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*    [ ˥ ˩ ]; uni nɛ [ / ˥ (5-4) ] can you not



*    thank him?



*ni 3 [ ˥ ] to decide, stipulate the



*    amount of fees to be paid by



*    members of a society; n-ani mɛ



*    ɔna xĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “what has



*    been stipulated (as subscription)



*    for me is this” (also m-ɔna



*    [ (4-1) ˩ ]). Also n-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ], e.g. in



*    iɽ̃ã n-iɣo mɛ zɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] they de-



*    cided on a (certain amount of)



*    money for me to pay.



*ni [ / ] (preceded by a high tone)



*    demonstrative pronoun: “that”.



*    It occurs also in the form ɽ̃ĩ,



*    which, however, is rejected by



*    A.; ɔʋ̃a ni [ ˩ / / ] that man. It is



*    also used after a relative sen-



*    tence, e.g. ɔʋ̃a n-ɔre ni ɔse ʋ̃ɛ nɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “that man who has



*    come (or, ‘the man who has



*    come there’?) is my friend”.



*    Further, it is used after other



*    verbal forms: uxiã ni [ ˥ ˦ / ]



*    someting like: “are you going



*    over there?” or, “you over there,



*    are you going?” cf. ɔni (ɔɽ̃ĩ) [ ˥ / ];



*    v. na [ ˩ ].



*nia (also ɽ̃iã, which is rejected by



*    A.) [ / ] now; uɣayo nia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ],



*    uxiã niã [ ˥ ˦ / ] are you going



*    now? It is never used at the



*    beginning of a sentence; but v.



*    ebã [ ˩ \ ].



*niɛ̃ [ / ] to stretch; ɔniɛɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] it



*    is stretched; ɔni-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is



*    stretching it.



*n-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ni 3 [ ˥ ].



*n-inyɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. na 2 [ ˥ ].



*(e)n-odɛ [ \ ˩ ] yesterday (the n- is



*    the “definite article”; cf. (e)ne



*    [ \ ]).



*nɔ [ / ] to ask; n-ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ] to ask a



*    question; in-ɔ̃ɽ-ɔta [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I am



*    asking him a question; in-ɔ̃ɽ-eʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] I am asking him some-