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*    a relative sentence ɛmila n-awaɽe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] is possible); aw-ɔwa



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] castrated dog (dogs are



*    mostly castrated) (agbo [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “ram” was given with the rela-



*    tive construction only); d-ɔwa



*    gũ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ɛki [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] buy me a



*    castrated (scil. goat) on the



*    market! cf. wa 2 [ / ].



*ɔwaeʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] men selected out of



*    each otu [ ˩ ˩ ], who have the



*    duty of distributing any food,



*    etc., obtained by that otu as a



*    whole, among its members.



*    There are also men who do the



*    same for the whole village: they



*    divide communal property such



*    as the bag of a hunt or money



*    given to the whole village such



*    as shares of the taxes and royal-



*    ties for timber, etc. at ɔgw-ediɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], the meeting-place of the



*    elders; cf. wa 1 [ / ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ].



*ɔwaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. e-) young at-



*    tendants of the oh-õsũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], the



*    priest of Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ], the cleverest



*    of whom become priests them-



*    selves in due time; their duty is



*    to sweep the compound in the



*    morning and to “revive” (v.



*    wa [ / ]) the charms (exwae ʋ-



*    oko [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) at the shrine by spit-



*    ting chewed kola and alligator-



*    pepper on them. Besides, they



*    fetch herbs, etc. from the bush



*    and prepare medicines from



*    them; they dance at the festival



*    called eh-osũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]); cf.



*    wa 1 [ / ]; v. Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɔwaɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) straight; er-



*    iri na magũ ʋ̃ɛ sɔ-ɽe l-ɔwaɽa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (la [ ˥ ]) “the



*    knotty spot in this creeper does



*    not allow me to split it in its



*    length” (e.g. in order to tie



*    yams to the stack (v. ha‿ema