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*  my house. (2) me; iɽ̃ã miɛ ʋ̃ɛ
* [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] they saw me.
*ʋ̃ɛ [ / ] to have; iʋ̃ɛ̃-gb-ɔɽe (egbe
* [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] I have the same; lit.
* “its body” (also gb-ɔɽe [ ˥ ˦ ]).
* ʋ̃ɛ-rhĩɔ̃ (erhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ] to be
* eager, zealous. ʋ̃ɛ [ / ] iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ],
* ʋ̃ɛ [ / ] osa [ ˩ ˥ ] to owe a debt
* (money); ɔʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃-osa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he
* owes me a debt; iʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ-osa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
* I owe him a debt, v. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ],
* ɽu [ ˥ ]. ʋ̃-ɔ̃ɣae [ / ˩ ] to be warm
* (of water, food, the body);
* eʋaɽe na ʋ̃-ɔ̃ɣae [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] this
* food is hot. n-ɛ(i)ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ / ]
* “which has not” corresponds to
* the English “without”; n-ɛ(i)ʋ̃-
* ɔ̃fo [ ˥ ˩ \ ] “which has no end”:
* eternal (Biblical e.g.); uwɛ ɽo-ɣ-
* uf-ɛfe n-ɛ(i)ʋ̃-ɔ̃fo ɽa [ ˥ ˩ / ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ]
* “do you think you have riches
* without end?” ɛʋ̃ɛ [ / / ‿ ˩ ] “it
* has not” followed by a nega-
* tive verb expresses necessity:
* “must”; ɛʋ̃ɛ‿imayo [ / ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ] “it
* has not (there is no chance) that
* I do not. (lit. ‘did not’) go”:
* I must go (v. the English
* “I cannot but...”); n-ɔnwina‿
* ɛ̃ʋ̃-ɔ̃mari‿eʋaɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]
* “(he) who has worked must
* (also) eat”.
*wa [ ˩ ] pers. pronoun, 2nd pers. pl.,
* used in conjunction with a verb.
*wa 1 [ / ] (1) to spread; ɔwa‿ukpɔ̃
* y-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he spread a cloth on
* the ground. (2) to divide;
* iwa‿eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] I am dividing
* something (also: I am spreading
* something on the ground for
* sale). (3) to “revive” an exwae
* or ɛbɔ by spitting on it (or rather
* “to awaken”). The ɛbɔ’s or
* charms are awakened in order to
* make them attend to com-