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*    of “the first”) occur preceded

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*    by ukp-, as e.g. in n-ukp-ogieha

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*    [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] “the third”.

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*n-ema [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. na 3 [ ˥ ].

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*n-erhuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. na 2 [ ˥ ].

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* 1 [ ˥ ] to defaecate; ɛnɛ [ / \ ] he

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*    is constipated.

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* 2 [ ˥ ] already; often used after

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*    fo [ / ] “finished”, but also after

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*    other verbs; ɔfo ɽa [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] is it

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*    already finished?

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* [ ˩ ] “he” and “it”, when

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*    followed by ʋo [ / ] “where is”;

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*    cf. also [ ˩ ]; iɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] is also used,

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*    but only of human beings, while

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*     is used of things mostly;

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*    ʋo [ ˩ / ] where is it?

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* [ \ ]; cf. na 1 [ ˥ ].

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*n-ɛv- [ ˥ ] an element preceding the

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*    word ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “day” combined

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*    with a numeral, or one of the

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*    nouns meaning a certain number

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*    of days; it adds the idea of

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*    “ago”, cf. (e)ne [ ˩ \ ]; e.g. n-ɛv-

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*    usɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “five days ago” (in-

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*    cluding to-day, i.e. according to

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*    European calculation four days

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*    ago); n-ɛv-ɛdɛhã [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ] six

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*    (five) days ago; n-ɛv-ɛdɛ-hĩɽ̃ɔ̃

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] seven (six) days ago;

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*    n-ɛv-ɛdɛ‿ɽuʋ̃aɽɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] eight

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*    (seven) days ago; n-ɛv-uhuʋ̃uɽũ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] nine (eight) days ago;

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*    n-ɛv-ɛdɛ-gbe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] ten (nine) days

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*    ago; but without n-ɛv: uki ɔkpa

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a month ago (also: in a

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*    month); v. ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ni 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to capsize; yaɣe ʋ-okɔ

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*    na ni [ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] look (how) the

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*    canoe is capsizing! okɔ n-ɔni

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] a capsized canoe. (2) to

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*    upset a canoe; to make it

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*    capsize; uɽani‿okɔ na ɽa [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    do you want to upset this canoe?

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*ni 2 [ ˥ ] to give thanks for food

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*    given; v. kada [ \ ˩ ] and bukpɛ

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