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*    ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (only occasionally, on

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*    big farms).

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*ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] small yam-pole.

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*ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] time; ɛɣɛ hia [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] always;

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*    ɛɣɛ ni [ ˩ / / ] at that time, then;

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*    ɛɣɛikɛɣɛ and kɛɣɛikɛɣɛ [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ]

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*    every time; ɛɣɛ na [ ˩ / ˩ ] at this

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*    time, now; n-ɛɣ-ɛd-ia [ ˥ \ ˩ ]

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*    three days ago (cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], eha

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ]); n-ɛɣ-ɛd-ɛnɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] four days

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*    ago (cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], enɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]); v.

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*    (e)ne [ \ ], (e)d-.

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*ɛɣodĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] African black kite, and,

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*    black-shouldered kite; this kite

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*    is often found near farm fires,

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*    and there is a story that it is a

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*    transformed man who cannot be-

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*    come a human being again be-

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*    cause his charm has been burnt in

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*    a farm fire; cf. Yor. awodi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛɣodo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] impluvium, same as

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*    ukpafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; ɛɣod-ɛriɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] im-

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*    pluvium in the women’s apart-

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*    ment; ɛɣod-ikũ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] implu-

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*    vium in the ikũ [ ˩ \ ]. The room

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*    containing the ɛɣod-ɛriɛ is not an

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*    ikũ; it is long, while the ikũs

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*    are square.

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*ɛɣɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Terminalia su-

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*    perba; used as firewood only.

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*    The F.D. list contains another

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*    tree, ɛɣɔɛ̃ n-ebi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “dark

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*    ɛɣɔɛ̃”, Terminalia ivorensis. This

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*    distinction was not made by my

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*    informant.

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*ɛɣuɣu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “bush-crocodile”, the

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*    small sort of crocodile that

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*    lives in swampy water; ɛɣuɣu

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*    na wu ʋ-ob-ɔkpa keʋ-ow-ɔkpa

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] this crocodile is

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*    paralysed on one side, lit. “died

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*    in one hand and one foot”. They

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*    are believed to be paralysed, and

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*    therefore their bones are useful

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*    as a charm that keeps thieves

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*    from stealing.

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