V - v

vaan ideophone for unpleasant smell.
vangaa ideophone meaning large, spacious, and floating.
vau ideophone for very quickly or suddenly.
vë́në́në́ë́ ideophone for cleared off.
véntu 1) wind. ventu ta wai a breeze is blowing
2) fumes; steam. ta puu ventu is giving off fumes/steam
4) gas (in stomach).
vi to begin to ripen. Variant: vili.
vili See main entry: vi.
vínde to throw.
vítjë monkey type.
vö ideophone for exclusively.
vodú a sacred snake (boa constrictor).
vodúgádu spirit of boa constrictor.
Vodúpaatí a island downriver from Kambaluwa.
vöö heavy breathing of sick person.
vulá old word for rain.
vungaa ideophone for big, large, strong.
vunguvúngu ideophone for floating in space.
vunvun hummingbird.
vuunvuunvuun sound of the grunting of wild pigs.
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