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*    as being composed of [ / ] and

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*    uʋi [ ˩ ˥ ] and meaning something

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*    like “deceiving the girls”, be-

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*    cause the glow of the sunlight

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*    was said to deceive people so that

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*    they stay longer on the farm

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*    and have to return when it is

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*    dark. But this etymology seems

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*    doubtful.

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*atete [ ˥ / / ] a cricket.

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*atɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “fixed selling” (in con-

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*    trast to iɣo [ ˩ \ ]): selling when

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*    sitting behind one’s merchan-

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*    dise.

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*atɛrhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a soft mat made from

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*    the reed ɛbo [ ˥ ˩ ]; easy to roll.

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*atɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a round, fiat cane tray

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*    made out of itoto [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and

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*    uxwerh-oha [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], used by wo-

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*    men when hawking goods (cf.

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*    iɣo [ ˩ \ ]), e.g., grains in the

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*    market. The grains are distri-

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*    buted on it in heaps, e.g. for a

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*    penny.

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*atiebi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “caller of darkness”:

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*    a large insect, perhaps a night-

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*    moth.

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*atita [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] meat; an expression

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*    used when speaking with chil-

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*    dren; ifĩ-ãtita nwuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ / ]

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*    I have cut you meat.

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*ato [ ˩ \ ] grassy plain (as in the

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*    Hukuruku- or Ɔwɔ-country).

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*atɔrhi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] gonorrhoea; a better

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*    word than ɔkpatalɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    which also refers to a worse

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*    form of the disease: cf. Yor.

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*    atɔsi [ ˩ ˩ / ].

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*atɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] whitlow; finger must

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*    be cut off; severe form of

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*    isue [ ˥ \ ].

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*atugiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a small monkey which

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*    warns a troop of monkeys of the

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*    approach of any danger.

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*ava [ ˩ ˥ ] wooden or iron wedge

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*    used to split wood.

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