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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) or yam branches to the

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*    poles (v. n-ema [ ˥ ˩ ]) with the two

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*    parts thus obtained). (2) period;

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*    ʋ-ɔwaɽ-ɛdɛ-hoho [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] for (the

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*    period of) a whole day (v. ohoho

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]). (3) (ʋ)-ɔwaɽ-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    (a) at the same time: ɔd-ehia ʋ-

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*    ɔwaɽ-ɔkpa ( [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] he

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*    bought (it) all at the same time;

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*    (b) suddenly; at once; iwaɽ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃-

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*    ɔ̃waɽ-ɔkpa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] I knew him

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*    at once.

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*ɔwegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “the strong one”:

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*    a tree found in the grassy plains

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*    (ato [ ˩ \ ]); it has leathery

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*    leaves: cf. wo [ ˥ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔwɛe [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) male; ɔm-ɔwɛe [ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    male child, boy (used by old

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*    men); v. ukpo [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) a strong,

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*    robust man.

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*ɔwɛe [ ˩ \ ] farmer (the best word,

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*    and generally used by the old

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*    people); some young people mis-

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*    takenly think that it only

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*    applies to the Ɔba’s farmers, and

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*    use, therefore, ɔgbugbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔwɛwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a mortar in shape of

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*    a funnel; it is fixed to the

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*    ground, filled with powder and

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*    lit by a fuse; used in second

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*    burials, mainly of chiefs.

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*ɔwɛwɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] course of an un-

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*    finished sentence. Seems to

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*    occur only with ʋ- “in”, in an

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*    idiom given under s-ukpɛ [ ˩ ˥ ];

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*    cf. wɛwɛwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], [ / ].

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*ɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] a big bat-like animal.

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*ɔxa [ ˥ ˥ ] the cotton tree, Ceiba

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*    pentandra; the seeds are used

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*    for stuffing pillows (ukohuʋ̃u

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]).

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*ɔxã [ ˩ ˩ ] white ants; termites.

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*ɔxae [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) hero; brave man;

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*    strong man; ɔxa-evɛ̃ okpia na xĩ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] this man is a champion

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*    in wrestling. (2) also e.g. a man

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