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*    more ordinary expression is

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*    ohu m-obɔ mu‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] “anger

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*    seizes him strongly”. z-axɔwa

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to choose as substitute.

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*    z-azɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to pay a fee to a

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*    “doctor” or somebody who has

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*    taken care of a man; z-en-azɛ

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] pay the fee! z-ebaɣa [ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    to be out of control; to be res-

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*    tive; ɛsĩ na z-ebaɣa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] this

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*    horse is troublesome, uncon-

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*    trollable; okɔ na z-ebaɣa

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] the canoe is out of

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*    control (e.g. in a strong current).

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*    ɛki z-ebaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] there is a

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*    slump in the market; z-en-unu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] to state one’s case (in the

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*    Bini with a following possessive

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*    pronoun; this combination be-

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*    longs perhaps to 4) also gwi‿

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*    en-unu‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; [ ˥ ] unu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] in the idiom: ɔmɔ z-ɔɽ-unu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “the child chose his

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*    mouth”: he (or she) had a child

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*    several times, but it always died

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*    (“never stayed”). z-eto [ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    shave (hair); lahɔ, doz-ɔʋ̃-eto

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] please, come and shave

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*    my hair! (gb-eto [ ˩ ˥ ] is “to cut

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*    hair with scissors”) z-ɛgbɛle [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    to commit suicide by hanging

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*    oneself. z-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] to oppose; to

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*    contradict; ɔz-ɔʋ̃-ɛ̃tĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he

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*    opposed me. z-ɛtu [ ˥ ˩ ] to shave

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*    (beard). z-idase [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to play

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*    naughty tricks, of boys; ɔz-

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*    idase gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ] he is naughty.

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*    z-idũna [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “to play magic

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*    tricks”, i.e. to vanish, or to

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*    transform things (but “to trans-

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*    form oneself” is xiã [ / ]); it is

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*    also used of conjuring tricks, as

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*    e.g. in ɔz-idũna y-ɔka x-ĩnya

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*    [ ˩ ˩ \ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he is playing tricks,

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*    turning corn into yam (xiã [ / ]).

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*    z-igie [ ˥ ˩ ] to select the best (used

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