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*agã [ ˩ ˩ ] barren woman; cf. Yor.

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*    agã [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*agadaga [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a bandy-legged

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*    person.

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*agalezi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] young lizard (idio-

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*    matic).

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*agaʋ̃isoso [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] whitlow; said to

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*    be brought about by isue [ ˥ \ ].

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*agiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] corrosive acid; an old

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*    medicine to cure leprosy; a

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*    curse: agĩ-ɔ̃giɛ̃ ɽ̃uɛ̃ mudia

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ \ ] may acid burn you

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*    standing! (i.e. alive; used by big

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*    chiefs); cf. giɛ̃ [ / ].

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*agiɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] small change; oko,

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*    agiɛɣɛ gu-ɛ ɽa, imami-en-ɔfĩ-

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*    dɔla na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “friend, have you any small

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*    change, there is (I have) nobody

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*    who (can) change (fiã [ ˥ ]) a

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*    florin for me”.

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*agobɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] left hand, left side,

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*    mostly used with the latter

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*    meaning.

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*agukisiʋ̃iogie [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the star

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*    claiming rule from (with) the

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*    moon”: a very bright star, pro

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*    bably the morning or evening

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*    star; cf. gu [ ˥ ], uki [ ˩ ˩ ], siʋ̃i

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], ogie [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] a fast kept at the

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*    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] and by some big

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*    chiefs outside it: the participants

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*    must not eat new yam for seven

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*    days; on the seventh day nobody

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*    is allowed to see the Ɔba, and

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*    gun-firing as well as drumming

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*    is forbidden. After the seventh

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*    day the new yam feast is held.

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*    Before the fast begins, each of

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*    the participants (apparently men

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*    only) has to obtain a badge in

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*    cross-form (uma n-agwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ])

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*    from the priest of Osa [ ˩ ˩ ]; this

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*    is worn round the neck, but

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*    “big” chiefs tie it to the edge of

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