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*    “an omen is biting me”: an

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*    omen shows itself to me (e.g.

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*    buzzing ears for good or bad

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*    news; a headache for bad news).

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*    (3) symptom; am-uhuʋ̃ova fiã

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*    ʋ̃ɛ ɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “a symptom of

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*    sickness is biting me”. (4) brass-

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*    figure or plaque as a souvenir

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*    of somebody; ɔsa-e y-ama

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ˥ ] he cast him in brass as

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*    a souvenir. (5) an oracle used

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*    to discover a name for a new

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*    Ɔba (at Use [ ˩ ˩ ]). (6) an oracle

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*    used to discover hidden things

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*    and secret murder: a special

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*    charm called uxuʋ̃u n-aya-mu‿

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*    ama [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] is carried by its

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*    owner on the palm of his hand;

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*    it leads him to the spot where

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*    the corpse is hidden, or to the

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*    criminal. (7) wound, in yi ama

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] yi [ ˥ ].

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*amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] water; amɛ bi [ ˩ ˩ \ ]

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*    “water is dark”: clouds have

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*    gathered, rain is coming; amɛ

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*    n-ɔrhɔ (rhɔ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] rain;

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*    amɛ wɛwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] drizzling rain;

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*    amɛ ri‿ɛhĩɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “water eats

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*    pepper”: it drizzles a little

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*    (still lesser degree than in the

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*    preceding case); am-eve [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    “water of weeping”: tears;

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*    am-enwɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “water of breast”:

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*    mother’s milk; also denoting

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*    a disease of the eye; amɛigbaɽo

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*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ] “water does not beat

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*    face”: face-cap; cf. gbe 1 [ ˥ ],

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*    aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*amɛmɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Ficus asperi-

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*    folia; leaves are used as sand-

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*    paper, hence the idiom: y-eb-

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*    amɛmɛ kp-ɛho-a (ya [ ˥ ]; kpe [ ˥ ];

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*    ɽua, a [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “wash your

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*    throat with amɛmɛ-leaves”: I

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*    am not willing to give you what

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*    you want.

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