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    is crawling already. (3) to cause,
    esp. si‿ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] to cause a
    “palaver”; iɣ-ɔsi ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it
    is money that has caused the
    palaver; oxuo ɔsi ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it
    is woman that (always) causes
    palavers; v. ya 1 [ ˥ ], zɛ 1 [ ˥ ].
    
si 2 [ ˥ ] in si [ ˥ ] kɛ [ / ] (a) to be
    near; owa-ɽe si k-ɔɣ-uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ]
    his house is near to mine, v.
    dia [ ˥ ]; (b) to go near; to go
    towards a certain direction; si
    kɛ‿iyeke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] go further back!
    si k-ɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ] (odɔ) “go further
    there”: go further in that direc-
    tion! (c) to place near, as in si
    [ ˥ ] k-ɔtɔ [ / ˩ ] (otɔ) to turn down
    (the wick of a lamp, but without
    turning the lamp out); si ukpa
    na k-ɔtɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] turn the lamp
    down! cf. si 1 [ ˥ ] (?).
    
si 3 [ ˥ ] in si [ ˥ ] kpaɔ [ ˥ ] to remove
    from; to leave a certain place;
    cf. si 1 [ ˥ ] (?).
    
sĩ 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to give thread (of
    loom). (2) to spin; isĩ oɽuɽu
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I am spinning cotton
    (but do [ ˥ ] “to weave” is used
    of the spider).
    
sĩ 2 [ ˥ ] in sĩ‿ãɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to “give the
    glad eye” (same as sĩ 1?);
    ɔsĩ‿ãɽo dɔɔɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] she is flirting.
    sĩ [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] to watch; to
    observe; cf. yi 3 [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
sie 1 [ / ] to be black; ɔsieɽe
    duduudu [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] it is quite
    black; cf. usie [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
sie 2 [ / ] to take a pot from the
    fire; ɔsi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he took it
    down.
    
siɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to deny; ɔsiɛ̃ ʋ-inɔɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ]
    he denied (it) when I asked him.
    
siɛ̃ [ / ] to break down (collapse,
    fall in, owing to subsidence)
    (same as suo [ / ]); uye na siɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃
    [ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ] this hole has collapsed.