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*zɛbi [ ˩ ˥ ] to be guilty; ɔzɛbi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    he is guilty; cf. Yor. jɛbi [ ˩ ˧ ].

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*zɛɛ [ ˦ ] (1) exactly; eriɔ ye zɛɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] it is exactly so. (2) quietly;

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*    intensifies [ ˥ ] ɽae [ / ] “to

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*    leave alone”; s-ɔ(e) ɽae zɛɛ ʋ-en-

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*    iɣe ɽuɛ na [ \ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] lit. “leave

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*    him alone as I am looking at

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*    you now”, i.e. something like:

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*    can’t you see that I am angry?

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*    leave him alone! cf. ʋe [ ˥ ˦ ].

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*zɛɣɛzɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] loose; shaking, e.g.

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*    of a tooth, or rafters in the roof-

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*    construction of a house; used

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*    with the verb ɽu [ ˥ ]; ɔɽu zɛɣɛzɛɣɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it shakes.

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*zɛzɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] trembling; violent,

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*    esp. with fear; stronger than

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*    that described by hiɣahiɣa

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; zɛzɛzɛ is mostly used

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*    with the verb gwɔ [ ˥ ].

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*zĩ [ / ] to bear; to endure; also

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*    zĩ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔzĩ‿egb-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ]

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*    he endured it.

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*ziɛ̃ [ / ] (1) to get hold of some-

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*    thing to which one is not en-

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*    titled, but with the intention

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*    of using it exclusively (“by

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*    force”). (2) to stamp the

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*    ground, or to beat the soil

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*    with a stick round a pole newly

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*    rammed-in in order to fix it. zĩ-

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*    ãɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] yi [ ˥ ] to look carefully

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*    at (something); to scrutinize.

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*ziɛ̃ziɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to force into; ɔziɛ̃zĩ-

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*    ũkpɔ̃ y-uwɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ / ˩ ] he is

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*    forcing the cloth into it (e.g.

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*    a box); cf. ziɛ̃ [ / ].

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*ziga [ ˩ ˥ ] to try; v. hia 2 [ / ]; ɔziga

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*    ɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he tried to do it;

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*    cf. zigala 2 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].

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*zigala 1 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] to fly, of butterflies;

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*    very idiomatic, used only by old

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*    people (the existence of this

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*    word was doubted by A.); cf.

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*    ziga [ ˩ ˥ ].

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