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*    ʋi-ɛse o [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], and (most used)



*    uʋi-ɛse o [ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].



*ʋiɛʋiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to warm up (water);



*    ʋiɛʋi-amɛ na mɛ n-iyaxuɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ] warm this water for



*    me so that I may have a bath;



*    (2) to be warm; ɔʋiɛʋiɛe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is



*    warm (water, the body); v. rã [ / ]



*    (soup, weather), ti [ / ] (soup).



*ʋo 1 [ / ] (to be) where (inter-



*    rogative); wɛ ʋo [ ˩ / ] where are



*    you? nɛ (or lɛ) ʋo [ ˩ / ] where



*    is it? ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋo [ ˩ / ] where is he?



*ʋo 2 [ / ] to be ripe (with yellow



*    colour, as bananas, pineapples,



*    oranges, and pawpaws); alimoi



*    na ʋoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] this orange is



*    ripe.



*ʋoʋo [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to hold oneself on



*    somebody’s back; “to back”



*    (an infant); doʋoʋo n-ugi-aɣaxiã



*    [ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ] “come and hold on



*    to my back that you may let (us)



*    be going”: come on my back,



*    and let’s go! (2) to carry on the



*    back; ɔʋoʋ-ɛe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] she carried



*    it on her back.



*ʋoxo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to be flexible;



*    ɔʋoxo [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is flexible. (2) to



*    bend; ɛhoho ʋox-erhã ni [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    the wind is bending the tree; v.



*    gulɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ʋoxo 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to praise pounded izɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] as eʋoxo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; only used



*    in a certain saying.



*ʋoxoʋoxo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] solid, starchy, as



*    result of good pounding (fufu);



*    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ].



*ʋɔ [ ˥ ] (1) to hop straight up with



*    both legs; ɔʋɔe [ ˩ \ ] he jumped;



*    v. sã [ / ], vĩ [ ˥ ]. (2) to pull out;



*    e.g. a plant, with the hand; v. zɔ



*    [ / ] (with a pointed instru-



*    ment); “out” is fua [ ˥ ] or hĩ



*    [ \ ]; ʋ-uhoɽo ni fua [ ˥ ˥ / ˦ / ] pull



*    that pawpaw-shrub out!