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*    ʋi-ɛse o [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], and (most used)

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*    uʋi-ɛse o [ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ].

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*ʋiɛʋiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to warm up (water);

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*    ʋiɛʋi-amɛ na n-iyaxuɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ] warm this water for

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*    me so that I may have a bath;

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*    (2) to be warm; ɔʋiɛʋiɛe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is

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*    warm (water, the body); v. rã [ / ]

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*    (soup, weather), ti [ / ] (soup).

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*ʋo 1 [ / ] (to be) where (inter-

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*    rogative); ʋo [ ˩ / ] where are

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*    you? (or ) ʋo [ ˩ / ] where

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*    is it? ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋo [ ˩ / ] where is he?

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*ʋo 2 [ / ] to be ripe (with yellow

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*    colour, as bananas, pineapples,

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*    oranges, and pawpaws); alimoi

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*    na ʋoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] this orange is

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*    ripe.

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*ʋoʋo [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to hold oneself on

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*    somebody’s back; “to back”

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*    (an infant); doʋoʋo n-ugi-aɣaxiã

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*    [ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ] “come and hold on

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*    to my back that you may let (us)

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*    be going”: come on my back,

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*    and let’s go! (2) to carry on the

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*    back; ɔʋoʋ-ɛe [ ˩ ˩ \ ] she carried

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*    it on her back.

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*ʋoxo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to be flexible;

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*    ɔʋoxo [ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is flexible. (2) to

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*    bend; ɛhoho ʋox-erhã ni [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ]

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*    the wind is bending the tree; v.

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*    gulɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ʋoxo 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] to praise pounded izɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] as eʋoxo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; only used

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*    in a certain saying.

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*ʋoxoʋoxo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] solid, starchy, as

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*    result of good pounding (fufu);

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*    used with the verb ye [ ˥ ].

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*ʋɔ [ ˥ ] (1) to hop straight up with

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*    both legs; ɔʋɔe [ ˩ \ ] he jumped;

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*    v. sã [ / ], vĩ [ ˥ ]. (2) to pull out;

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*    e.g. a plant, with the hand; v.

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*    [ / ] (with a pointed instru-

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*    ment); “out” is fua [ ˥ ] or hĩ

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*    [ \ ]; ʋ-uhoɽo ni fua [ ˥ ˥ / ˦ / ] pull

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*    that pawpaw-shrub out!

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