world; v. mu [ ˥ ].
nya 2 [ / ] to promise, in nya‿enya
[ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ve [ ˥ ], de 1 [ ˥ ].
nya 3 [ / ] to spoil a child, by
wrong education.
nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ] to tear to pieces (cloth,
mat, net); v. sɔ [ / ] which
implies tearing across only so
that the damage can be mended;
ɔnyaɣã ʋ̃-ũkpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he tore my
cloth to pieces (may be in-
tensified by nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]);
cf. nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the
tearing of cloth; cf. nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ].
nyakã [ ˩ ˥ ] to walk like a cripple,
with legs wide apart; also of
egwi [ ˩ ˥ ].
nyakã [ ˩ ˩ ] big; of the heads of
human beings and big tortoises
only; ɔɽ-uhuʋ̃u nyakã (ɽu [ ˥ ])
[ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he has a big head.
nyamaɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also nyamarhã)
wide; of something round or
oval like a man’s mouth, or
a round pond; used with the
verb ʋɛ [ ˥ ]; v. gbodoo [ ˥ ˥ ].
nyamia [ ˩ ˥ ] to forget; ɔnyamiaɛ̃
ya ta ma ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he forgot
to tell me (possibly the high
tone of -miaɛ̃ implies a ne-
gative belonging to the following
verb).
nyamnyam [ ˩ ˩ ] carousing.
nyanya [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to yawn; to sigh.
(2) to flash, of distant lightning,
unaccompanied by thunder; od-
uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (or amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]), nyanya
[ ˩ ˥ ] lightning is flashing afar.
nyarhunyarhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the
walk of a short stout man with
flat feet; used with the verb
xiã [ ˥ ].
ny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be deaf; ɔny-ehɔ
[ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is deaf; ɔteny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]
