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*    their waist-cloth by means of

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*    small strings of fine coral-beads.

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*    At the actual feast, the new yam

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*    must not be touched nor must

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*    the pots and plates used at the

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*    feast be used for other purposes.

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*    The fast is said to have been

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*    instituted by the Ɔba Ɛsigie

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*    [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]. Three months later there

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*    is another fast called agwɛ

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*    ɔɣɛnɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. awɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*agba [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Gossweileroden-

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*    dron balsamiferum; used in

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*    building doors.

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*agbã [ ˩ ˥ ] a long wooden tray with

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*    cane sides, for carrying loads;

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*    used by men only.

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*agba 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] plain space at village-

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*    entrance (uɣe [ ˥ ˩ ]), behind the

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*    outer gate; on it stands the

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*    egbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ]-fence; it is also called

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*    agba‿uɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] and possibly in

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*    other cases agbagba [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; cf.

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*    agba 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] (?), gbaa [ ˩ ].

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*agba 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] stool, used by the Ɔba

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*    and chiefs; a small square,

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*    carved seat, like a table, with

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*    four legs, without a backrest;

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*    mu‿agba gi-ogie n-ɔya tota

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] bring a stool for the

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*    ruler to sit on! cf. agba 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] (?).

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*agbada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of knife with

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*    two-edged blade.

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*agbadi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] bridge.

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*agbae [ ˩ ˩ ] layer, in building a

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*    well, each one of a man’s

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*    height.

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*agbaguda [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] (1) women’s cheek

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*    marks. (2) a knife used for

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*    cleaning cooked yam, etc.

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*Agbaɣe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a title used in ad-

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*    dressing the Ɔba.

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*agbaka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] crocodile; agbaka

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*    ɣamu‿eʋ̃i, ɛfã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ / \ ] if a

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*    crocodile catches something, it

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*    xxxxx

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*    does not give it up.

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