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*exwɛxwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] palm-wine; drinks

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*    obtained from the oil-palm; the

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*    tree must be cut down in order

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*    to obtain it; exwɛxwɛ‿ɔgb-uɛ ɽa

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / ˩ ] are you drunk from

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*    exwɛxwɛ? (to somebody who

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*    acts foolishly, or, like a drunken

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*    man); v. udegbotɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], ɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*exwi [ ˩ ˩ ] the Scaly Ant-eater.

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*exwɔrhɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] swamp; cf. Yor.

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*    kpɔtɔ-kpɔtɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] slush.

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*eyaɣa 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] nonsense; ɔt-ɛʋ̃-

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*    ẽyaɣa (ta [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] he talked

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*    nonsense.

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*eyaɣa 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] gaɽi or ulɔka [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    while unmixed with liquids.

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*eyaɣa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] disregard; lack of

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*    respect toward senior people; cf.

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*    yaɣa [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Eyedɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a sib (that of the Iyasɛ

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*    n-ɔhɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ˩ ]); the morning

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*    greeting is la-yedɛ o [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ];

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*    v. ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].

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*eyeye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] praising appellation of

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*    a woman who has many chil-

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*    dren; v. iyeye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*eyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] grandchild; eyɛ n-okpia

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*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] grandson; eyɛ n oxuo

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*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] granddaughter; v. iwu

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ], ihiɛ̃hiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], sakpaɽ̃ɛ̃-ɣodĩ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ], ɣabiɔna [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ezɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] a chisel-like blade used

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*    by wine-tappers.

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*ezɛgizɛgi [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] dysentery; v. ɛko

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*    [ ˩ \ ]; of Yor. origin.

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*ezikɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a musical instrument

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*    made of a long, thin calabash

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*    (a flute); it is played by the

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*    Ikpezikɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] during ugies [ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    for the Ɔba and a few chiefs.

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*Ezima [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] the senior chief at

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*    Uhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ]; he is said to have been

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*    the first Bini man to grow oil

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*    palms, and therefore he is the

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*    “owner” of all the oil palms of

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*    the country though this pro-

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