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yɛmbimbiɛɣu yɛmbimbiɛri; yɛmbimbiɛrinima cf: yɛm, bini, 'biɛɣu·₂, -lana·₂, -nima·₂, -tali·₂; cf: yɛm·₁, yɛmgɔliga, yɛmsɔɣirili, yɛŋkiŋkabina, -lana·₂, -nima·₂, sɔɣirili. n 1cunning, perverted ingenuity, craftiness 2cunning person/s 3craftiness

yɛmgoliga yɛmgolisi cf: yɛm, golim; cf: golim, gɔŋ, goligi·₂. n intuition, "commonsense" (IM)

yɛn cf: ya·₅, ye·₃. ptc 'gonna', about to, will soon

yɛndana wiseman

yɛno n jaw, with the flesh on it

yɛŋkiŋkabina yɛŋkiŋkamanima cf: yɛm·₁, yɛmbimbiɛɣu, yɛmgɔliga, yɛmsɔɣirili, -lana·₂, -nima·₂, sɔɣirili. n 1deception, trickery 2trickster, deceiver

yɛpiɛliga supine

yɛra saying

yɛrayɛra id 1disarranged 2"food or meat given to children as alms" (IM)

yɛri·₁ saying

yɛri·₂ beads

yɛriga yɛrisi cf: ye·₁, yaai·₃. n plucking-pole

yɛrigi yɛrigira cf: yɛligi, yali, yɛluŋ, yɛlinli, yɛlima·₂. v 1to spread out (as mats or grain) 2to be abundant 3to change yam-mounds into ridges

yɛrim yɛrinda cf: yariga; cf: 'yariga, bin^yariga, biyariga. v to be wild, uncontrollable, rough in behaviour (IM)

yɛriti saying

yɛtɔɣikaha cf: yɛtɔɣili, 'kahili; cf: 'kahili, kpakahili, nivuɣikahili, niŋkaha. 1n 2pl vulgar language, ‘raw’ speech

yɛtɔɣili yɛtɔɣa cf: yɛtɔɣigbaliŋlana, gbaliŋ, -lana·₂, yɛlli, tɔɣisi·₁, yɛlitɔɣili; cf: yɛtɔɣikaha, 'kahili; cf: tɔɣisi·₁; cf: yɛlitɔɣili, yɛlli, tɔɣisi·₁. n 1speech, word 2conversation 3sentence, utterance 4language 5legal case, dispute, palaver

yɛtɔɣitɔɣira yɛtɔɣitɔɣiriba cf: tɔɣisi·₁, yɛtɔɣa. n a speaker, spokesman

yɛwaa excl Aha! (gloating cry)

yɛya agile

yi·₁ cf: yinima; cf: yin·₁, yina·₁, ya·₂. pn you(-all) [subject and possessive]