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*  by old people); ʋ-u-az-igie ba,
* z-ɔkpa (or rhi-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) ʋ-ɔ
* [ ˩ / ˩ / / ˥ ˩ \ ] “what are you
* picking (for the best) for, take
* one among them!” z-igwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]
* to give presents, of a wife to
* her husband, or of a man to
* his superior chief, v. hĩ‿oha [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],
* imuohã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. z-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ] (a) to
* cut teeth, of a small child;
* (b) to pay money, as a fine, or
* when blackmailed; but v. ha 2
* [ / ] (for a debt); ɔz-iɣo y-
* amiɔʋ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] he payed
* money for adultery. zɛ [ ˥ ]
* iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ] to fine (or blackmail)
* somebody; iz-ɔɽ-iɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] I fined
* him. z-ihĩ [ ˩ \ ] to blow one’s
* nose. z-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to take
* out hand”: to give up; to
* cease; ɔz-obɔ ʋ-inwina [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he
* has ceased working; ɔz-ɔɽ-obɔ
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he gave it up. Idiom.: z-
* ukpɔ̃‿obɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to give up
* (wearing a) cloth”: to die
* (v. Ɔxwahɛ song 7). z-ogiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]
* “to take out laughter”: (a) to
* joke; (b) to cause laughter; to
* be ridiculous; amaɽu egbe z-ogiɛ
* [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] “one does not do each
* other to cause laughter”: the
* things you do to each other are
* no matter for laughing. Idiom.:
* az-ogiɛ z-ɛʋ̃ata [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] as a
* matter of fact: lit. “we joke and
* say the truth” which means
* perhaps “though it seems a joke
* it is true”. The more modern
* expression is ʋ-od-ɛʋ̃ata [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]
* lit. “on the road of truth”.
* z-okeke [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to make false
* excuses; uya yi-ɣ-Ozo z-okeke
* ɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] do you believe that
* Ojo makes false excuses? z-oko
* [ ˥ ˩ ] to pay a fine (but not in
* money); cf. oko [ ˩ ˩ ]. z-otu [ ˥ ˩ ]