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*    my house. (2) me; iɽ̃ã miɛ ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] they saw me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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*    I owe him a debt, v. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ],

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

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*    (of water, food, the body);

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

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*    food is hot. n-ɛ(i)ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ / ]

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*    “which has not” corresponds to

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*    the English “without”; n-ɛ(i)ʋ̃-

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

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

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

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*    “do you think you have riches

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

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*    has not” followed by a nega-

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*    tive verb expresses necessity:

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

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*    has not (there is no chance) that

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*    I do not. (lit. ‘did not’) go”:

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*    I must go (v. the English

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*    “I cannot but...”); n-ɔnwina‿

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

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*    “(he) who has worked must

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*    (also) eat”.

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

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*    used in conjunction with a verb.

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*wa 1 [ / ] (1) to spread; ɔwa‿ukpɔ̃

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

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*    the ground. (2) to divide;

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

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*    something (also: I am spreading

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*    something on the ground for

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*    sale). (3) to “revive” an exwae

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*    or ɛbɔ by spitting on it (or rather

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*    “to awaken”). The ɛbɔ’s or

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*    charms are awakened in order to

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*    make them attend to com-

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