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*    mother (pl.). iy-odede [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    grandmother (paternal and ma-

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*    ternal); iye ʋ̃-odede [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] my

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*    grandmother; iy-erha [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “fa-

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*    ther’s mother”, or iye n-ɔbi-erha

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “mother who has borne

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*    the father”: paternal grand-

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*    mother; iy-iye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] or iye n-ɔb-

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*    iye [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] maternal grand-

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*    mother. iy-aʋ̃-ɔ̃ʋ̃a [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a man’s

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*    mother-in-law; also iy-ɔʋoxã ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] my mother-in-law. iy-

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*    ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “mother of the Ɔba”:

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*    the Queen-mother who resides

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*    at Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (cf. orhu [ ˩ ˥ ]).

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*    iy-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “mother of the

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*    house”: the woman who is in

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*    charge of a household, i.e. either

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*    the house-owner’s mother or, if

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*    she is dead, his senior wife.

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*    iye n-agbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] lit. “mother of

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*    this world”: mistress; lover.

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*    iy-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] (also oded-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) “mother of the dead, or,

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*    of the juju”: title of the senior

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*    man (?) in the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] society;

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*    v. ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. Idiom.: mu-ɔmɔ

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*    y-egb-iy-ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] lit. “to take

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*    a child to its mother’s body”

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*    (i.e. on her lap): to end a matter

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*    (by putting things where they be-

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*    long); cf. iyeye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], eyeye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*iyeke [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) back (of body).

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*    (2) back (of something, of part

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*    of body); behind; iyek-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    back of the hand; iyek-owɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    upper side of the foot; iyek-owa

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] back of the house; back-

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*    yard (latrine); behind the house;

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*    iyek-ogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] male servants’

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*    quarter in the compound; iyek-

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*    ikpoba [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of the

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*    neighbourhood behind the river

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*    Ikpoba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. iyek-iyeke [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ],

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] backwards; iyek-iyeke‿

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*    ɔla ɣe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “backwards he

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