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*ɛxu [ ˩ ˩ ] door, gate; xwi‿ɛxu na

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] lock this door! bi‿ɛxu na

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*    gbe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] close this door!

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*    ɛxu‿ogboɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], ɛxu‿ɔgw-oɽe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] gate in odĩ [ ˥ ˥ ] leading

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*    from street to compound.

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*ɛxũ [ ˩ ˩ ] a person who is infirm,

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*    unable to walk; cf. kũ 2 [ / ].

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*ɛxũxũ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small fly, “sweat-

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*    fly”.

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*ɛxwia [ ˩ ˥ ] bull; cf. okpia [ ˩ / ].

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*ɛyotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] foundation of house:

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*    first layer of mud; cf. otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] stream, river; ɛzɛ n-awaɽe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] a bridged river; a bridge;

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*    redupl. ɛzɛzɛ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] swampy,

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*    watery; ɛzɛzɛ eʋ̃a na xĩ [ ˩ \ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ]

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*    this place is swampy; v. oke [ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    ugboɣodo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛzi [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) tree-stump (when

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*    several feet out of the ground).

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*    (2) space round the base of a

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*    tree; v. uɣũɣuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛziza [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a spirit in the shape of

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*    a man; it roams about in the

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*    bush and catches people whom

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*    it may keep for years; it is

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*    believed to be “a great doctor”,

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*    and its hair, et-ɛziza [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (a

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*    plant?) is used by “doctors” in

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*    every kind of medicine in order

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*    to ensure quick action; cf. Yor.

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*    aaja [ ˩ ˩ ], ɛhoh-ɛziza [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] case (in court); cf. Yor.

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*    ɛjɔ [ ˧ ˥ ].

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*fã [ ˥ ] to cut loose, in (1) to cut

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*    palm nuts (and let them drop);

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*    yaf-ɛ̃dĩ na [ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] go and cut

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*    these palm nuts! (2) to remove

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*    the thatch of a house in order to

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*    replace it by new leaves (or, to

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*    remove old leaves from the

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*    thatch?); fã‿owa na [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    remove (the thatch of) this

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*    house for me! (the represents

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