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*    in general use. (3) fruit; ɔm-

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*    erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] fruit of a tree.

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*ɔmɔbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “harmful child”;

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*    rascal child; never-do-well.

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*ɔmuihɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (no pl. form) carrier;

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*    cf. mu 1 [ ˥ ], ihɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔna [ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. e-) this (one); these

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*    (in nominal use, v. na [ ˩ ]); ɔna

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*     [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] it is this one (ɔna xĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    is used as the end of a whole

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*    sentence, such as: odɛ n-aɽu‿ɛe

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*    ɔna xĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “the way it

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*    is done is this”); ɔna [ ˩ ˩ \ ] is

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*    it this one? The reduplicated

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*    forms, ɔnɔna, and enena [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    respectively, are used as well

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*    (more emphatic).

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*ɔnɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] the river crocodile (same

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*    as agbaka [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); this is the

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*    dangerous kind (v. ɛɣuɣu [ ˩ \ ˩ ]);

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*    cf. Yor. ɔni [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔni [ ˥ / ] (pl. e-) that one; those;

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*    in nominal use; cf. ni [ / ].

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*Ɔnya [ ˩ ˥ ] a praise-name of the

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*    Ezɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; ɔnya n-ogi-uzɛbu

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] Ɔnya, the ruler of

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*    Uzɛbu; v. Uti [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ɔnyɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Uapaca heude-

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*    lotii; its roots stand out of

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*    the ground “like a gripping

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*    hand”.

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*ɔnyɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] happiness; pleasure;

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*    ɔnyɛʋ̃ɛ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ihɔ̃ ɣ-ɔʋoxã ʋ̃ɛ biɛe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] I was happy (lit.

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*    happiness reached me) when

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*    I heard that my wife had been

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*    delivered of a child.

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*ɔnyunua [ ˩ ˩ / ] surprise; eʋ̃i‿ɔ̃nyu^

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*    nua uwaɽu‿ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ] it is

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*    a surprising thing what you

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*    have done to him! (in a bad

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*    sense on account of the ɛɽe

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*    [ ˩ \ ], v. ɔsɛxɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]: adding

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*    insult to injury); cf. nya 1 [ ˥ ],

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*    unu [ ˩ ˥ ], ɽua [ ˥ ].

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*ɔoo [ ˥ ] an old formula of greeting,

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