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*    of “the first”) occur preceded



*    by ukp-, as e.g. in n-ukp-ogieha



*    [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] “the third”.



*n-ema [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. na 3 [ ˥ ].



*n-erhuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. na 2 [ ˥ ].



*nɛ 1 [ ˥ ] to defaecate; ɛnɛ [ / \ ] he



*    is constipated.



*nɛ 2 [ ˥ ] already; often used after



*    fo [ / ] “finished”, but also after



*    other verbs; ɔfo nɛ ɽa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] is it



*    already finished?



*nɛ [ ˩ ] “he” and “it”, when



*    followed by ʋo [ / ] “where is”;



*    cf. also lɛ [ ˩ ]; iɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] is also used,



*    but only of human beings, while



*    nɛ is used of things mostly; nɛ



*    ʋo [ ˩ / ] where is it?



*nɛ [ \ ]; cf. na 1 [ ˥ ].



*n-ɛv- [ ˥ ] an element preceding the



*    word ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “day” combined



*    with a numeral, or one of the



*    nouns meaning a certain number



*    of days; it adds the idea of



*    “ago”, cf. (e)ne [ ˩ \ ]; e.g. n-ɛv-



*    usɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “five days ago” (in-



*    cluding to-day, i.e. according to



*    European calculation four days



*    ago); n-ɛv-ɛdɛhã [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] six



*    (five) days ago; n-ɛv-ɛdɛ-hĩɽ̃ɔ̃



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] seven (six) days ago;



*    n-ɛv-ɛdɛ‿ɽuʋ̃aɽɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] eight



*    (seven) days ago; n-ɛv-uhuʋ̃uɽũ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] nine (eight) days ago;



*    n-ɛv-ɛdɛ-gbe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] ten (nine) days



*    ago; but without n-ɛv: uki ɔkpa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a month ago (also: in a



*    month); v. ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ni 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to capsize; yaɣe ʋ-okɔ



*    na ni [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] look (how) the



*    canoe is capsizing! okɔ n-ɔni



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] a capsized canoe. (2) to



*    upset a canoe; to make it



*    capsize; uɽani‿okɔ na ɽa [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    do you want to upset this canoe?



*ni 2 [ ˥ ] to give thanks for food



*    given; v. kada [ \ ˩ ] and bukpɛ