ɩswɩɪsʷɪ́ (H)contractionswɩ11height of something vertical; length of something horizontalAgode oyi bʋ swɩ dʋn baflɛ oyi.Coconut trees are taller than pawpaw trees.Bʋtɩ bʋ swɩ awɔ amʋtɔ fɛ́ɛ́ nɩ.Pythons are longer than all snakes.cfswɩ2long8.2.2Long2the extent of an abstract nounAnɩ abusuan bʋ swɩ dʋn Abrʋfɔ klɛ.Our family extends further than Westerners' family.7.3.6.3Limitder.swɩtɔheight
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ɩtɛ2ɪtɛʔ(L) pl.atɛ1featherTsii batɛ ɩtɛ ha mɩ ampʋlɛ asʋtɔ. Pluck a chicken feather for me so I can use it to clean my ear canal.1.6.2.1Parts of a birdcomp.otedutail feathers2leafKɛlɩ amʋ lakpakpa atɛ.The silk cotton tree has dropped its leaves.1.5.5Parts of a plant
ɩtonyaɪtoɲa(H)one's possessionsƖtonya pɛ sʋ olotu ɔkpa.The only reason he travelled was to get riches.cfagyapadɩɛpossessions6.8.1.1Own, possess
ɩtrɛɪtrɛ́ʔ (H)der. ofɩ-1trɛ1to quarrelAtsibi amʋ amʋ aba ahinla bwɛ sʋ a, ɩtrɛ lafa nʋ. The young girls were teasing each other so quarrel has broken out there.Ɩtrɛ bʋ otsibi amʋ ɔdwɛ sʋa, aha bʋtɛda mʋ ɛkɛkɛgyiɛkɛ.The young girl is fond of quarrelling, so much that people beat her everyday.Ɩtrɛ tɔpʋ ɩkɔ ba. A small thing leads to a greater thing.Quarrelling brings fighting.3.5.1.6.2Quarrel
ɩtʋnɪtʊ̃́ʔspear grassƖtʋn tɔwɔ aha. Butokun mʋ́ pʋ bua obu.The spear grass pricks people. It is cut and used for roofing huts.1.5.3Grass, herb, vine
ɩwɩɪwɪʔ(H) contractionwɩ21selfTsufɛ fʋa fotsu ɩwɩ a, Bulu ɔbɛ́ba fʋ asɩ.Because if you lift yourself up, God will humble you.Fʋ wɩ lablɩ ogya, sʋ owisʋ lakɩta fʋ. You have become hot. You have a fever.Oyi amʋ wɩ laplɩ. This tree is smooth.Kɛnkɛ bʋ imi, ɩtɔwɔlɩ wɩ fɛ tʋnkpa.Kɛnkɛ grass has hair that makes you itch like tʋnkpa.9.2.3.1Reflexive pronounscomp.ba ɩwɩ asɩhumbleda ɩwɩsʋbe alertɩwɩ imibody hairɩwɩ sɔɔnluckyɩwɩ yinta Xdefileka ɩwɩ lɛdefend oneselfkpɩnkɩ ɩwɩshake with fearnya ɩwɩbecome richɔmlawɩclothder.ɩwɩtɔbowels2concerningIgye nɔtɔɩ tsu tɔkʋ wɩ.Yesterday, I talked about something.3.5.1.2.9Be about, subject3euphemism for genitalsoyin wɩa man's genitalsɔtsɩ wɩa woman's genitals2.1.8.4Female organs2.1.8.3Male organs
ɩwɩ yinta Xcomp. ofyinta1ɩwɩ 1to defile oneselfƖwɩ layinta fʋ.You are defiled.Fɛdɩ obu a, ɩwɩ layinta fʋ.If you are a prisoner you are defiled.Owie ɔkɔ a, ɩwɩ layinta mʋ.If a chief should fight he has defiled himself.Owie ntɛ ɔkpɩpʋ tamagyi ɔblafɔ atɔ. Nɩ ogyi a, alayinta ɩwɩ.A chief or a fetish priest never eats food prepared by a woman under menstruation. When he eats he has defiled himself.4.3.1.1Bad, immoral4.9.5.6Religious purification
