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    find there all (i.e. the food)
    allotted to you”: I declare all
    the food you may find there to
    be yours. ya [ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to be-
    lieve; iy-eʋ-uxaɽe yi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ˥ ]
    I believe what you have said;
    a‿iy-eʋ-uxaɽe yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / / \ ] what
    you have said cannot be be-
    lieved; ɔy-ude ʋ̃ɛ yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he
    took my advice; cf. iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ];
    v. ɔmɔbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]. ya [ ˥ ] y-eɽo [ ˥ ˩ ]
    to hope ( “to put hope”). ya [ ˥ ]
    yi [ ˥ ] obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to put a certain
    affair into somebody’s hand,
    e.g. the revenge for an offence;
    ɔy-ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ y-ɔʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he
    put his affair into my hand, i.e.
    he begged me to take it up.
    ya [ ˥ ] y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to adopt as
    child; ɔya‿e y-ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] he
    adopted him. Combinations
    with nouns: y-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] kɔ [ ˥ ]
    to put oneself under the pro-
    tection of somebody; y-eɣo [ ˥ ˩ ]
    to give something (after a
    prayer) to a priest in order that
    he may give it to the god later
    on (also mi-eɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], from miɛ
    [ / ]); v. ɽu [ ˥ ]. y-eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] ɽu [ ˥ ]
    to do something with cunning.
    ya [ ˥ ] erɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (a) to provide
    lodging for somebody; y-okpia
    na‿erɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] give this man
    lodging! (b) to provide food for
    somebody. (c) (idiom., mostly
    used by old people) to throw
    away; y-ɛɽ-erɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] throw it
    away! ya [ ˥ ] ike [ ˩ ˩ ] to sup-
    port somebody; ɔy-ɔsi‿ɔɽ-ike
    ʋ-en-ɛzɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he supported
    his friend in the lawsuit (also
    rhi-yobɔ na [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]). ya [ ˥ ]
    obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to help a man; ɔy-erha
    ʋ̃-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he helped my
    father. y-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] tie [ / ] to
    beckon to somebody; iy-obɔ