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hu [ ˥ ] (1) to foam; ɔhu sɔsɔsɔ
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it is foaming a great deal.
hu [ ˥ ] ekpa [ ˩ ˥ ] to make sick;
to nauseate, e.g. a bad smell or
taste; not used metaphorically;
mu fua-ɣ-ɔhu ʋ̃-ekpa [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
take (it) away, for it makes me
sick! (2) to grow quickly (of a
child).
hũ [ ˥ ] to feel sleepy (impersonal
use); oʋe hũ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] I feel
sleepy.
hũ [ ˥ ] nwa [ ˥ ] to be, become
quiet (of children: to stop
crying); ɔhũ nwa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is
quiet; he has stopped crying; v.
g-unu [ ˩ ˥ ], hɔ̃ [ ˥ ].
huã 1 [ / ] (1) to be, become, clean;
ukpɔ̃ na huãɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this
cloth is clean; oko na huã gbe
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this fellow is very clean,
neat (also huã [ / ]); ukpɔ̃ n-
ɔma huã ɽ-urhuaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ] it is
a dirty cloth that you wear.
(2) to be holy; Orhiɔ̃ N-ɔhuãɽ̃ɛ̃
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] the Holy Ghost; cf. hiã
[ / ], uhiãʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
huã 2 [ / ] to make a sacrifice
prepared with new yam as is
done to every god at the end
of the agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
hue [ / ] to swell; owɛ n-imu gb-eʋ̃i
hueɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ / ˩ ] lit. “my foot
which I took to hit something
is swollen”; cf. uhueʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ];
v. hiʋ̃ia [ ˩ ˥ ].
hũ-edɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. hɔ̃ [ / ].
huɛ̃ [ / ] (1) to wake somebody up;
huɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ɛd-agbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] wake
me up when day is breaking.
(2) to restore somebody from
a faint; m-ɔ̃hũ-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-ɔkuɔɽe
[ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] it was I who restored
him when he had fainted; v. rhiɔ
[ ˥ ].
hu‿ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. ho [ / ].