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*a [ ˥ ] a short variant of the verb

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*    ɽua [ ˥ ]; also [ ˥ ], from ɽ̃uã [ ˥ ].

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*a [ ˩ ] an indefinite personal pro-

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*    noun: “one”; it can often be

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*    translated by the passive: abi-ɔe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ] he was born.

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*a [ / ], [ ˥ ] a short variant of the

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*    possessive pronoun of the 2nd

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*    pers. sgl. ɽuɛ [ / ].

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*aba [ ˩ ˥ ] seeds hung up on a stick

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*    that is used in ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    divination and when feeding

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*    witches; gives knowledge of the

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*    secrets of witchcraft.

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*aba [ ˥ ˩ ] an old word for the anklet

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*    worn by the emada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; now

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*    called ɛɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; its noise was

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*    given as dyɛyɛŋdyɛyɛŋ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*abã [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) originally: nativehand-

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*    cuff; prisoners were fastened by

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*    means of abã to large blocks of

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*    wood. (2) nowadays: a witch-

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*    doctor’s implement, used to press

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*    a medicine against the ground

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*    while a prayer is said which

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*    ends: obɔ n-ɔr-abã ɛɽu‿eʋ̃i

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˩ \ ] “a hand that is in

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*    abã cannot do anything”. This

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*    constitutes a protective spell.

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*ababe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] witchcraft, as a prac-

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*    tice, used for purposes of de-

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*    fence or revenge, or out of

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*    jealousy or envy; abab-ɔʋ̃a na

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*    w-egbe gbe [ ˩ ˥ \ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “the

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*    witchcraft of this man is very

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*    strong”.

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*abalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] rum; alcohol; v. anyɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ].

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