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*    little red on its tail; larger than



*    asɛsɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; oʋi‿aɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pupil of



*    the eye; oʋi‿aɽaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] uvula;



*    oʋi‿ax-owɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “little pot



*    (i.e. bulge) of foot”: (pl.) iʋi‿awa



*    n-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the three young



*    dogs”: the belt of Orion



*    (N.W.Th.); oʋ-iwu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] one of



*    the tribal marks, stretching on



*    the left side from under the



*    mastix across the ribs to be-



*    neath the navel; not marked in



*    the Ɔba’s family; oʋi‿odo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    “son of mortar”: pestle; oʋi‿



*    ogie kuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / ] “the son of a



*    ruler does not set fire” because



*    its use as firewood is taboo to



*    all descendants of ogies; a tree;



*    Maesopsis eminnii; its wood



*    burns very badly and in a con-



*    cealed way; a purgative is



*    obtained from the bark; oʋi‿o-



*    gierhaʋ̃otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a ruler’s



*    son does not touch the ground”;



*    iʋi‿onudo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (pl.) tribal



*    marks on the cheeks: ovals



*    standing upright, not very long;



*    iʋi‿ovɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) “sons of the



*    sun”: small butterflies flying in



*    swarms, mostly of one colour



*    only; oʋi‿ududu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a ball



*    kept by ghosts in the palm of



*    the hand; whatever it touches



*    dies before daybreak; oʋi‿



*    ukwoki‿uguawɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] knee-



*    cap; oʋi‿ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a substitute



*    for a loin-cloth (ebuluku [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    or abaʋ̃ute [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]), tied with a



*    strip of cloth serving as belt



*    (ɔza [ ˩ ˥ ]); also shawl covering



*    shoulders; oʋi‿uɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] im-



*    plement in the shape of a



*    “dumb-bell”, used in grinding



*    pepper on uro [ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. Iʋi‿eze



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*oʋiaxɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a timber tree, Sarco-