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*    to divide up in working gangs;

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*    waz-otu n-uwa rherheɽu‿ɛe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] “divide yourselves

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*    in gangs that you may do it in

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*    time!” z-owɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to step. z-ɔkã

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to shout (at somebody); to

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*    speak harshly; ɔz-ɔkã da ʋ̃ɛ (da

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*    [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is (always) shout-

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*    ing at me (but “to shout to

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*    somebody” is da [ ˥ ] tie [ / ]).

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*    z-ɔrhɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] to purify oneself from

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*    being a widow. z-ɔxi-aɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    lit. “to have a strong eye (?)”:

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*    to make a pretence of strength

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*    or power, in order to obtain

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*    something. z-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] “to choose

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*    mouth”: to be squeamish about

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*    one’s food, cf. izunu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. z-uwu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] “to choose death”: to com-

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*    mit suicide, v. z-ɛgbɛle [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. (3)

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*    to send; iz-ɔʋ̃a bu‿ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    I sent a man to meet him.

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* 2 [ ˥ ] to be proud (in a good sense).

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*    z-aɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] to be severe; iz-aɽo mu‿

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*    ɛ̃, ɔkeɣaxiã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] I was se-

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*    vere with him, and then he went.

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* 3 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-

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*    dicating that the main action

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*    is performed or has been per-

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*    formed for some time. [ ˥ ]

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*    kpɛe [ / ] (to be) soon; iɣas-odɔ

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*    ʋ-azɛkpɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] I shall

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*    arrive there soon; lit. “when it

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*    has lasted some time”.

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* 4 [ ˥ ] to speak a certain

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*    language; ɔz-ɛdo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he speaks

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*    Bini (or [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] e.g. when hearing

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*    a foreigner suddenly speaking

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*    Bini); ɔz-uhobo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he speaks

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*    Sobo. z-edu [ ˩ ˥ ] to interpret;

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*    edu n-ɔzɛ ma gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ] the

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*    interpretation (which he per-

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*    forms) is very good.

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* ʋe [ ˥ ˦ ] as; according to;

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*    ma ɽu‿ɛe ʋ-en-uxaɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˧ ˨ / ˩ ]

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*    we did it as you said; cf. zɛɛ [ ˦ ].

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