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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ / / (4-1) ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the tiring which

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*    this palaver tires me, is very

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*    great”: this matter makes me

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*    very tired; cf. xã 2 [ / ].

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*uxãxã [ ˥ / ˩ ] a tree, Fagara macro-

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*    phylla and xanthoxyloides; the

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*    juice from its stem is put on

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*    loose teeth to fix them.

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*Uxegie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a village famous for

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*    the skill of its inhabitants in

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*    setting fractured bones; v. ko 1

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*    [ / ].

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*uxɛxu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] door-hinge; cf. [ / ],

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*    ɛxu [ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ukelu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*uxioxio [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a big, blue-black bird

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*    with grey feathers on its head

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*    and a long tail; its cry is be-

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*    lieved to spell evil.

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*uxiɔ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] half; fĩ-ũxiɔ̃ʋ̃ɛ

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*    ʋ-inya ni [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “cut me half

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*    of that yam”.

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*uxɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] navel.

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*uxɔrhɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a squirrel (bigger

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*    than ɔtã [ ˩ ˩ ]); it lives in a

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*    hollow tree and comes out once

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*    only in the morning to look for

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*    food.

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*uxu [ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Alstonia con-

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*    gensis; its bitter bark is pre-

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*    pared with cold water as a

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*    medicine against a certain fever.

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*uxu [ ˩ ˥ ] gag put into a man’s

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*    mouth and stretched so as to

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*    prevent him from crying; ap-

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*    plied to victims of human

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*    sacrifices in the old times.

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*uxu [ ˩ ˩ ] inheritance, heritage; v.

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*    ɽe 1 [ ˥ ].

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*uxu [ ˩ \ ] seed (the sprouting tip).

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*uxuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] remains of palm fruit

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*    after the kernels have been

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*    removed; they are burnt and

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*    the ashes (em-ũxuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]) used

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*    in the preparation of native

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*    soap (eʋaxuɛ [ ˩ / / ]); v. erhe 1

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ].

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