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*irhu [ ˥ ˩ ] shade; v. gbe [ ˥ ].

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*irhuãegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also e-) disciple;

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*    cf. rhuã [ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*irhũrhũ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] mildew; mould; v.

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*    si [ ˥ ].

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*irhuʋ̃irhũ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] nakedness.

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*iɽaxwɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] the day after to-

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*    morrow. (in native calculation

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*    “within three days”, viz. to-

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*    day, to-morrow, and the day

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*    after to-morrow); “next to-

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*    morrow”; iɽaxwɛ‿uzɔla ne xerhe

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] “within three days

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*    Saturday”: Thursday. This ex-

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*    pression was said to be used by

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*    old people who do not know the

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*    European week.

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*iɽehe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a white button such as

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*    is used for shirts, worn formerly

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*    as waist-beads by little girls.

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*iɽeɽe [ ˥ \ ˩ ] arm-pit; eʋ̃i mu ʋ̃-iɽeɽe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ˩ ] “something has caught

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*    my arm-pit”: i.e. I have a boil

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*    in the arm-pit.

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*iɽewe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the fruit of ɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    used as fish-poison; it is broken

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*    and thrown into the river; the

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*    fisherman in his canoe then drags

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*    the water with a net. A fence

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*    is made in the water as well

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*    because the dying fish try to

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*    escape; the system of fishing

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*    with the help of iɽewe is called

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*    hɔ‿ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], lit. “to wash the

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*    river”; uf-ĩɽewe ɽa (fiã [ ˥ ]),

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*    ko, n-aɣaya hɔ‿ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    have you already cut (or broken)

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*    iɽewe, friend, so that we may

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*    take it to “wash the river”?

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*iɽo [ ˥ ˥ ] main road (Ɔxwhɛ songs

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*    1); cf. uɽo [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. arale [ ˥ / ˩ ].

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*iɽo [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) thinking, thought;

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*    idiom.: izɛ siʋ̃i‿ɔ̃ hĩ re [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ˥ ]

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*    I have for some time ( [ ˥ ])

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*    tried to save you from it (v. be-

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*    low); umakue, iɽo ɽuɛ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ / ]

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