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*    and he ruled over the whole

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*    world; v. mu [ ˥ ].

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*nya 2 [ / ] to promise, in nya‿enya

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ve [ ˥ ], de 1 [ ˥ ].

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*nya 3 [ / ] to spoil a child, by

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*    wrong education.

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*nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ] to tear to pieces (cloth,

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*    mat, net); v. [ / ] which

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*    implies tearing across only so

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*    that the damage can be mended;

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*    ɔnyaɣã ʋ̃-ũkpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he tore my

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*    cloth to pieces (may be in-

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*    tensified by nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]);

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*    cf. nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the

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*    tearing of cloth; cf. nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*nyakã [ ˩ ˥ ] to walk like a cripple,

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*    with legs wide apart; also of

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*    egwi [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*nyakã [ ˩ ˩ ] big; of the heads of

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*    human beings and big tortoises

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*    only; ɔɽ-uhuʋ̃u nyakã (ɽu [ ˥ ])

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he has a big head.

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*nyamaɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also nyamarhã)

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*    wide; of something round or

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*    oval like a man’s mouth, or

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*    a round pond; used with the

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*    verb ʋɛ [ ˥ ]; v. gbodoo [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*nyamia [ ˩ ˥ ] to forget; ɔnyamiaɛ̃

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*    ya ta ma ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he forgot

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*    to tell me (possibly the high

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*    tone of -miaɛ̃ implies a ne-

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*    gative belonging to the following

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*    verb).

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*nyamnyam [ ˩ ˩ ] carousing.

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*nyanya [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to yawn; to sigh.

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*    (2) to flash, of distant lightning,

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*    unaccompanied by thunder; od-

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*    uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (or amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]), nyanya

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] lightning is flashing afar.

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*nyarhunyarhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the

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*    walk of a short stout man with

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*    flat feet; used with the verb

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*    xiã [ ˥ ].

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*ny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be deaf; ɔny-ehɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is deaf; ɔteny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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