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*    above”: all over; ɔm-ukpɔ̃ gu-



*    egbe s-otɔ s-uxuʋ̃u (gue [ / ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he covered himself



*    all over with a cloth (when



*    going to sleep). Redupl. ototɔ



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] means (a) bottom of a



*    vessel: otot-ukpu [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] the bot-



*    tom of the glass (inside); (b)



*    dregs: otot-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] the dregs



*    of palm-wine; (c) under: otot-



*    erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] under the tree. If



*    motion is implied instead of rest,



*    ototɔ is used with the verbs yi [ ˥ ]



*    or rie [ / ], yo [ ˥ ]: gi-a tota y-



*    otot-erhã na [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] let us sit



*    down under this tree! iɽ̃ã gwa



*    ri-otot-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] they are



*    pulling (rowing) down stream;



*    iɽ̃ã gwa y-otot-ɛzɛ (yo) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]



*    they have rowed downstream



*    (and are back again).



*otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) earth; ground; soil;



*    ot-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] spot on which



*    refuse is thrown; dust heap.



*    (2) the Ground, Earth, as a



*    deity. If all the gods are



*    against a man, except the Earth,



*    he “will not quickly die”. Its



*    shrine is the inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. When



*    a suicide has taken place the



*    “owners of the ground”, i.e. the



*    ancient owners of the ground on



*    which the village is built, must



*    be called for pacification. A pay-



*    ment is made to them for the



*    sacrifice, whereupon everybody



*    must go inside his house, and



*    they perform the sacrifice, ac-



*    companied by ɛmil-ɔvia [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    (bull-roaring). After the sacri-



*    fice, the rope is cut and the



*    corpse buried. (Suicides are



*    supposed to go to ɛɽ̃iʋ̃-ĩmawu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] or iduʋ̃-ĩmawu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “the



*    Underworld, or quarter, of the



*    suicides”, where they are said