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*    and he ruled over the whole



*    world; v. mu [ ˥ ].



*nya 2 [ / ] to promise, in nya‿enya



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ve [ ˥ ], de 1 [ ˥ ].



*nya 3 [ / ] to spoil a child, by



*    wrong education.



*nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ] to tear to pieces (cloth,



*    mat, net); v. sɔ [ / ] which



*    implies tearing across only so



*    that the damage can be mended;



*    ɔnyaɣã ʋ̃-ũkpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he tore my



*    cloth to pieces (may be in-



*    tensified by nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]);



*    cf. nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the



*    tearing of cloth; cf. nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*nyakã [ ˩ ˥ ] to walk like a cripple,



*    with legs wide apart; also of



*    egwi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*nyakã [ ˩ ˩ ] big; of the heads of



*    human beings and big tortoises



*    only; ɔɽ-uhuʋ̃u nyakã (ɽu [ ˥ ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he has a big head.



*nyamaɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also nyamarhã)



*    wide; of something round or



*    oval like a man’s mouth, or



*    a round pond; used with the



*    verb ʋɛ [ ˥ ]; v. gbodoo [ ˥ ˥ ].



*nyamia [ ˩ ˥ ] to forget; ɔnyamiaɛ̃



*    ya ta ma ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he forgot



*    to tell me (possibly the high



*    tone of -miaɛ̃ implies a ne-



*    gative belonging to the following



*    verb).



*nyamnyam [ ˩ ˩ ] carousing.



*nyanya [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to yawn; to sigh.



*    (2) to flash, of distant lightning,



*    unaccompanied by thunder; od-



*    uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (or amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]), nyanya



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] lightning is flashing afar.



*nyarhunyarhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the



*    walk of a short stout man with



*    flat feet; used with the verb



*    xiã [ ˥ ].



*ny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be deaf; ɔny-ehɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is deaf; ɔteny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]