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*    girl; aʋ̃-iy-ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] old ex-

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*    pression for ibiɛk-iyɔba [ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*    (2) wife; aʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃ɛ ɔna xĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    this is my wife; aʋ̃-ebɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    favourite wife; aʋ̃-eb-osa [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    “favourite of Osa”: woman

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*    with atresia vaginae; aʋ̃-ogie

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “ruler’s wife”: oloi [ ˥ ˥ ];

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*    used as address to an oloi by other

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*    women, but also aʋ̃-ɔ̃ba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*awa [ ˩ ˥ ] dog.

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*awasɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a charm in the shape

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*    of a pebble, used to wish people

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*    well, or to bless them.

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*awɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] a big purple bird with a

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*    tuft on its head; cf. Yor.

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*    agbe [ ˦ ˦ ].

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*awɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] fasting, a modern Yoruba

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*    loan-word; cf. Yor. aawɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    and cf. aguɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*awɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] another expression, not

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*    so current, for obobo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “cooked yam, ground and at

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*    times mixed with oil”.

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*awua [ ˩ ˩ ] taboo; awua‿ɛgbɛe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] family taboo; awua‿ɛhi

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “taboo of guardian spirit”:

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*    personal taboo existing in

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*    addition to the above; awua‿

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*    ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “taboo of the deity”:

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*    special taboo affecting priests;

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*    cf. wua [ / ].

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*awuekia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] impotent man; cf.

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*    wu [ ˥ ], ekia [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*axa [ ˩ ˩ ] weaver-bird; a different

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*    kind is axa n-onwina [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “the

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*    carpenter weaver-bird”; it has a

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*    red collar, and its beautifully

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*    woven nest is to be found on

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*    the riverside, with the mouth

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*    towards the ground.

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*axaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] disobedience.

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*axarha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] fork between legs;

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*    cf. Yor. akata [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*axarho [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a big monkey; cf.

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*    Yor. akato [ ˩ ˧ ˩ ].

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