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    grieves him” viz. to give it
    away: he is stingy; cf. eʋ̃idaʋ̃ɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
da 2 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb in-
    dicating (1) that the subject
    performs the main action of his
    own will, or initiative; t-idaɽu‿
    ɛe [ ˥ ˦ ˦ (4-1) ] I shall do it of my own
    free will; ɔmakɛɽ-agi-ɔ, ukeda-
    ɣaxiã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “it was not
    (yet) up to the time that you
    were sent, then you went on
    your own account”: you went
    before you were sent. (2) (with
    a long vowel) that the subject
    is just starting to perform the
    main action; t-idaɽu‿ɛe [ \ ˥ ˥ \ ]
    I am starting to do it (now).
    
da 3 [ ˥ ] to drink alcoholic drinks,
    also d-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ɔdanyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
da 4 [ ˥ ] to pour down, of rain;
    stronger than rhɔ [ / ]; amɛ na
    dae-sɛse [ ˩ / ˩ \ ˥ ˦ ] the rain has
    come down with a vengeance;
    cf. da [ / ] (?).
    
da 5 [ ˥ ] in d-itã [ ˥ ˩ ] to take the
    ordeal; da‿e [ ˥ ˩ ] take it! da-ɽe
    [ ˩ \ ] pass (it to) him!
    
da 6 [ ˥ ] in d-iɣo [ ˥ ˩ ] ɽua [ ˥ ] “to be-
    come smoke”: to be annihilated
    (in a war-song); also d-iɣ-ua
    [ ˥ / ]; probably also in d-ihoi [ ˥ ˩ ]
    to be in vain.
    
da 7 [ ˥ ] in d-iziɣa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] to commit
    a murder; Ojo d-iziɣa ʋ-egb-aʋ̃-
    ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ n-ɛɣ-ɛd-ia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] Ojo
    committed the murder of his
    wife three days ago.
    
da 8 [ ˥ ] in da [ ˥ ] vã [ ˥ ], da [ ˥ ]
    tu [ ˥ ] to shout; da [ ˥ ] tie [ / ] to
    shout (and call somebody).
    
da [ / ] to stretch out; to turn
    towards; in da‿obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to
    stretch a hand out (in order to
    obtain something). As second
    part of verbal combinations it in-