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*    my house. (2) me; iɽ̃ã miɛ ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] they saw me.



*ʋ̃ɛ [ / ] to have; iʋ̃ɛ̃-gb-ɔɽe (egbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] I have the same; lit.



*    “its body” (also gb-ɔɽe [ ˥ ˦ ]).



*    ʋ̃ɛ-rhĩɔ̃ (erhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ] to be



*    eager, zealous. ʋ̃ɛ [ / ] iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ],



*    ʋ̃ɛ [ / ] osa [ ˩ ˥ ] to owe a debt



*    (money); ɔʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃-osa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    owes me a debt; iʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ-osa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    I owe him a debt, v. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ],



*    ɽu [ ˥ ]. ʋ̃-ɔ̃ɣae [ / ˩ ] to be warm



*    (of water, food, the body);



*    eʋaɽe na ʋ̃-ɔ̃ɣae [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] this



*    food is hot. n-ɛ(i)ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ / ]



*    “which has not” corresponds to



*    the English “without”; n-ɛ(i)ʋ̃-



*    ɔ̃fo [ ˥ ˩ \ ] “which has no end”:



*    eternal (Biblical e.g.); uwɛ ɽo-ɣ-



*    uf-ɛfe n-ɛ(i)ʋ̃-ɔ̃fo ɽa [ ˥ ˩ / ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    “do you think you have riches



*    without end?” ɛʋ̃ɛ [ / / ‿ ˩ ] “it



*    has not” followed by a nega-



*    tive verb expresses necessity:



*    “must”; ɛʋ̃ɛ‿imayo [ / ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] “it



*    has not (there is no chance) that



*    I do not. (lit. ‘did not’) go”:



*    I must go (v. the English



*    “I cannot but...”); n-ɔnwina‿



*    ɛ̃ʋ̃-ɔ̃mari‿eʋaɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    “(he) who has worked must



*    (also) eat”.



*wa [ ˩ ] pers. pronoun, 2nd pers. pl.,



*    used in conjunction with a verb.



*wa 1 [ / ] (1) to spread; ɔwa‿ukpɔ̃



*    y-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he spread a cloth on



*    the ground. (2) to divide;



*    iwa‿eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] I am dividing



*    something (also: I am spreading



*    something on the ground for



*    sale). (3) to “revive” an exwae



*    or ɛbɔ by spitting on it (or rather



*    “to awaken”). The ɛbɔ’s or



*    charms are awakened in order to



*    make them attend to com-