: to be irritated, of
* otherwise peaceful people, e.g.
* by mockery; also of animals
* when attacked or wounded; the