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    (3) to make a tribal mark (the
    place must be indicated); ɔvĩ ʋ̃-
    ĩrho [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he marked my cheeks.
    
viã [ / ] to grumble (e.g. about the
    lack of something); ɣɛviã ma ʋ̃ɛ
    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] “don’t grumble show
    me”: don’t grumble to me! cf.
    oviã [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
vi-ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. viɔ [ / ].
    
viɛ [ ˥ ] (1) to weep (cf. eve [ ˩ ˥ ]). (2) to
    discharge blood or water (of a
    wound or sore); ɛtɛ n-ɔr-ɔɽ-owɛ
    viɛ yiyi(yi) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the sore
    on his leg is discharging (water)
    continuously”. (3) to crow (of a
    cock); ɔkpa viɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the cock is
    crowing; cf. uviɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
viɛ̃ [ ˥ ] to be ripe (of palm fruit);
    ɛdĩ na maheviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] these
    palm fruits are not yet ripe.
    
viɛ̃viɛ̃viɛ̃ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] or viɛ̃ỹ [ ˦ ] very
    small (of infants and things; the
    very smallest size, smaller than
    ɽweɽweɽwe [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]); ɔye viɛ̃ỹ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    it is very small, tiny.
    
v-ĩhɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]; cf. vɛ̃ 2 [ ˥ ].
    
viɔ [ / ] to take (with a plural
    object; v. mu [ ˥ ], rhie [ / ]);
    viɔ [ / ] kua [ ˥ ] to throw away;
    viɔ [ / ] de [ / ] (re [ ˥ ]) to bring;
    vi-eʋ̃i ni re [ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ˥ ] bring these
    things! viɔ [ / ] loʋiɛ [ ˩ / ] to
    lay down; ɛhoho v-iɽ̃uʋ̃u na
    loʋiɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ] the wind
    lays this grass down (i.e. flattens
    it) (but also iɽ̃uʋ̃u na viɔ loʋiɛ
    lel-otɔ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “this grass
    lies down along the ground!”)
    vi-ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] to take the
    drooping branches and creepers
    of yam and tie (or wind) them
    up the poles and ropes (clipping
    them as well); iri-ugbo‿iyavi-
    ab-ema [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] I am going
    to the farm to (go and) tie the
    creepers up.