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*    cephalus esculentus; though a

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*    deciduous tree, it is never quite

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*    leafless.

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*oʋiʋi [ ˩ / ˩ ] idiomatic for arhuaɽo

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “blind man”.

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*oʋiʋiɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a snake, “black mam-

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*    ba”; spits; poisonous; believed

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*    to crow like a cock; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ];

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*    cf. Jekri obibi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*oʋuxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he-goat; cf. Yor.

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*    obukɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˧ ].

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*oʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ] measuring implement

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*    (rope, tape, etc.); oʋ̃a na matã

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ \ ] this measure is not

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*    long enough; cf. ʋ̃a [ / ].

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*oʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] a small tree, Combretum

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*    platypterum.

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*owa [ ˥ ˥ ] market-stall (a palm- or

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*    bamboo-shed).

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*owa [ ˩ ˥ ] a house; a roofed place;

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*    ow-amɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] water-tank; ow-

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*    ebe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “book-house”: school;

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*    ow-egbagbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “faith-house”:

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*    church (also ow-iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ], v.

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*    ɛsɔsi [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); ow-ehe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] room in

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*    which women live secluded

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*    during menstruation (at od-

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*    ɛriɛ); ow-ekɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] house built

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*    of mud; ow-ɛbɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “god’s

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*    house”: house containing the

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*    shrine of a god; temple (ow-

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*    ihɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] is not used); ow-ɛgbima

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] house built of cane and

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*    plastered over with mud (Jekri

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*    type); ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop (v.

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*    esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ], owa [ ˥ ˥ ]); ow-ɛzɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] Native Court building;

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*    ow-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “(roofed) dust-

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*    bin”, v. ot-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a place

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*    where refuse is thrown”; ow-isã

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] latrine, better egb-owa

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; ow-iwowo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] shack

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*    built of planks.

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*oweɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] old age; only in

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*    a song: uɣari‿ɔba, uɣuri‿oweɽe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “when you reign

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