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*    (3) to make a tribal mark (the

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*    place must be indicated); ɔvĩ ʋ̃-

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*    ĩrho [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he marked my cheeks.

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*viã [ / ] to grumble (e.g. about the

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*    lack of something); ɣɛviã ma ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “don’t grumble show

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*    me”: don’t grumble to me! cf.

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*    oviã [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*vi-ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. viɔ [ / ].

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*viɛ [ ˥ ] (1) to weep (cf. eve [ ˩ ˥ ]). (2) to

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*    discharge blood or water (of a

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*    wound or sore); ɛtɛ n-ɔr-ɔɽ-owɛ

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*    viɛ yiyi(yi) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the sore

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*    on his leg is discharging (water)

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*    continuously”. (3) to crow (of a

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*    cock); ɔkpa viɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the cock is

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*    crowing; cf. uviɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*viɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to be ripe (of palm fruit);

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*    ɛdĩ na maheviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] these

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*    palm fruits are not yet ripe.

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*viɛ̃viɛ̃viɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] or viɛ̃ỹ [ ˦ ] very

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*    small (of infants and things; the

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*    very smallest size, smaller than

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*    ɽweɽweɽwe [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]); ɔye viɛ̃ỹ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    it is very small, tiny.

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*v-ĩhɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]; cf. vɛ̃ 2 [ ˥ ].

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*viɔ [ / ] to take (with a plural

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*    object; v. mu [ ˥ ], rhie [ / ]);

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*    viɔ [ / ] kua [ ˥ ] to throw away;

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*    viɔ [ / ] de [ / ] (re [ ˥ ]) to bring;

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*    vi-eʋ̃i ni re [ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ˥ ] bring these

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*    things! viɔ [ / ] loʋiɛ [ ˩ / ] to

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*    lay down; ɛhoho v-iɽ̃uʋ̃u na

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*    loʋiɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ] the wind

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*    lays this grass down (i.e. flattens

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*    it) (but also iɽ̃uʋ̃u na viɔ loʋiɛ

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*    lel-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “this grass

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*    lies down along the ground!”)

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*    vi-ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] to take the

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*    drooping branches and creepers

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*    of yam and tie (or wind) them

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*    up the poles and ropes (clipping

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*    them as well); iri-ugbo‿iyavi-

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*    ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] I am going

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*    to the farm to (go and) tie the

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*    creepers up.

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