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*  thing (ɽ is not nasalised in the
* last sentence).
*n-ɔkpa [ \ ˩ ] (pl. n-e-) the other;
* ɛʋo n-ekpa [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the other
* countries”: abroad; mu‿eʋ̃iɽebo
* n-ɔkpa mɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bring me
* the other plate! cf. (e)ne [ \ ],
* ɔkpa [ ˥ ˥ ].
*n-ɔxwa [ ˥ ˩ ] (pl. n-exwa) big; erhã
* n-ɔxwa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a big tree; idiom.:
* eʋ̃i n-exwa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the big
* things”: an Ɔba’s funeral; iɽ̃ã
* n-exwa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the big ones”: the
* witches; cf. (e)ne [ \ ].
*nununu [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] dark (of the sky be-
* fore rain; an old expression);
* used with the verb bi [ ˥ ]; v.
* kãkaãkã [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
*nwa 1 [ / ] (1) to grow up (of men
* and animals); ɔʋoxã na fɛko nwa
* de xerhexerhe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ / / / ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]
* this child is growing up (“come”
* step by step, lit. “small small”);
* inwaɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] I am grown up.
* n-ɔnwaɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a grown-up man
* (from about 40 years of age);
* wabu en-inwaɽ̃ɛ̃ n-iɽ̃ã guã y-ɛz-
* uwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “you (pl.) go
* and meet senior people that
* they may decide (lit. ‘talk into’)
* your case (or, quarrel)”. (2) to
* be sensible, reasonable; ɔnwa gbe
* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], [ ˩ / ˦ ] he is very sensible.
*nwa 2 [ / ] to be bright (of the
* day); ɛdɛ fɛko nwa nɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / / ˥ ]
* the day is getting bright now
* (when the morning mist is
* vanishing); ɛdɛ nwa m-otɔ (mu
* [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˩ ] “the day has be-
* come clear to the ground”: it is
* light (i.e. at 6.30 or 7 a.m.);
* cf. nwa 1 [ / ] (?).
*nwa 3 [ / ] to praise; ɔɣanwa-ɽ-
* ovã nwa-ɽ-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “he is
* praising his nickname (or, praise-