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*umɔbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) step-son, -daughter,

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*    (2) foster son; umɔb-erha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    (1) stepfather, (2) fosterfather;

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*    v. erha [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*umɔdia [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a straight line, or

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*    road; ya-e y-umɔdia [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] make

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*    it straight! umɔdia na tã gbe

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*    [ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this straight road is very

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*    long. (2) also used for “mile”;

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*    cf. dia [ ˥ ]; v. ibiɽiki [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*umɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] native iron hammer.

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*umɔvɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] catapult, used by

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*    boys to kill birds.

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*umɔxã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a tree, Pycnanthus

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*    kombo (F.D. list has umoghan);

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*    cf. umɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).

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*umuãdiyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “chicken-killer”,

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*    a carnivorous animal (N.W.Th.

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*    has “serval”); usually called

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*    “fox”; cf. mu 1 [ ˥ ], adiyɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ];

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*    v. umuɔxɔxɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*umuɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] clock; a new word;

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*    not considered by A. as the cor-

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*    rect term (v. utɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], uɣɛdɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); it would literally mean

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*    “a punctual instrument”; cf.

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*    mu 1 [ ˥ ]; v. ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*umuɔxɔxɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] same as umuadiyɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “serval”.

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*uniɛ 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) a tree, Xylopia

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*    aethiopica. (2) fruit of the

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*    above; it is an ingredient in a

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*    pepper-soup also called uniɛ

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*    which is drunk by women after

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*    delivery, and also by sick people;

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*    the soup is not cooked with oil;

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*    v. aɣako [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*uniɛ 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] family; v. ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].

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*uni-ɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (the -ɛɽɛ is not nasal-

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*    ised) in four days’ time; cf. ɛɽɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*unɔmunɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “thing that al-

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*    ways asks”: a name for the o-

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*    gwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination; occurs

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*    in one of the ogwɛga words; cf.

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*     [ / ].

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