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*    thing (ɽ is not nasalised in the



*    last sentence).



*n-ɔkpa [ \ ˩ ] (pl. n-e-) the other;



*    ɛʋo n-ekpa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the other



*    countries”: abroad; mu‿eʋ̃iɽebo



*    n-ɔkpa mɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bring me



*    the other plate! cf. (e)ne [ \ ],



*    ɔkpa [ ˥ ˥ ].



*n-ɔxwa [ ˥ ˩ ] (pl. n-exwa) big; erhã



*    n-ɔxwa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a big tree; idiom.:



*    eʋ̃i n-exwa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the big



*    things”: an Ɔba’s funeral; iɽ̃ã



*    n-exwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the big ones”: the



*    witches; cf. (e)ne [ \ ].



*nununu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] dark (of the sky be-



*    fore rain; an old expression);



*    used with the verb bi [ ˥ ]; v.



*    kãkaãkã [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*nwa 1 [ / ] (1) to grow up (of men



*    and animals); ɔʋoxã na fɛko nwa



*    de xerhexerhe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ / / / ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]



*    this child is growing up (“come”



*    step by step, lit. “small small”);



*    inwaɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] I am grown up.



*    n-ɔnwaɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a grown-up man



*    (from about 40 years of age);



*    wabu en-inwaɽ̃ɛ̃ n-iɽ̃ã guã y-ɛz-



*    uwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “you (pl.) go



*    and meet senior people that



*    they may decide (lit. ‘talk into’)



*    your case (or, quarrel)”. (2) to



*    be sensible, reasonable; ɔnwa gbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], [ ˩ / ˦ ] he is very sensible.



*nwa 2 [ / ] to be bright (of the



*    day); ɛdɛ fɛko nwa nɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / / ˥ ]



*    the day is getting bright now



*    (when the morning mist is



*    vanishing); ɛdɛ nwa m-otɔ (mu



*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˩ ] “the day has be-



*    come clear to the ground”: it is



*    light (i.e. at 6.30 or 7 a.m.);



*    cf. nwa 1 [ / ] (?).



*nwa 3 [ / ] to praise; ɔɣanwa-ɽ-



*    ovã nwa-ɽ-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “he is



*    praising his nickname (or, praise-