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*    words; to curse by means of a

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*    charm; “to implicate”. fi‿ɛkũ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] refers to the movements

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*    during the coitus; a formula of

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*    blessing is: uɣufi ɛkũ ihoi

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] may your coitus move-

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*    ments not be in vain; used by a

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*    person senior to a woman met

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*    when sweeping the house, or the

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*    dais of her husband’s Erha [ ˥ ˥ ],

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*    as an act of purification when

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*    having cleansed herself after

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*    menstruation; v. axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]. f-iha

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to cast an oracle (does not

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*    indicate which oracle is meant);

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*    n-ɔf-iha [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] for “oracle-doctor”

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*    as given by N.W.Th. is said not

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*    to be as good an ɔb-iha [ ˩ \ ˩ ], v.

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*    ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ]. f-itã [ ˥ ˥ ] to quote a

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*    proverb as answer to somebody’s

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*    question; he has to guess the

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*    meaning; “to drop a proverb”,

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*    v. kp-itã [ ˥ ˥ ]. f-iʋe [ ˥ ˩ ] to give

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*    somebody a hint by means of a

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*    proverb; the person thus ad-

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*    adressed needs further explana-

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*    tion; ɔf-itã f-iʋe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he

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*    gave me a hint by means of a

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*    proverb. f-iyeke [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] gbe [ ˥ ] to

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*    turn the back towards some-

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*    thing, e.g. gb-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], to the

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*    road. fi‿obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to put

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*    one’s hand into something. fi‿okĩ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to perform okĩ [ ˥ ˩ ], v. gbe

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*    [ ˥ ]. fi‿ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to construct a

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*    rattle, i.e. to throw the cord

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*    round the calabash to and fro

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*    when making the net covering

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*    the calabash. fi [ ˥ ] unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    speak in an unseemly way of,

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*    or to, one’s superior (Egh.

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*    Hist.). (2) to beat (also of the

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*    pulse); obɔ ɽuɛ fi leilei ɽa

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ˧ (3-1) ˩ ] is your pulse (lit.

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*    “hand”) beating? fi [ ˥ ] eʋ̃i

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*    [ ˩ \ ] to hit somebody, lit. “to

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