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*ɛɣute [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a dance, danced at

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*    an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛhã [ ˥ ˩ ] buffalo; cf. Yor. ɛfɔ̃ [ ˧ ˩ ].

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*ɛhae [ ˩ ˩ ] forehead.

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*ɛhexue [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] green pigeon, Vinago

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*    calvus.

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*ɛhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] yam-heap.

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*ɛhɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] yes (as reply to a

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*    question).

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*ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) one’s personal guardian

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*    spirit; ɛhi is believed to live in

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*    the ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; it “prays in ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i

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*    for our long life”, and it is also

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*    responsible for any lucky or

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*    unlucky happenings. It is be-

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*    lieved to be “with a man all the

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*    day”, and at night it gives

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*    account to Osa [ ˩ ˩ ]. The ɛhi is

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*    represented by an object near a

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*    man’s sleeping-place; the com-

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*    position of this substitute seems

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*    to vary according to the sib to

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*    which the owner belongs. The

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*    ɛhi does not want any blood

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*    sacrifices. Uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], the head,

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*    is believed to be the ɛhi’s helper

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*    and to render account of the

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*    happenings during the day to

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*    it; ob-ɛhi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it is the ɛhi’s

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*    work (lit. “hand”): this is said

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*    whenever a man has achieved

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*    anything extraordinary, or has

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*    had outstanding luck. (2) Ɛhi‿

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*    ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] title of a chief, lit.

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*    “the Ɔba’s ɛhi”; he is chosen

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*    by divination to be the repre-

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*    sentative of the Ɔba’s ɛhi, and

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*    his main qualification is that the

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*    oracle must have pronounced

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*    him to grow very old. He has

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*    great privileges, e.g. he can say

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*    anything he likes to the Ɔba

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*    without committing any offence.

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*    Formerly, he had to die when

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*    the Ɔba died; v. egi-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].

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*    (3) ɛhi n-oha [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] lit. “bush-

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