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*    ing pronoun; ɔmi-ɛ̃zɔ n-ukpo-ɣ-

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*    ɔʋoxã na [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] he had

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*    (miɛ [ ˥ ]) a law-suit last year,

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*    this boy; ɔɣ-a nɔ-ɣ-owa na

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*    [ ˥ \ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] whose is it, this house?

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*    cf. ɣe [ / ] (?).

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*iɣede [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “doctor’s” drum; of

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*    narrow circumference, both sides

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*    are covered with snake-skin

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*    (viper); two of them are tied

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*    together; alternately beaten

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*    (by hand) below (low tone) and

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*    above (high tone). Native

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*    “doctors”, with the exception of

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*    the Ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ] diviner, have

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*    it, and also the priests of Osũ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ], ema 1 [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*iɣehe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] molar teeth; cf. iɣo 2

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ] (?); v. osuakɔ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*iɣɛ̃ɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a small bell worn on

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*    the head by women priests; cf.

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*    aɽiɣɛ̃ɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*    (i)ɣɛxueʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “touch-me-not”:

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*    trigger of a trap; cf. xue [ / ]; v.

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*    uɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*iɣibiɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (pl.) female servants

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*    at the Ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (the Ɔba’s harem);

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*    cf. ibiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], Ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*iɣimi-axiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “I shall not see

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*    mourning”, a tree, Tetrapleura

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*    tetraptera; bears three-cornered

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*    pods which are used as a medi-

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*    cine against cough. A widow

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*    mourning for her husband, and

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*    also a widower, must hold a

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*    pod of this tree, to which a

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*    miniature bow and arrow as

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*    well as the grass aya [ ˩ ˥ ] (v.

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*    ihɔʋ̃egbe, ihɔʋ̃ɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) are tied,

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*    wherever she goes, whether in

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*    the house or to the backyard

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*    (latrine), because these things

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*    are taboo for dead people and

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*    will prevent her husband’s spirit

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*    from approaching her (in dreams

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*    or visions) and thus possibly

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