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*    local one: “when”; “where”;



*    “therefore”; ʋ-ɛɣɛ n-inare



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ] at the time when I



*    came; v. ya 2 [ ˥ ].



*na [ ˩ ] (1) attributive demonstra-



*    tive pronoun: “this”; preceded



*    by a high tone, e.g. ɔʋ̃a na [ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    this man. (2) at the end of a



*    sentence it means something like



*    “now”, but perhaps it implies a



*    notion of locality as well; ukpɔ̃‿



*    uxiɛ̃ na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] are you selling



*    cloth now, i.e. as you are



*    standing here; with nia [ / ] in-



*    stead of na, it would mean: are



*    you selling now or not? e.g.



*    when the man addressed is



*    fidgetting with the cloth; cf. ɔna



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ni [ / ].



*n-aka [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) middle (?); only in



*    ɛd-ekɛ̃ n-aka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] the day inter-



*    mediate between two rest-days,



*    i.e. the second day after each



*    rest-day (ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]); perhaps it



*    means, however, originally “the



*    minor ekɛ̃.” (2) mild; innocuous;



*    in amɛ n-aka [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] mild rain,



*    and, perhaps, in ɛnyɛ n-aka



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] grass-snake; cf. (e)ne [ \ ].



*(e)naɽ̃ɛ̃ [ \ ˥ ] idiom. for n-ɔnya-ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “his master”; v. also



*    aɽowa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; enaɽ̃uɛ̃ ʋo [ ˩ \ / ‿ ˩ / ]



*    where is your master? (n-ɔnya



*    ɽ̃uɛ̃ ʋo [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ‿ \ / ]); cf. nya 1 [ / ].



*(e)n-aʋ̃-usĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] all the time; ke-n-



*    aʋ̃-usĩ ɣade [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ / ] “from all



*    the time coming”: since all the



*    time; cf. (e)ne [ \ ], usĩ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*(e)ne [ ˥ ] or [ \ ] a demonstrative



*    element apparently to some



*    extent equivalent to the English



*    definite article; it is always put



*    in front of the noun qualified by



*    it, but if the noun is followed by



*    the name of a locality, the ne



*    stands before this, e.g. Ɔxwahɛ