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Same spelling, different tones

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• beto be; to exist; to live
• béto peel; to slice off; to skip; to leap from a height; to leap from place to place,, tree to tree; to cut in two at a stroke; bring forth young; litter (applied to carnivorous animals and to pigeons); to burst
• bẹthus; so; usually (contraction of bẹ́hẹ́); pushy; to act without permission; to presume; to be arrogant
• bẹ̀to beg, pray, beseech, supplicate, entreat; to apologize