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    round his Ɛguae, or travels
    around his country in order to
    inspect it; ɔloɣa gbe ʋ-ɛɣɛ ni
    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ] he travelled around
    a good deal at that time; cf.
    la 1 [ ˥ ] (?).
    
l-oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. la 1 [ ˥ ].
    
lɔ [ ˥ ] (1) to grind; to sharpen
    (knife); l-ɔka [ ˥ ˩ ] to grind corn.
    
lɔ [ / ] (1) to iron, press a cloth, or,
    clothes; lɔ‿(u)kpɔ̃ni-sɛse [ ˩ / / ˦ ˧ ]
    press that cloth well! (the low
    tone of the u is not indicated
    above); ɔlɔ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he ironed it.
    (2) to step sidewards in dancing,
    e.g. in ugba [ ˥ ˩ ], akaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], and
    ohoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. lɔ [ ˥ ] (?)
    
lɔgiɔlɔgiɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a sway-
    ing kind of walk; almost the
    same as gɔlɔgɔlɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], but con-
    veying the idea of the walk
    being more pleasant. Used with
    the verb xiã [ ˥ ].
    
lɔɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to pain; to ache; to
    cause suffering; ɔlɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    it made me suffer (a disease);
    ɔlɔɣ-ɔe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it pains him.
    (2) to be difficult; ɔlɔɣɔ mɛ (or
    ʋ̃e) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is difficult for me
    (with an object of the third
    person, however, ɔlɔɣ-ɔe is
    used; ɔlɔɣɔ nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] is not
    used).
    
l-ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ]; cf. lɛ [ / ] (?).
    
lubaseɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] anklets worn by a
    prince (okoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]); v. Idzɔ Idzɔ
    Idzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
lue [ / ] to chew; lu-ɛɽe n-ɔsũ‿ɛ̃sɛsɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] chew it (so) that it is
    well ground! l-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “to
    chew mouth”; yaɣe ʋ-ɔɣal-unu
    [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “(go and) look how he
    chews”.
    
luɛluɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to wither; ebe na luɛluɛe
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] this herb is withered.
    
luɛluɛ [ / / ] describes the move-