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*nwihĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] to scent; to smell



*    (pleasantly; but v. wia [ / ]);



*    verbal noun: unwihĩʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ].



*nwina [ ˩ ˥ ] to work; nwina-ɣ-asɔ̃



*    de [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ] work, for the night



*    is coming! cf. inwina [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*nwɔ [ ˥ ] to drink (water and non-



*    alcoholic beverages); ɔnw-amɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is drinking; ɔnw-enwɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is drinking milk (i.e.



*    suckling, of a baby). da [ ˥ ] is



*    used with alcoholic drinks, but



*    nwɔ alone, without an object,



*    means “to drink (alcohol)” in



*    an emphatic way, in the follow-



*    ing: ɔʋenwɔ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] he is (very)



*    drunk again! and as answer to



*    a question: ɔnwɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] he drinks,



*    i.e. he is a habitual drunkard



*    (worse than ɔd-anyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]).



*nwɔnwɔnwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] yellowish (like



*    half-withered leaves; used with



*    the verb ba [ / ]).



*nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ] thin; narrow; ɔʋ̃a



*    nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃ nɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ] he is a thin



*    man; ɔʋ̃a ne nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] a



*    thin man; owa n-ɔye nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃



*    eɽ-uɽabɔ ɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˩ ] is it a



*    narrow house you are going to



*    build?



*nwuɛ [ / ]; cf. na 1 [ ˥ ].



*nya 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to open (mouth, eye);



*    nya [ ˥ ] aɽu‿a (short for ɽua)



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ] lit. “to open somebody’s



*    eye”: to cause admiration;



*    ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ nya ʋ̃-ãɽu‿a gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    lit. “this matter has opened my



*    eye very much”: I admire him



*    greatly (the ɽ is not nasalised).



*    ny-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to open one’s mouth.



*    nya [ ˥ ] unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to astonish; to



*    surprise; ɔnya ʋ̃-unu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it



*    surprised me (v. kpa 2 [ ˥ ]



*    odĩ [ ˥ ˥ ]). (2) to tear apart a



*    piece of wood partially split, or,