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*    (3) to make a tribal mark (the



*    place must be indicated); ɔvĩ ʋ̃-



*    ĩrho [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he marked my cheeks.



*viã [ / ] to grumble (e.g. about the



*    lack of something); ɣɛviã ma ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “don’t grumble show



*    me”: don’t grumble to me! cf.



*    oviã [ ˩ ˩ ].



*vi-ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. viɔ [ / ].



*viɛ [ ˥ ] (1) to weep (cf. eve [ ˩ ˥ ]). (2) to



*    discharge blood or water (of a



*    wound or sore); ɛtɛ n-ɔr-ɔɽ-owɛ



*    viɛ yiyi(yi) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the sore



*    on his leg is discharging (water)



*    continuously”. (3) to crow (of a



*    cock); ɔkpa viɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the cock is



*    crowing; cf. uviɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*viɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to be ripe (of palm fruit);



*    ɛdĩ na maheviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] these



*    palm fruits are not yet ripe.



*viɛ̃viɛ̃viɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] or viɛ̃ỹ [ ˦ ] very



*    small (of infants and things; the



*    very smallest size, smaller than



*    ɽweɽweɽwe [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]); ɔye viɛ̃ỹ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    it is very small, tiny.



*v-ĩhɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]; cf. vɛ̃ 2 [ ˥ ].



*viɔ [ / ] to take (with a plural



*    object; v. mu [ ˥ ], rhie [ / ]);



*    viɔ [ / ] kua [ ˥ ] to throw away;



*    viɔ [ / ] de [ / ] (re [ ˥ ]) to bring;



*    vi-eʋ̃i ni re [ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ˥ ] bring these



*    things! viɔ [ / ] loʋiɛ [ ˩ / ] to



*    lay down; ɛhoho v-iɽ̃uʋ̃u na



*    loʋiɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ] the wind



*    lays this grass down (i.e. flattens



*    it) (but also iɽ̃uʋ̃u na viɔ loʋiɛ



*    lel-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “this grass



*    lies down along the ground!”)



*    vi-ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] to take the



*    drooping branches and creepers



*    of yam and tie (or wind) them



*    up the poles and ropes (clipping



*    them as well); iri-ugbo‿iyavi-



*    ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] I am going



*    to the farm to (go and) tie the



*    creepers up.