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*    ɔzukpogieva [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], ɔzukpogieha

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], and ɔzukpogienɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*    The ɔdiɔ̃-weɽe gives his orders

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*    after consultation with his col-

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*    leagues and may impose fines in

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*    cases of disobedience, consisting

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*    of the seizure of a chicken or a

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*    goat. His power has been much

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*    weakened with the young gene-

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*    ration. He is given a special

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*    share of the percentage of tax

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*    refunded to the village, of killed

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*    animals, and of any royalty that

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*    may be paid to the village, e.g.

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*    by a timber company, and the

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*    other members of the ediɔ̃ n-enɛ

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*    also receive a share in proportion

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*    to their seniority, before the

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*    general distribution of the bene-

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*    fits begins; v. aɣik-ɔdiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    ɔweɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. The oldest age-

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*    group in the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-society is

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*    also called ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]. (4) the

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*    spirits of the departed elders

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*    of a village, worshipped at the

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*    ɔgw-ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]. (5) in edĩ-ebo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “seniors of doctors”: term

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*    for the exwae [ ˥ ˩ ] and oko [ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    of a doctor when taken to a

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*    place where he wants to feed

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*    the witches. The reason for this

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*    term seems to be that the exwae

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*    and oko belong to the doctor’s

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*    Osũ at his home but that they

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*    represent the witches in the

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*    case referred to, because they

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*    are supposed to “send” the food

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*    to the witches. “The ones senior

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*    to doctors” would, then, refer to

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*    the witches; cf. diɔ̃ [ / ].

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*ɔdɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] husband; ɔdɔ ʋ̃ɛ‿ir-owa

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] my husband is not at

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*    home; ɔdɔ‿ɔ ʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] where is

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*    your husband? (also ɔdɔ ɽuɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ] and ɔd-uɛ [ ˩ / ] in quick

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*    speech); cf. ɔdafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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