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    wood is used for poles sup-
    porting the ceiling of native
    houses, and for making mortars,
    pestles, and hoe-handles. Its
    charcoal is likewise very durable
    and used by smiths. Because of
    these many uses the tree has the
    praise-name erhã n-ɔm-iɣo (mɔ
    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “the tree that en-
    genders money”.
    
azɔ [ ˩ \ ] dinner feast as given out
    of the ordinary routine, in con-
    trast to eɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], which means
    either a feast given to helpers
    under the use [ ˩ ˥ ]-system, or
    the yearly family-festival; v.
    kũ 2 [ ˥ ].
    
ba 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to watch; ba‿e ɣe,
    deɣ-ɔr-eʋa [ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “watch (it)
    and see whether he is there!”
    b-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] to be watchful; ɔb-
    egbe rhia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] he is watchful
    by character. b-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to
    watch the road, e.g. in order to
    prevent passers-by from spying
    into secret ceremonies. (2) to
    do something stealthily (v. do
    [ / ]); ɔba rhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he took
    it secretly; ɔba mu‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he
    carried it stealthily.
    
ba 2 [ ˥ ] in ba [ ˥ ] ku [ ˥ ]: (1) to
    miss; kɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃-se n-uɣɛba‿e ku
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ] aim at it properly that
    you do not miss it! (2) to com-
    mit a mistake; ɔni r-usũ‿eʋ̃i
    n-ɔ ba ku ɽu [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] that is
    among the things he did by
    mistake.
    
bã [ ˥ ] to snatch off. bã [ ˥ ] rhie
    [ / ] to snatch somebody or
    something away; ɔb-õxuo na
    rhie ʋ-ob-ɔdɔ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “he
    snatcbed the woman away from
    her busband”, i.e. he ran away
    with her. Iter. bãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] ɽua