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*    of the singular, viz. [ ˥ ] (to

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*    give me), nuɛ, nwuɛ [ / ] (to give

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*    you), and [ \ ] (to give him),

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*    e.g. in ɔrhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˥ ] he

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*    gave it me; irhi-ɛɽe nwuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) / ]

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*    I gave it you; irhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / \ ]

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*    I am giving it him; (2) also ex-

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*    presses that something is done

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*    for somebody: ɔɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ / (4-1) ]

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*    he did it for him; n-ɔʋ̃a n-ima

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*    nwina na ɣiʋo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ / ]

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*    where is the man for whom we

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*    are working?; cf. [ ˥ ], [ \ ],

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*    nwuɛ [ / ].

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*na 2 [ ˥ ] to tell; to narrate (to

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*    somebody: ma [ / ]); ɣɛna‿ɛ̃ ma

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*    ʋ̃ɛ-ɣ-iho n-ihɔ̃ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ / / ˦ ˩ ] don’t

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*    tell it me for I don’t want to

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*    hear (it). n-erhuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to bless

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*    (somebody: na [ ˥ ]); occasionally

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*    the blessing is accompanied by

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*    the speaker taking his exwae [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    and blowing over it in the

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*    direction of the man whom he

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*    blesses (curses are emphasised

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*    by touching one’s lips with

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*    the lips and then spitting);

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*    ɔn-erhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] he blessed

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*    him. n-inyɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to gossip;

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*    to defame; ɣɛɣin-iny-oʋi‿ɛrɛe

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ (3-1) ] don’t defame somebody

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*    else’s son!

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*na 3 [ ˥ ] in n-ema [ ˥ ˩ ] to tie the

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*    yam branches to the yam poles

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*    (ikpɛsi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] and ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]) by

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*    means of ropes or creepers

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*    (ikã [ ˥ ˩ ] e.g.) in order to spread

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*    them out; ɔy-ugbo n-odɛ ya

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*    n-ema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] he went to the

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*    farm yesterday to (go and) tie

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*    the yam branches up; cf. inema

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ha‿ema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], vi-ab-

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*    ema [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*na 4 [ ˥ ] an auxiliary verb used in

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*    relative clauses when the rela-

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*    tion is a temporal, causal, or

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