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*wɛ [ / ] to say; ɔwɛ [ ˩ \ ] he said;



*    aɽowa ʋ̃ɛ wɛ do [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] my



*    master says “do”, i.e. greets you.



*wɛɛ [ ˩ ] gently, gradually; ɔde xiã



*    wɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] he is falling gradually;



*    ɛhoho ne wɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a gentle



*    breeze.



*wɛɛwɛɛ [ ˦ ˦ ] describes stealthy



*    walk, like that of a thief; ɔxiã



*    wɛɛwɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he is walking



*    stealthily.



*wɛiwɛiwɛi [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] describes a quick



*    way of walking with short



*    steps; used with the verb xiã [ ˥ ].



*wɛkɛwɛkɛ [ ˩ / ˩ / ] (also wɛlɛwɛlɛ)



*    describes the walk of a duck



*    e.g., but is also applied to a



*    woman walking with swinging



*    hips.



*wɛlɛwɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a soft



*    and steady motion, as e.g. that



*    of a waving flag or feather.



*wɛwɛrhɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] shallow, of ponds,



*    also of pots, plates, etc., but not



*    of flowing water; ɔye wɛwɛrhɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it is shallow.



*wɛwɛwɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] denoting whisper,



*    secret talk; ɔguã wɛwɛwɛ [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ ˦ ]



*    he is talking secretly.



*wi [ / ] to get lost; ɔpia ʋ̃ɛ wiɽi



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] my matchet is lost.



*wia [ / ] to smell; ɔwiaɽe [ ˩ / ˩ ] he



*    is smelling it; ɔwia re [ ˩ / ˥ ] the



*    smell is coming over here (lit.



*    “it smells comes”). ɔwia‿ixã



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] it smells bad.



*wie [ / ] to pull out yam (in order



*    to store it); iwi-nya ʋ-otɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    I pulled the yam out of the



*    ground; cf. wio [ / ], yuo [ / ].



*wio [ / ] (1) to fall out, e.g. quills,



*    broom-sticks, fibres of a mat;



*    igb-õwɛe na wio kua fo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ / ]



*    (igbã) the bristles of this broom



*    have fallen out entirely. (2) to



*    take out (a quill).