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*ahia [ ˩ ˥ ] scraper; cf. hia [ / ].

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*ahĩaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] bird; ahĩaʋ̃ɛ n-ukioya

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*    [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (or n-utioya [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]) a red

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*    bird the cry of which is said to

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*    be prophetic; if it cries oya o,

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*    oya o [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], danger or disaster

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*    is ahead, if oliguɛguɛ, oliguɛguɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ / / ˥ ˥ / / ], one’s errand will

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*    be lucky. If it cries persistently

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*    oya o in front of a man, he will

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*    return rather than continue his

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*    way. It is believed to be a

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*    messenger of the god Ɔxwahɛ

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ] to his worshippers. ahĩaʋ̃-

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*    ɔɽɔ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] small brass figure

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*    of the above carried by chiefs

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*    when dancing at ugi-ɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    (v. ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]) and continuously

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*    beaten on the beak; this is done

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*    in commemoration of an oc-

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*    currence during the reign of the

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*    Ɔba Ɛsigie [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]: when he went

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*    to war with his brother Aɽuãɽ̃ã

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*    [ ˥ \ ˩ ], the ahĩaʋ̃ɛ n-ukioya cried

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*    oya o on the road, but the Ɔba

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*    killed the bird and did not give

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*    heed to its cry. After his

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*    victorious return he instituted

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*    the custom of the ahĩaʋ̃-ɔɽɔ.

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*    ahĩaʋ̃-osa [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] “bird of Osa”,

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*    the African Pied Wagtail (and

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*    perhaps the Blue-headed Wag-

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*    tail). Appears during the dry

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*    season only.

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*ahiewɔe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a fly; its larva (?) is

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*    called ewɔe [ ˥ \ ]; cf. hiɔ [ / ].

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*ahiɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] urine; ahiɔ-ɽe ba ʋ-ɔʋ̃a

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*    n-eʋ̃iraɽo ɽu [ ˩ / ˩ / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] his

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*    urine is dark like (that of) a man

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*    who has blackwater fever; cf.

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*    hiɔ [ / ].

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*aho [ ˩ ˥ ] a hoe for collecting mud,

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*    broader than ɛgwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. Engl.

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*    hoe.

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*ahobɛkũ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] want of some-

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*    thing; cf. ho [ / ].

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