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*ʋɔɽɔʋɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes tears



*    running down over the face,



*    and latex flowing out of the



*    rubber tree; used with the verb



*    viɛ [ ˥ ]; v. anyɔ [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ʋuɛʋuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] not solid; powdery; of



*    fufu which is not well pounded;



*    well pounded fufu sticks to-



*    gether; ɣa duʋ̃-ema na yi? ɔye



*    ʋuɛʋuɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / / ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] who has



*    pounded this fufu? it is powdery.



*ʋuɛʋuɛʋuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] fat, of human



*    beings; ɔye ʋuɛʋuɛʋuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he



*    is fat.



*ʋuoʋuo [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to bake yam or



*    avocado pears by digging them



*    into ashes. (2) to become, or be



*    rotten (of meat, leaves, and



*    corpses); ɔʋuoʋuo [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is



*    rotten; v. gbe 3 [ ˥ ].



*ʋ̃a [ ˥ ] (1) our; ɔɣ-ũʋ̃a nɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it



*    is ours. (2) us; ɔmiɛ ʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he



*    saw us.



*ʋ̃a [ / ] (1) to measure (length); ʋ̃a



*    utãʋ̃-erhã na [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] measure



*    the length of this plank! ʋ̃a‿egbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “to measure body (one-



*    self)”: to be proud; ɔʋ̃a‿egbe gbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he is very proud. (2) to



*    weigh; ʋ̃a isawɛwɛ ni [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / / ]



*    weigh those groundnuts! cf.



*    iʋ̃aegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ʋ̃aʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to arrange, e.g. yams,



*    in piles; ʋ̃aʋ̃-inya ni [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ]



*    arrange those yams! (2) to



*    fumble continuously with one’s



*    dress, looking whether it is



*    in good order (considered as



*    “proud”); ɣɛɣiʋ̃aʋ̃a ʋ-eʋa, n-



*    ulare n-aɣaxiã [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]



*    “don’t look around yourself



*    there any more (lit. ‘that you’)



*    come that we may go!” cf.



*    eʋ̃aʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ] (1) my; owa ʋ̃ɛ nɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is