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* to be kept in chains.) (3) bottom

* (e.g. of a vessel); idiom.: otɔ-ibiɛ

* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “the bottom of the en-

* trails”: the bottom of one’s

* heart (as opposed to okp-unu

* [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “by word of mouth”: not

* quite sincerely); iwahu‿ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃

* s-otɔ-ibiɛ (sɛ [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]

* I like him thoroughly (not

* partially), from the bottom of

* my heart. (4) floor (of a room,

* in comparison with ukpo [ ˥ ˩ ],

* the mud-niches) in otɔ-wa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ];

* v. ikpawɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (in general use,

* but mainly used of the floor

* round the ukpafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] in the

* ikũ’s [ ˩ \ ]). (5) reason (for

* something); otɔ-ɽe ʋo n-unaxa

* ʋ-eriɔ [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] lit. “what is

* its reason that you say so?”

* otɔ-ɽe n-iɽ̃ã naɽu‿ɛe eɽ-ɔna xĩ

* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “the reason of

* it that they did it, is this”: is

* why they did it; cf. otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].

*otu [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Cleistopholis

* partens.

*otu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) age-group, generation;

* v. eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ], iɽoɣae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], ɛɣele

* [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) everybody

* who is about three years older

* or younger than any individual,

* is considered as being of his otu,

* bodily strength being the decid-

* ing factor; this not institution-

* alized idea of otu prevails in

* apportioning communal tasks to

* groups of men, in selecting

* partners for wrestling matches,

* etc. (3) working-gang, v. olotu

* [ ˥ \ ˩ ]; cf. Ibo, Jekri otu [ ˩ ˩ ].

*otua [ ˥ \ ] a small tree, Baphia

* nitida; used in purification cere-

* monies; seven leaves of it pinned

* together are also used as sub-

* stitute of one’s Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ] shrine

* on travels.
