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    is much heard, but which “never
    comes to the main road”; the
    cry is usually heard dying down
    or receding into the distance.
    
hɛ 1 [ / ] to carry (many things; v.
    viɔ [ / ]); cf. hɛ 2 [ / ] (?).
    
hɛ 2 [ / ] in hɛ yo hɛ re [ / ˥ / ˥ ] to
    breathe heavily; cf. hɛwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
hɛ 3 [ / ] a particle closing a
    sentence or clause opened by
    ʋ- “how”; ʋ-uwa ʋiɛ hɛ [ ˩ / / / ]
    how have you (pl.) slept? ʋ-
    ɛɣ-aye hɛ [ ˩ / ˥ / ] what (how) is
    the time?
    
hɛ̃ [ \ ] no; v. mm [ \ ]; ɛo [ ˥ ˦ ].
    
hɛ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to level ground for the
    purpose of house-building; ɔhɛ̃h-
    ɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] he levelled it. hɛ̃h-
    ũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to level mouth”:
    to come to an agreement or
    decision; iɽ̃ã hɛ̃h-ũnu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] they
    have come to an agreement; cf.
    ihɛ̃hũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
h-ɛkɛ̃ [ / ˩ ]; cf. hɔ [ / ].
    
hɛko [ ˩ / ] a variant of the verb
    fɛko [ ˩ / ]; hɛko ɣaguã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ]
    speak gently!
    
hɛ̃nɛdɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] safely; easily.
    
h-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. hɔ̃ [ ˥ ].
    
hɛwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] to breathe; ɔhɛw-
    ɛsɛse n-uɣɛgi-afiãma fiã‿ã
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ] he breathes pro-
    perly so that you need not
    be afraid; lit. “so that you
    must not allow pulse to beat
    you”; ɔhɛwɛ y-otɔ hɛwɛ y-uxuʋ̃u
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “+he is (heavily) draw-
    ing breath down and up”: he is
    breathing with difficulty, as e.g.
    a man suffering from asthma.
    
hɛwɛ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to refrain from doing
    a certain thing; hɛwɛ re [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    don’t do it! lit. something like
    “leave off!”; used when an
    order previously given is re-
    voked; hɛwɛ! ɣɛɣiyo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ]