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*    gether (gba)?” (Instead of this



*    construction, wa ʋ-ɔɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “you



*    (pl.) and he” is said to be more



*    in use.) Cf. ʋe 1 [ / ].



*ʋe 1 [ / ] an auxiliary verb used



*    alone or in connection with



*    another auxiliary verb, e.g. ke 2



*    [ ˥ ]. It corresponds to the Eng-



*    lish “again”, “also”, “as well”,



*    when standing between verbs;



*    ɔkeʋeɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ \ ] “and he is



*    doing it as well”; ɔkeʋeɽu‿ɛe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “and he did it as well”.



*    (Instead of ke, keɣi [ ˥ ˥ ] and [ ˥ ˩ ],



*    may precede it.) Cf. ʋe [ ˥ ].



*ʋe 2 [ / ] to be scarce; igaɽi ʋe



*    ʋ-ɛʋo na [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] gari (cassava)



*    is scarce in this town; cf.



*    uʋeʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*ʋekpa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) on account of;



*    owing to; used with a following



*    noun or pronoun. (2) about (not



*    in a local sense); iɣare ʋekpa ɛʋ̃ɛ



*    n-uxaɽe ni [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / / ] “I shall



*    come on account of that matter



*    about which you have spoken”.



*ʋɛ [ ˥ ] to become, be broad; ɔdɛ na



*    ʋɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] this road is broad.



*    Idiom.: ãɽo ʋɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “eye is



*    (or, was) broad with me”: I have



*    been greedy; said e.g. when



*    blaming oneself for having taken



*    the best-looking share of a dish,



*    only to find oneself deceived in



*    it; cf. ʋɛ 1 [ / ], aɽoʋɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*ʋɛ 1 [ / ] to widen; iɽ̃ã ʋɔ-dɛ na



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] they are widening the



*    road (ʋɔ is lengthened); cf.



*    ʋɛ [ ˥ ].



*ʋɛ 2 [ / ] in ʋɛ [ / ] re [ ˥ ] to bow.



*ʋiɛ [ / ] to sleep; deɣ-uʋiɛɽe [ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    (I hope) you have slept (scil.



*    well)? A formula of salutation:



*    uɣuʋi-ɛse o [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] may you



*    sleep well! (said to be the most



*    correct and best form); also