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*amɛnyanya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] distant flashing

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*    of lightning. This is possibly a

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*    sentence: “water is yawning”.

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*amiɔʋ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] adultery; cf.

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*    miɛ [ ˥ ], ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ], aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*amoko [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] hammock; used be-

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*    fore the arrival of the English

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*    for carrying chiefs who were

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*    travelling in the Ɔba’s service;

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*    amok-en-ɔf-orhiɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ] “ham-

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*    mock of the fainted”: stretcher.

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*    Probably through the Port.

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*amuegberiotɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] “going to the

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*    ground with oneself”: humble-

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*    ness (Akugbe).

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*    xxxxx

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*amufi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a band of villagers

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*    performing a certain ceremony

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*    at the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ] called isiokuo

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]: they climb a high tree at

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*    Benin City (the ɔxa [ ˥ ˥ ] tree

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*    beside the present Education

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*    Office) with the help of ropes; on

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*    top they fasten themselves to

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*    the stem but so as to be able to

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*    swing freely round it with spread

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*    arms and legs; wearing rattles

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*    and bells, they thus swing

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*    round, making fluttering move-

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*    ments with their arms. In this

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*    way they imitate bats or birds,

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*    and their performance is meant

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*    to represent a war against the

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*    sky (v. isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]). The

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*    dancers have the avamu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] as

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*    their taboo, and they use a

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*    charm believed to enable them

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*    to fly if the rope breaks;

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*    avamu is used in this charm.

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*anwa [ ˩ ˥ ] tongs.

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*anyaerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “owner of trees,

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*    or, wood”; a tree, Distemonan-

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*    thus benthamianus. The reason

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*    for this name is not clear; cf.

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*    nya 1 [ / ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*anyehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a deaf man; cf.

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*    ny-ehɔ [ ˥ ].

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