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*avã [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) thunder and lightning;

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*    avã n-uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] thunder and

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*    lightning (lit. “of above”); avã

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*    de y-erhã na [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] lightning

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*    struck this tree. (2) thunder-

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*    bolt.

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*avã [ ˩ ˩ ] daytime; ɣade avã n-ɛɽɛ

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*    [ ˥ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] come in the course of

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*    the day!

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*avam(u) [ ˩ \ ] or [ ˩ \ ˩ ] an animal

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*    of the bat family (the biggest

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*    one); it climbs up trees, clasping

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*    their trunks; supposed to visit

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*    201 trees during every night;

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*    cf. Yor. awamɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ / ] (?).

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*aviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] clitoris.

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*aʋaʋegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] necessity, want;

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*    cf. ʋa [ / ], ʋe [ ˩ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*aʋe [ ˥ ˥ ] (aʋa) a particle: (1) pre-

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*    ceding the demonstrative pro-

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*    nouns when used as nouns: aʋe

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*    na [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] these people; aʋe ni

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*    [ ˥ ˥ / ] those people. (2) oc-

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*    casionally preceding nouns in

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*    the plural, probably conveying

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*    a demonstrative idea: aʋ-ixuo ni

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*    hia [ ˥ ˥ / / ˦ ] all those women;

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*    aʋ-etɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ ir-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ (3-1) ] my

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*    brothers ane not at home.

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*    (3) preceding an interrogative

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*    -a, thereby adding a demon-

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*    strative and nominal meaning:

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*    aʋ-a [ ˥ \ ˥ ], aʋ-aani xĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    who are those? v. iho [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*aʋeto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “hair-puller”: a kind

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*    of burr that sticks to one’s

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*    clothes and hairs on the legs;

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*    cf. ʋɔ [ ˥ ], eto [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*aʋiɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] coward; probably

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*    also lazy person; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ].

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*aʋiogbɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] an otu [ ˩ ˩ ] at the

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*    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; they announce the

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*    Ɔba’s orders in the town, ringing

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*    bells (ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]).

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*aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) female, woman, e.g.

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*    in ɔm-aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “female child”:

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