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*    ʋ-en-aw-ɔri‿ase [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (2-1) ˥ ˥ ˦ ] he be-



*    haves (lit. “does”) as if he were



*    right.



*(e)ʋ- 3 (1) what (interrogative);



*    ʋ-u-aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / / ] what did you



*    get? ʋ-u-amiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] what did you



*    see? (2) what (relative); con-



*    structions with ʋ- in this sense



*    are in some cases used to denote



*    objects which in other languages



*    would be expressed by nouns,



*    e.g. eʋ-aɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “what one



*    eats”: food; eʋ-axuɛ (short for



*    eʋ-ayaxue) [ ˩ / / ] “what one



*    takes to have a bath”: soap; to



*    this class belongs probably also:



*    eʋ-ariɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (cf. riɛ [ ˥ ]?) (native)



*    butter. (3) why (with following



*    gu [ ˥ ] or zɛ [ ˥ ]); ʋ-ɔgu ɽu‿ɛe



*    [ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] why did he do it? ( “what



*    did he do it with, or, for”); ʋ-ɔzɛ



*    n-ɔna ɽu‿ɛe [ \ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] ( “what



*    caused him to do it”). (4) how



*    (interrogative); hɛ [ / ] is put at



*    the end of the sentence: ʋ-uwa



*    ʋiɛ hɛ [ ˩ / / / ] how have you



*    (pl.) slept? (5) where (but cf. ʋo 1



*    [ / ]); ʋ-u-arie [ ˩ / / ] where are



*    you going? ʋ-u-aye [ ˩ / ˥ ] where



*    do you live? (6) particle intro-



*    ducing temporal relative sen-



*    tences (v. n- 1), e.g. ugbɛ̃ (or ɛɣɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]) ʋ-ide [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] (at the time)



*    when I was coming.



*ʋa [ / ] (1) to meet; to pass on the



*    road; iʋa-ɽe [ ˩ \ ˥ ] I met him;



*    idiom.: ʋa ʋ-owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to meet



*    in the house”: to deflower; v.



*    ɔɣɛɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. (2) to affect.



*ʋe [ ˥ ] a conjunction linking up



*    nouns: “and”; Ozo ʋ-Odɛ, iɽ̃ã



*    keɣigbĩna n-owiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    Ojo and Odɛ (they) were fighting



*    this morning; wɛ ʋ-iɽ̃-ɔ̃gbay-



*    ugbo [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] “you and he, did



*    you (lit. “he”) go to farm to-