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*  [ ˥ ˩ ]; uni nɛ [ / ˥ (5-4) ] can you not
* thank him?
*ni 3 [ ˥ ] to decide, stipulate the
* amount of fees to be paid by
* members of a society; n-ani mɛ
* ɔna xĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “what has
* been stipulated (as subscription)
* for me is this” (also m-ɔna
* [ (4-1) ˩ ]). Also n-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ], e.g. in
* iɽ̃ã n-iɣo mɛ zɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] they de-
* cided on a (certain amount of)
* money for me to pay.
*ni [ / ] (preceded by a high tone)
* demonstrative pronoun: “that”.
* It occurs also in the form ɽ̃ĩ,
* which, however, is rejected by
* A.; ɔʋ̃a ni [ ˩ / / ] that man. It is
* also used after a relative sen-
* tence, e.g. ɔʋ̃a n-ɔre ni ɔse ʋ̃ɛ nɔ
* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “that man who has
* come (or, ‘the man who has
* come there’?) is my friend”.
* Further, it is used after other
* verbal forms: uxiã ni [ ˥ ˦ / ]
* someting like: “are you going
* over there?” or, “you over there,
* are you going?” cf. ɔni (ɔɽ̃ĩ) [ ˥ / ];
* v. na [ ˩ ].
*nia (also ɽ̃iã, which is rejected by
* A.) [ / ] now; uɣayo nia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ],
* uxiã niã [ ˥ ˦ / ] are you going
* now? It is never used at the
* beginning of a sentence; but v.
* ebã [ ˩ \ ].
*niɛ̃ [ / ] to stretch; ɔniɛɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] it
* is stretched; ɔni-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is
* stretching it.
*n-iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf. ni 3 [ ˥ ].
*n-inyɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. na 2 [ ˥ ].
*(e)n-odɛ [ \ ˩ ] yesterday (the n- is
* the “definite article”; cf. (e)ne
* [ \ ]).
*nɔ [ / ] to ask; n-ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ] to ask a
* question; in-ɔ̃ɽ-ɔta [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I am
* asking him a question; in-ɔ̃ɽ-eʋ̃i
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] I am asking him some-