to fry (with oil or lard);

oko, doɽ̃aʋ̃-ɔ̃xɔxɔ na n-ima ɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] “friend, come and fry this fowl for us to eat!”;

emiowo n-aɽ̃aʋ̃-ɔ̃na xĩ ɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ \ ˩ ] is this fried meat?

to know;

n-ɔɽ̃ɛ̃-ʋ̃i [ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] or ɔʋ̃-ĩɽ̃ɛ̃ʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] an intelligent man.

aiɽ̃ɛ̃ [ / / ‿ ˩ ] lit. “one does not know”: perhaps, in case...;

itama bũa, aiɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-u-aɽu‿ɛe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ‿ \ / ˩ ˩ / ˥ \ ] “I have told you all the time (scil. all about the consequences), in case you do it” (lit. something like: “one does not know whether you will do it”);

cf. iɽ̃ɛ̃ʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

(1) a specific adverb describing sawdust, or worm-dust;

(2) feeble, defeated.

to tickle;

v. so 1 [ ˥ ] iguɛ̃guɛ̃ [ ˥ / / ].

a variant of ni [ / ].

to supplicate;

ɔɽ̃iʋ̃ia ʋ̃ɛ n-iɣɛɣigb-ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˩ \ ] he begged me not to flog him again.

ɽ̃iʋ̃ia [ ˩ ˥ ] na [ ˥ ] to plead for somebody;

ɔɽ̃iʋ̃ia nɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] he is pleading for him.

to marry (used of both sexes);

iri-od-ɔɣ-erha ʋ̃ɛ n-iyaɽ̃ɔʋ̃-ɔ̃dɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] I am going (way of my father’s) to my father’s place in order to (go and) marry a husband.

ɽ̃ɔʋ̃-oxuo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] to mary a woman;

ɔɽ̃ɔʋ̃-ɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] (a) she married him;

(b) he married her;

cf. oɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

(1) to affect;

to befall (esp. trouble).

(2) to poison;

cf. eɽ̃uã [ ˩ ˥ ].

or ɽ̃wɛỹ [ ˦ ] very small indeed;

more so than the degree indicated by tinɛ [ ˦ ˦ ];

of infants, or of things;

used with the verb ye [ ˥ ];

v. ɽueɽueɽue [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].

to start, be startled;

once, suddenly, as result of a fright;

(but v. gwɔ [ ˥ ] “to tremble”);

used with giɽi [ ˩ ˩ ];

ma ʋ-ɔɽe de kũ‿egbe ʋ-ebiebi, ɔkewaɽ̃ũɽ̃ã giɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] I and he dashed against each other in the dark, and he suddenly gave a start.