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Same spelling, different tones

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• jìtake; hold; use
• ǹjiblackness; darkness (-ji 3. be black)
• kpòsoup, mentholatum, etc.); sting (of pepper); hurt (of sting); spread upon; curse; abuse
• àbànàwateryam (Dioscorea alata Linn.) (also ji àbànà); water yam (Dioscorea alata Linn.)
• zi-zòmimic; mock (= -ji-jè)
• ji òkùa variety of Yellow Guinea Yam (compare ji òyìbò)
• nwò ènwòchange; be changed; metamorphose; be transfigured; change; exchange Bikō gbanwòolụ m ji n kaà màkà nà o lèlù ùle Please change this yam for me, for it is rotten Ndị àfè ojiiì jìdèlù òfu nwoke nā-agbanwò egō n’afịa The police arrested a man exchanging money in the market Anà m èje ụnọ àkù ịgbānwò ego ochiìè m fùlù n’akpàtì m n nyàafù I am going to the bank to change the old money I found in my box yesterday