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*    ogie [ ˩ ˩ ], ɛkpɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ], [ ˥ ], agbaɣe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], Aɣehi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. Yor. ɔba [ ˧ ˧ ].

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*ɔbadã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Ficus vogellii;

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*    it often occurs parasitically

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*    on other trees; a praise-

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*    name: ɔbadã n-ɔkok-iʋi‿ahĩaʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “ɔb. that feeds the

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*    children of birds”, i.e. all the

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*    birds, because the fruit is eaten

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*    by birds.

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*ɔbafi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] hunting; the hunt; used

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*    with the verbs ɽu [ ˥ ] and rie

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*    [ / ], but apparently not alone.

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*ɔbanabe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a shrub, Spheno-

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*    centrum jollyanum; its straight

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*    root goes so deep into the earth

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*    that nobody is believed to be able

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*    to find its end; v. ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*Ɔbazenu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (Yor. ɔba ju lu

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*    [ ˧ ˧ ˩ / ] “the Ɔba surpasses the

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*    country (?)”) a chief; 2nd senior

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*    at Iw-ɛguae [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; the title is

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*    not hereditary; v. Eseɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*Ɔbazuaye [ ˥ ˥ / ˥ ] “the Ɔba chooses

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*    the pleasure of the world”; a

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*    chief, the third in rank at the

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*    Ib-iwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] society, or the

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*    second, as far as the actual work

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*    of the society is concerned, as

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*    Osodĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], the first chief in

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*    rank, represents the Ɔba’s father,

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*    and cannot take part in it; cf. Ɔba

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ], [ ˥ ], uwa [ ˩ ˩ ], aye [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ɔbe (also ɛbe) [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) harm; okpia

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*    na ɽu eʋ̃i ɔbe gbe [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] this

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*    man has done a very dangerous

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*    thing (i.e. having dangerous

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*    consequences, not only an action

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*    entailing danger, such as e.g.

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*    kllling a leopard; but it may

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*    refer e.g. to a barber cutting

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*    one’s hair without skill, so that

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*    it looks bad, or to curing a

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*    wound in a painful way). (2) un-

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*    satisfactory (scil. work); cf.

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*    ɛbe [ ˩ \ ]; v. ɔmɔbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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