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    tive: “I hope..., I suppose
    ...”: deɣ-uma [ ˥ ˩ / ] I hope you
    are well?
    
dɛ [ ˥ ] to buy; eʋ̃i n-udɛe ɔna xĩ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ \ ] is this the thing you
    have bought? id-osisi [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
    I bought a gun; d-eʋ̃i na mɛ
    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] buy this thing for me!
    (e)n-ɔd-eʋ̃i‿kuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] “he who
    buys on credit”: debtor; cf.
    adɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; v. xiɛ̃ [ ˥ ].
    
dɛ [ ˥ ] ɣe [ / ] to see; idɛ ɣ-ɛɽe
    [ ˩ ˧ / ˩ ] I saw it; cf. bɛ [ ˥ ] ɣe [ / ],
    ɣe [ / ]; v. miɛ [ ˥ ].
    
dĩ 1 [ ˥ ] to be brave; ɔdĩ [ ˩ \ ] he is
    brave.
    
dĩ 2 [ ˥ ] to be hoarse; urhu dĩ‿ɛ̃
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “voice is hoarse (to)
    him”: he is hoarse; v. ɛgogo
    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
    
dia 1 [ ˥ ] in dia [ ˥ ] ke [ ˥ ] to be
    near; v. si [ ˥ ] kɛ [ / ]. dia [ ˥ ]
    ya [ ˥ ] to stay somewhere; to
    lodge; ɔdi-eʋ̃a ya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] he
    (often, or usually) stays here
    (the ya is not used in relative
    sentences); v. mu 1 [ ˥ ].
    
dia 2 [ ˥ ] to become, be straight;
    ɔdiae [ ˩ \ ] it is straight.
    
di‿a [ ˥ ˥ ] to menstruate.
    
dido [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) to be old; idiom.; used
    by old people instead of xĩ-
    ɔ̃maɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] for men, animals, and
    trees; ahĩaʋ̃ɛ na dido [ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    this is an old bird, e.g. if its
    flesh is tough. (2) to be mighty,
    e.g. by possessing a powerful
    charm; v. wohia [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
d-igwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. de 1 [ ˥ ].
    
d-iɣo [ ˥ ˩ ] ɽua [ ˥ ]; cf. da 6 [ ˥ ].
    
d-ihoi [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. da 6 [ ˥ ].
    
dĩna [ ˩ ˥ ] to reach; to arrive; idĩn-
    eʋa, imami-ɔɛ̃ ʋ-owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]
    I arrived there (but) I did not
    find him at home; idiom.: dĩn-odɛ
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to reach the road”: to