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*    thought to be a punishment for



*    a previous refusal to serve the



*    Ɔba. Another interpretation is



*    a mockery directed at boys



*    whose mouth is affected by



*    yaws: (u)nu ofiofio [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ‿ / ] (cf.



*    ofi [ ˩ ˥ ]). The bird is also called



*    osaikpe [ ˩ / / ].



*muɛ̃ [ ˩ ] faint; faintly (of a light).



*m-ugbo [ ˥ ˥ ], m-uri [ ˥ ˦ ], m-unu [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    m-use [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf, mu 1.



*muma [ ˥ ˥ ] (or: mu [ ˥ ] ma [ ˥ ] ?) to



*    be pressed together, e.g. cigar-



*    ettes in a case, or butter melted



*    in a lump; cf. mama [ ˩ ˥ ].



*(e)n- 1 relative particle (not in-



*    dispensable); the following pro-



*    noun which is closely linked up



*    with it has low tone in the ipf.



*    and high tone in the pf., e.g.



*    n-ɔɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ \ ] who does; n-



*    ɔɽu‿ɛe [ ˥ ˥ \ ] who did; in the



*    plural, i can be used with the



*    relative particle, e.g. ekita n-ibũ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] many dogs (dogs that are



*    numerous).



*n- 2 a particle conveying, to-



*    gether with a particular con-



*    struction (auxiliary ya [ ˩ ]; tense-



*    particle -a [ ˥ ]), the idea ex-



*    pressed by the English “instead



*    of doing...”; n-u-ayaɽu‿ɛe,



*    ukelɛ fua [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ \ ˩ / ] instead of



*    doing it you ran away. Possibly



*    the particle is identical with



*    (e)n- 1, and the sentence a re-



*    lative clause.



*(e)n- 3 particle introducing a sub-



*    junctive (with a high or mid-



*    tone pronoun); ɔw-en-iɽu‿ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ (4-1) ] (wɛ [ / ]) he told me to



*    do it.



*na 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to give; the verb has



*    three other different forms em-



*    bodying the objective pronouns