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    little red on its tail; larger than
    asɛsɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; oʋi‿aɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pupil of
    the eye; oʋi‿aɽaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] uvula;
    oʋi‿ax-owɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “little pot
    (i.e. bulge) of foot”: (pl.) iʋi‿awa
    n-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the three young
    dogs”: the belt of Orion
    (N.W.Th.); oʋ-iwu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] one of
    the tribal marks, stretching on
    the left side from under the
    mastix across the ribs to be-
    neath the navel; not marked in
    the Ɔba’s family; oʋi‿odo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]
    “son of mortar”: pestle; oʋi‿
    ogie kuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / ] “the son of a
    ruler does not set fire” because
    its use as firewood is taboo to
    all descendants of ogies; a tree;
    Maesopsis eminnii; its wood
    burns very badly and in a con-
    cealed way; a purgative is
    obtained from the bark; oʋi‿o-
    gierhaʋ̃otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “a ruler’s
    son does not touch the ground”;
    iʋi‿onudo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (pl.) tribal
    marks on the cheeks: ovals
    standing upright, not very long;
    iʋi‿ovɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) “sons of the
    sun”: small butterflies flying in
    swarms, mostly of one colour
    only; oʋi‿ududu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a ball
    kept by ghosts in the palm of
    the hand; whatever it touches
    dies before daybreak; oʋi‿
    ukwoki‿uguawɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] knee-
    cap; oʋi‿ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a substitute
    for a loin-cloth (ebuluku [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]
    or abaʋ̃ute [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]), tied with a
    strip of cloth serving as belt
    (ɔza [ ˩ ˥ ]); also shawl covering
    shoulders; oʋi‿uɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] im-
    plement in the shape of a
    “dumb-bell”, used in grinding
    pepper on uro [ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. Iʋi‿eze
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
oʋiaxɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a timber tree, Sarco-