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*    of the singular, viz. mɛ [ ˥ ] (to



*    give me), nuɛ, nwuɛ [ / ] (to give



*    you), and nɛ [ \ ] (to give him),



*    e.g. in ɔrhi-ɛɽe mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] he



*    gave it me; irhi-ɛɽe nwuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) / ]



*    I gave it you; irhi-ɛɽe nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / \ ]



*    I am giving it him; (2) also ex-



*    presses that something is done



*    for somebody: ɔɽu‿ɛe nɛ [ ˩ ˥ / (4-1) ]



*    he did it for him; n-ɔʋ̃a n-ima



*    nwina na ɣiʋo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ / ]



*    where is the man for whom we



*    are working?; cf. mɛ [ ˥ ], nɛ [ \ ],



*    nwuɛ [ / ].



*na 2 [ ˥ ] to tell; to narrate (to



*    somebody: ma [ / ]); ɣɛna‿ɛ̃ ma



*    ʋ̃ɛ-ɣ-iho n-ihɔ̃ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ˦ ˩ ] don’t



*    tell it me for I don’t want to



*    hear (it). n-erhuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to bless



*    (somebody: na [ ˥ ]); occasionally



*    the blessing is accompanied by



*    the speaker taking his exwae [ ˥ ˩ ]



*    and blowing over it in the



*    direction of the man whom he



*    blesses (curses are emphasised



*    by touching one’s lips with



*    the lips and then spitting);



*    ɔn-erhuʋ̃u nɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] he blessed



*    him. n-inyɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to gossip;



*    to defame; ɣɛɣin-iny-oʋi‿ɛrɛe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ (3-1) ] don’t defame somebody



*    else’s son!



*na 3 [ ˥ ] in n-ema [ ˥ ˩ ] to tie the



*    yam branches to the yam poles



*    (ikpɛsi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] and ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]) by



*    means of ropes or creepers



*    (ikã [ ˥ ˩ ] e.g.) in order to spread



*    them out; ɔy-ugbo n-odɛ ya



*    n-ema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] he went to the



*    farm yesterday to (go and) tie



*    the yam branches up; cf. inema



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ha‿ema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], vi-ab-



*    ema [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*na 4 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb used in



*    relative clauses when the rela-



*    tion is a temporal, causal, or