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*    the chief of Oriɔ” as Ochro-

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*    carpus africanus which was not

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*    known as a special tree by the

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*    informant; there are many otiɛ̃

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*    at Oriɔ. The meaning of otiɛ̃ waɽe

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (F.D. List: Ochrocarpus

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*    africanus) could only be: “are

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*    you eating otiɛ̃?” It does not

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*    seem to be a special name or sort

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*    of otiɛ̃. otĩ-emɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “monkey-

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*    otiɛ̃”: a tree, Panda oleosa.

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*otiɣiɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] an idiomatic expres-

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*    sion for ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. tiɣi [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*otiti [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] fame; cf. titi [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*otohio [ ˩ \ ˩ ] trap; catches animals

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*    by their feet.

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*otoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] diarrhoea; curse: otoɽ-

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*    ɔgb-uɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ‿ \ ] may diarrhoea

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*    kill you!

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*otɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] collective name for the

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*    things carried in a procession

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*    taking place at the second

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*    burial (v. isotɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); they con-

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*    sist of (1) a box (okũ [ ˩ ˥ ]) with

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*    its lid open, but tightly covered

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*    with white cloth so that no

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*    opening is visible; brass figures

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*    of animals (e.g. tortoise, leopard,

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*    frog, fowl, fish, snake) are tied to

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*    the cloth; on the top of okũ a

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*    brass leaf in the shape of a

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*    feather, about a foot long, is

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*    fastened, as well as brass, wooden

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*    and ivory figures e.g. of human

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*    beings; (2) a cow or goat,

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*    yams, a calabash of oil, a mat,

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*    a salt-bag (ɛkp-uʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ (3-1) ]), given

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*    by the sons of the deceased to

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*    their sib (ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ]); v. ako [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] cf. otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ]; this form is

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*    used after some verbs to in-

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*    dicate a downward motion, e.g.

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*    in gb-otɔ (gbe 1 [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ], s-otɔ ( 1

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*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ], and mi-otɔ (miɛ [ ˥ ])

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; idiom.: s-otɔ s-uxuʋ̃u

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “reach ground reach

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