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* [ / ] to say; ɔwɛ [ ˩ \ ] he said;

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*    aɽowa ʋ̃ɛ do [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] my

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*    master says “do”, i.e. greets you.

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*wɛɛ [ ˩ ] gently, gradually; ɔde xiã

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*    wɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] he is falling gradually;

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*    ɛhoho ne wɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a gentle

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*    breeze.

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*wɛɛwɛɛ [ ˦ ˦ ] describes stealthy

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*    walk, like that of a thief; ɔxiã

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*    wɛɛwɛɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he is walking

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*    stealthily.

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*wɛiwɛiwɛi [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] describes a quick

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*    way of walking with short

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*    steps; used with the verb xiã [ ˥ ].

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*wɛkɛwɛkɛ [ ˩ / ˩ / ] (also wɛlɛwɛlɛ)

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*    describes the walk of a duck

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*    e.g., but is also applied to a

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*    woman walking with swinging

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*    hips.

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*wɛlɛwɛlɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes a soft

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*    and steady motion, as e.g. that

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*    of a waving flag or feather.

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*wɛwɛrhɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] shallow, of ponds,

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*    also of pots, plates, etc., but not

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*    of flowing water; ɔye wɛwɛrhɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] it is shallow.

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*wɛwɛwɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] denoting whisper,

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*    secret talk; ɔguã wɛwɛwɛ [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ ˦ ]

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*    he is talking secretly.

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*wi [ / ] to get lost; ɔpia ʋ̃ɛ wiɽi

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] my matchet is lost.

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*wia [ / ] to smell; ɔwiaɽe [ ˩ / ˩ ] he

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*    is smelling it; ɔwia re [ ˩ / ˥ ] the

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*    smell is coming over here (lit.

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*    “it smells comes”). ɔwia‿ixã

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*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] it smells bad.

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*wie [ / ] to pull out yam (in order

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*    to store it); iwi-nya ʋ-otɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    I pulled the yam out of the

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*    ground; cf. wio [ / ], yuo [ / ].

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*wio [ / ] (1) to fall out, e.g. quills,

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*    broom-sticks, fibres of a mat;

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*    igb-õwɛe na wio kua fo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ / ]

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*    (igbã) the bristles of this broom

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*    have fallen out entirely. (2) to

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*    take out (a quill).

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