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*vã [ ˥ ] to cry (at a high pitch;



*    used of elephants and toucans);



*    described by xwaxwa [ \ \ ].



*va [ / ] to split into two equal



*    parts (v. sɔ [ / ] “to split into



*    many parts”, e.g. wood, with



*    axes).



*vã [ / ] to stop at a certain place



*    in order to rest (when on travel);



*    “to branch”; t-ivã eʋa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    I will rest there; cf. ɔvãʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ].



*vaɣavaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] occurs in a song



*    only, describes a staggering kind



*    of motion broken by intervals of



*    clinging to a tree; used of the



*    bat avamu [ ˩ \ ˩ ], and also, meta-



*    phorically, of prostitutes; with



*    the verb ɽu [ ˥ ]; cf. va 2 [ ˥ ], and



*    the next item.



*vaɣavaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the flight



*    of herons, hornbills, and of the



*    bats ɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] and avamu [ ˩ \ ˩ ],



*    i.e. that of fairly big, but not



*    powerful animals, whilst vuɣa-



*    vuɣavuɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the



*    powerful flight of a big bird;



*    ɔtĩ vaɣavaɣa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it flies



*    clumsily; cf. the preceding item.



*ve [ ˥ ] to offer a price for some-



*    thing and to argue about it,



*    “to prize”; il-iɣo‿uv-ɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ‿ ˥ ]



*    how much do you give for it?



*    v-ɛe mɛ ɣe [ \ ˥ / ] “ask for it



*    for me (to see)”; used e.g. when



*    the trader is absent or speaks a



*    foreign language. ve y-urhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    lit. “to promise (?) on (one’s)



*    neck”, i.e. responsibility: to



*    promise to pay; to vote (a sacri-



*    fice or cowries) to an ihɛ̃ or ɛbɔ.



*vɛ [ ˥ ] (1) to open (of a sore only).



*    (2) to come out (of a secret); ɛʋ̃ɛ



*    na vɛe [ ˩ / ˩ \ ] the secret (word)



*    has come out; cf. vɛ [ / ].



*vɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ] to wrestle; oko na m-obɔ



*    gua vɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ] this fellow