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    and he ruled over the whole
    world; v. mu [ ˥ ].

nya 2 [ / ] to promise, in nya‿enya
    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ve [ ˥ ], de 1 [ ˥ ].

nya 3 [ / ] to spoil a child, by
    wrong education.

nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ] to tear to pieces (cloth,
    mat, net); v. sɔ [ / ] which
    implies tearing across only so
    that the damage can be mended;
    ɔnyaɣã ʋ̃-ũkpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he tore my
    cloth to pieces (may be in-
    tensified by nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]);
    cf. nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

nyaɣãnyaɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the
    tearing of cloth; cf. nyaɣã [ ˩ ˥ ].

nyakã [ ˩ ˥ ] to walk like a cripple,
    with legs wide apart; also of
    egwi [ ˩ ˥ ].

nyakã [ ˩ ˩ ] big; of the heads of
    human beings and big tortoises
    only; ɔɽ-uhuʋ̃u nyakã (ɽu [ ˥ ])
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he has a big head.

nyamaɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also nyamarhã)
    wide; of something round or
    oval like a man’s mouth, or
    a round pond; used with the
    verb ʋɛ [ ˥ ]; v. gbodoo [ ˥ ˥ ].

nyamia [ ˩ ˥ ] to forget; ɔnyamiaɛ̃
    ya ta ma ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he forgot
    to tell me (possibly the high
    tone of -miaɛ̃ implies a ne-
    gative belonging to the following
    verb).

nyamnyam [ ˩ ˩ ] carousing.

nyanya [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to yawn; to sigh.
    (2) to flash, of distant lightning,
    unaccompanied by thunder; od-
    uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (or amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]), nyanya
    [ ˩ ˥ ] lightning is flashing afar.

nyarhunyarhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the
    walk of a short stout man with
    flat feet; used with the verb
    xiã [ ˥ ].

ny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be deaf; ɔny-ehɔ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is deaf; ɔteny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]