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*    and a roof of mats, serving e.g.

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*    as a market stall; cf. oko 1 [ ˩ ˥ ];

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*    v. agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], oxogbo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]. (2) name

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*    of Lagos (Yor. eko [ ˩ / ]); per-

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*    haps the name is of Bini origin,

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*    as there is a tradition that Lagos

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*    was founded as a Bini war-camp.

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*ekoko [ ˩ ˩ \ ] cocoa; Engl.

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*ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] native spoon con-

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*    sisting of the cover of a snail’s

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*    shell; still used by a few old

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*    people, and in bush-villages; v.

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*    akeɽekeɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*eku [ ˩ ˥ ] malice; ekueku [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    wrong; false; undue; ɔgbe ʋ̃-

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*    ẽkueku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he flogged me

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*    without reason; v. iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*eku [ ˩ \ ] semen.

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*ekuɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] bellows; ozo gua kp-

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*    eku-ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] Ojo knows

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*    very well (how) to work the

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*    bellows.

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*ekuɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] a bird the cry of

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*    which is said to spell evil, and

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*    it is believed that a district in

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*    which it is frequently heard will

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*    have many deaths; the cry is

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*    interpreted as kũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “tie it (viz. a corpse)

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*    strongly!” and the evening- and

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*    night-cry is: ɛʋo foo [ ˩ ˩ (5-3) ] “the

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*    country (or village) is finished!”

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*    After the first cry, a death is

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*    expected in three or seven days’

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*    time; if somebody is ill at the

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*    time of the cry, “the witches

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*    will expect his death; for it gives

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*    the witches power”. Therefore,

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*    the bird is shot if it is possible;

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*    cf. kũ 1 [ / ].

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*ekuku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] cook. Engl.

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*ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (European) spoon; cf.

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*    Port. colher; v. ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ].

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*ekuzo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a shrub, Ongokea

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*    klaineana; cf. eka [ ˥ ˩ ] (?); uzo

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] (?).

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