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    four village elders, the ediɔ̃
    n-enɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], whose senior is
    the ɔdiɔ̃weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔzukpogieha
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the third elder; ɔzuk-
    pogienɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the fourth elder;
    cf. zɛ 1 [ ˥ ], ukpogieva [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ɔzuɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] fool; v. kɔ̃ [ ˥ ].
    
ɔzuwa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] hair-pin.
    
papa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to pat (e.g. a dog);
    ɔy-obɔ papa ɽ-uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he
    is patting him on the head.
    (2) to dab a liquid on some-
    thing, e.g. a medicine on some
    part of the body.
    
papaapa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes small
    things that are flat and smooth
    (e.g. planks).
    
pãpããpã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] noise made by a slack
    drum.
    
pɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be fiat.
    
pɛrhɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] flat; ɔye pɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]
    it is flat.
    
pɛɽɛpɛɽɛpɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes the
    flight of a small bird (e.g. asɛsɛ
    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]), moving with short in-
    tervals.
    
pɛɽɛɽɛɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the
    flight of small birds (from a
    pigeon downwards).
    
piãpiã [ / / ] describes the sound
    of a whip; ɔfi‿ɛɽ-asã piãpiã
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ / / ] he whipped him.
    
prrrr [ ˩ ] describes the flight of
    medium-size birds (parrots,
    pigeons, doves) at a short dis-
    tance.
    
pupupu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (short u’s) describes
    the flight of a bird about to die,
    or of a domestic fowl, i.e. rather
    an effort to fly; ɔtĩ pupupu
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it flutters.
    
ra [ ˥ ] to rub a part of one’s body
    with a finger previously dipped
    into a “medicine” or sacrificial