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).
