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kpikpikpi fr. var. kpakpa-kpakpa o or adv strong noise of (heart) beat woturu wʋ gbɛrɛ kpikpikpi His heart was beating strongly.
kpila o.k. ?? v collect, grasp awe i kpila bɛ. Efonte, kpila duwe! they were frightened. Lord, be patient! (lit: The liver collected them. Lord, collect liver!)
kpila o.k. ?? CHECK EXAMPLES v collect, grasp awe i kpila bɛ. Efonte, kpila duwe! They were frightened. Lord, be patient! (lit: The liver collected them. Lord, collect liver!)
-kpilin adj sfx part, piece of gʋlɔ-kpilin, iyon-kpilin; hand is cut off, wood pieces;
kpin * fr. var. kpi v burn wu kpin muru-muru; It burned completely.
kpira the translations do not fit together ?? v break by rolling, fall apart odon wu kpira/kpilisa ~ oyon wu dubwa death of chief or tutu
kpɩbɩla check ?? adv completely ?? tin kpɩbɩla; cover with something hollow ??
kpɩɩ * compare and correct translations ?? fr. var. kpɩyɩ, kpɩ v pull, give to marriage, crawl bɛnan-kpɩɩlɛ, bɛ kpɩɩ kɔba. crawling animals; They made money out of it.
kpɩlɩ check ?? v tighten, pull a sling??
kpɩm (Kabre) ?? check ?? fr. var. kpim (Renate: also kpam, kpam-kpam??) o tight, extremely, important, truly (o.k.?? adjust French) dɩbɩlɩn kpɩm; very dark
kpɩnla v worried, troubled, suffering
kpɩtɩtɩ adj describing portruded eyeballs bʋnʋn kpɩtɩtɩ
kpo v to separate unpolished grains from polished ones kpo amɔrɔ to separate unpolished rice from polished ones
kpo check ?? v be as good as, come up to, winnowing wade-mɛlɛ in kpo miinyo; mɩn kpo wɔ; e kpo, yema ee len ayɩ fɔ i ye. He is not as good as me. I am not comparable to him. He is winnowing, because he wants the corn to come out.
kpogolokpogolo adj the unplumpy nature of the cheeks of someone due to malnutrition
kpòkpòròkpò adj something simple