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*    done by saying: isɛrhĩ-ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ]

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*    I take the curse from you (re-

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*    duplicated: isɛrhiɛ̃rhĩ-ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ],

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*    shortened into isɛɛrhĩ-ɔ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ / ]).

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*    If it is, however, a curse sworn

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*    at an ihɛ̃-shrine, a sacrifice must

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*    be made to the ihɛ̃, whereupon

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*    water from a cup is spat on the

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*    man on whom the curse lies, or

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*    into the air if he is absent, and

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*    the above mentioned formula

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*    is said. lf the cursed man is

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*    absent, the formula is isɛrhiɛ̃-

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*    rhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], or isɛrhiɛ̃rhĩ-ɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ]

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*    “I take the curse from him”.

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*s-ɛɽi [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. 1 [ ˥ ].

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*s-ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. 1 [ ˥ ].

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*si 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to draw; to pull; ɔs-ikã

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*    ʋ-uw-oha [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “he is drawing

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*    ikã in the bush” (ikã is a creeper;

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*    when it is wanted, it is cut and

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*    pulled down). si [ ˥ ] maama [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    to be pressed together; iɽ̃ã si

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*    maam-egbe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] they are

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*    pressed together (of a crowd).

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*    si [ ˥ ] xua [ / ] to equip oneself;

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*    to get, be, ready, (lit. “to pull and

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*    turn one’s clothes up”). si amɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (a) “to draw rain”: to

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*    make rain, by charm; (b) to be

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*    lean. si‿egbe koko [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    gather, intrans., egbe may be

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*    omitted; wa hia si egbe koko

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*    y-eʋ̃a (ʋ-)itere [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] you

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*    all gather together here until I

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*    come! s-irhũrhũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] to be-

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*    come (be) mouldy; ɔs-irhũrhũ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it is mouldy, v. mu 1 [ ˥ ].

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*    si osa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to reclaim a debt;

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*    “to draw debt”; ɔsi osa gbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he is too harsh in re-

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*    claiming debts. si ukoko [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    to smoke a pipe; ɔsi ukoko gbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] he smokes too much.

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*    (2) to crawl (of a baby); oʋ-uɛ

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*    na si [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ] this your child

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