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*ideʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “buyers of things”: a

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*    gang of the Ɔba’s belonging to

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*    the Ibiwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] society. They

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*    go about the country requisition-

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*    ing food for the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    against payment. Formerly this

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*    payment is said to have been

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*    very small; cf. [ ˥ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ].

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*idɛ̃ɣɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a knife used in the

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*    kitchen and in other house-work;

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*    same as eɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]; L.R. fig. 141.

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*idĩ [ ˩ ˩ ] grave; cf. f-ĩdĩ [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*Idibo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,

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*    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.

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*ido [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) loom; v. abɔkpɔ 1 [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*    ihue [ ˩ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) cobweb:

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*    akpakpa du‿ido [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˨ ] (do [ ˥ ])

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*    the spider has woven a cobweb.

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*idobo [ ˩ ˩ / ] (1) hindrance; ob-

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*    stacle. (2) disturbance; ɣɛmu‿

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*    idobo gũ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ehe n-iye

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “do not put ob-

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*    stacles to (in front of) me at the

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*    place where I am”: do not

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*    disturb me at my house.

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*idodia [ ˩ ˥ / ] (or [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] ?) “I stand

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*    secretly”: a very small snake,

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*    blue-black, with a white spot at

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*    each side of the head; it lies

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*    coiled up and does not move

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*    much, and runs away when

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*    touched, bites when trodden

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*    upon; very poisonous; cf. do 2

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*    [ / ], dia 1 [ ˥ ], v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*idɔla [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] florin; cf. English

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*    “dollar”.

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*idu [ ˥ ˩ ] wild dove; it has a brown

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*    back and shining wing-feathers;

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*    it is believed to use these

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*    feathers as a mirror in order to

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*    see whether anybody is fol-

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*    lowing it (probably because it

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*    pushes its head forward at every

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*    step, looking sideways); a dif-

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*    ferent kind is: idu‿ɛgbo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    “dove of the forest”; it is bigger

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