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*nwihĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] to scent; to smell

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*    (pleasantly; but v. wia [ / ]);

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*    verbal noun: unwihĩʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ].

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*nwina [ ˩ ˥ ] to work; nwina-ɣ-asɔ̃

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*    de [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ / ] work, for the night

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*    is coming! cf. inwina [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*nwɔ [ ˥ ] to drink (water and non-

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*    alcoholic beverages); ɔnw-amɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he is drinking; ɔnw-enwɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is drinking milk (i.e.

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*    suckling, of a baby). da [ ˥ ] is

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*    used with alcoholic drinks, but

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*    nwɔ alone, without an object,

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*    means “to drink (alcohol)” in

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*    an emphatic way, in the follow-

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*    ing: ɔʋenwɔ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] he is (very)

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*    drunk again! and as answer to

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*    a question: ɔnwɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] he drinks,

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*    i.e. he is a habitual drunkard

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*    (worse than ɔd-anyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]).

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*nwɔnwɔnwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] yellowish (like

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*    half-withered leaves; used with

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*    the verb ba [ / ]).

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*nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ] thin; narrow; ɔʋ̃a

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*    nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ] he is a thin

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*    man; ɔʋ̃a ne nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] a

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*    thin man; owa n-ɔye nwɛɛɽ̃ɛ̃

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*    eɽ-uɽabɔ ɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˩ ] is it a

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*    narrow house you are going to

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*    build?

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*nwuɛ [ / ]; cf. na 1 [ ˥ ].

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*nya 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to open (mouth, eye);

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*    nya [ ˥ ] aɽu‿a (short for ɽua)

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ] lit. “to open somebody’s

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*    eye”: to cause admiration;

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*    ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ nya ʋ̃-ãɽu‿a gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    lit. “this matter has opened my

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*    eye very much”: I admire him

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*    greatly (the ɽ is not nasalised).

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*    ny-unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to open one’s mouth.

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*    nya [ ˥ ] unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to astonish; to

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*    surprise; ɔnya ʋ̃-unu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it

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*    surprised me (v. kpa 2 [ ˥ ]

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*    odĩ [ ˥ ˥ ]). (2) to tear apart a

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*    piece of wood partially split, or,

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