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    fore”; ukaɽu‿ɛe yi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) \ ] have
    you done it before? v. ɽa [ ˩ ].
    
yiɣɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] describes the fall of a
    small fruit (e.g. avocado pears)
    and big leaves (for bigger fruit,
    v. kpu [ ˩ ]); ɔde yiɣɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it
    fell, of a small fruit; v. boɛɛ [ ˩ ].
    
yiyi(yi) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the con-
    tinuous flow of a liquid; v.
    viɛ [ ˥ ].
    
yo 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to go to a certain
    place; in the imperf. it expresses
    habitual action only; progres-
    sing action is expressed by rie
    [ / ]; uy-eskuɽ(u) ɽa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] do
    you go to school? ɛ̃, iyo [ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] yes,
    I go (i.e. usually); iy-eʋa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ],
    iy-ɛe (lit. “it”) [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] I went
    there; iyo [ / \ ] I am not going
    (as a refusal; viz. on an errand,
    etc.); (but: irie [ / ˩ ‿ \ ] I am not
    going away). yo and re when
    added to a verb of motion
    express the idea of “to and
    fro”, e.g. ɔxiã yo xiã re [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
    he is walking to and fro.
    
yo 2 [ ˥ ] tall, not of human beings;
    erhã na yo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] this tree is high.
    
yɔ [ ˥ ] in y-erhɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] to set fire (to
    farmland only; “to make fire
    in kitchen or sleeping-place” is
    kok-erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]); mu egbe n-ayay-
    erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˥ ˩ ] “get ready that
    we may go and set fire to the
    farm!”
    
yɔ [ / ] to fill gaps in a crop by a
    second sowing.
    
yɔ [ \ ]; cf. yi 1 [ ˥ ].
    
yɔkɔɔ [ ˦ ˦ ] big and fat; of birds,
    mostly fowls, and also of insects
    as e.g. mosquitos when full of
    blood; ɔye yɔkɔɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] it is big
    and fat; cf. yɔkɔyɔkɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
yɔkɔyɔkɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the
    clumsy movement of very fat
    fowls; cf. yɔkɔɔ [ ˦ ˦ ].