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*    he was deaf (before, but no



*    longer now).



*nyɛ [ / ] to press; to knead (?);



*    nyɛ‿igaɽi ni [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] press that



*    gari! nyɛ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to strain



*    in delivery, or when going to



*    stool.



*nyɛɣɛ̃nyɛɣɛ̃nyɛɣɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] curled



*    like (the) hair of an African



*    and also thin; e.g. of the spring



*    of a watch; used with the verb



*    ye [ ˥ ].



*nyi 1 [ ˥ ] to be thick, of grass,



*    i.e. to be hard to cut; iɽ̃uʋ̃u



*    na nyi, isɛtĩ gb-ɔɛ̃ fo-ɽɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ / ˩ ˥ (4-1) / ˩ ] this grass is



*    thick, I cannot finish cutting it



*    to-day.



*nyi 2 [ ˥ ] in nyi [ ˥ ] ehiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] to



*    pinch with the finger-nails, e.g.



*    in order to tell a man that some-



*    body present is lying, or as a



*    joke (possibly nyɔ?).



*nyi [ / ] to live (somewhere); to



*    stay; ikanyi ɛdo yi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] I



*    have stayed in Benin before;



*    idiom.: ɔnyi‿unyiʋ̃-esi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]



*    “he is leading a good life”: he



*    has good manners. nyi [ / ]



*    ke [ ˥ ] to be near; d-ɔʋ̃a n-unyi



*    ke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “which man do you



*    stay near to?”: who is your



*    neighbour? ɔɽɔma n-ɔnyi k-okũ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] “Ɔɽɔma which is near



*    the sea” (epithet of the river



*    Ɔɽɔma though there is only one



*    river of that name); cf. unyiʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*nyiɣɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be very lean, of



*    human beings or animals; cf.



*    nyiɣɛ̃nyiɣɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].



*nyiɣɛ̃nyiɣɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] very lean, of a



*    human being, or an animal;



*    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ]; if



*    the subject is plural, nyiɣɛ̃nyi^



*    ɣɛ̃nyiɣɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] is used.