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*vã [ ˥ ] to cry (at a high pitch;

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*    used of elephants and toucans);

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*    described by xwaxwa [ \ \ ].

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*va [ / ] to split into two equal

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*    parts (v. [ / ] “to split into

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*    many parts”, e.g. wood, with

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*    axes).

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*vã [ / ] to stop at a certain place

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*    in order to rest (when on travel);

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*    “to branch”; t-ivã eʋa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ]

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*    I will rest there; cf. ɔvãʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ].

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*vaɣavaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] occurs in a song

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*    only, describes a staggering kind

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*    of motion broken by intervals of

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*    clinging to a tree; used of the

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*    bat avamu [ ˩ \ ˩ ], and also, meta-

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*    phorically, of prostitutes; with

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*    the verb ɽu [ ˥ ]; cf. va 2 [ ˥ ], and

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*    the next item.

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*vaɣavaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the flight

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*    of herons, hornbills, and of the

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*    bats ɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] and avamu [ ˩ \ ˩ ],

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*    i.e. that of fairly big, but not

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*    powerful animals, whilst vuɣa-

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*    vuɣavuɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the

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*    powerful flight of a big bird;

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*    ɔtĩ vaɣavaɣa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it flies

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*    clumsily; cf. the preceding item.

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*ve [ ˥ ] to offer a price for some-

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*    thing and to argue about it,

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*    “to prize”; il-iɣo‿uv-ɛe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ‿ ˥ ]

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*    how much do you give for it?

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*    v-ɛe ɣe [ \ ˥ / ] “ask for it

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*    for me (to see)”; used e.g. when

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*    the trader is absent or speaks a

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*    foreign language. ve y-urhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    lit. “to promise (?) on (one’s)

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*    neck”, i.e. responsibility: to

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*    promise to pay; to vote (a sacri-

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*    fice or cowries) to an ihɛ̃ or ɛbɔ.

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* [ ˥ ] (1) to open (of a sore only).

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*    (2) to come out (of a secret); ɛʋ̃ɛ

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*    na vɛe [ ˩ / ˩ \ ] the secret (word)

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*    has come out; cf. [ / ].

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*vɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ] to wrestle; oko na m-obɔ

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*    gua vɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ] this fellow

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