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*    wood is used for poles sup-

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*    porting the ceiling of native

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*    houses, and for making mortars,

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*    pestles, and hoe-handles. Its

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*    charcoal is likewise very durable

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*    and used by smiths. Because of

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*    these many uses the tree has the

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*    praise-name erhã n-ɔm-iɣo (

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*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “the tree that en-

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*    genders money”.

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*azɔ [ ˩ \ ] dinner feast as given out

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*    of the ordinary routine, in con-

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*    trast to eɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], which means

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*    either a feast given to helpers

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*    under the use [ ˩ ˥ ]-system, or

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*    the yearly family-festival; v.

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*    kũ 2 [ ˥ ].

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*ba 1 [ ˥ ] (1) to watch; ba‿e ɣe,

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*    deɣ-ɔr-eʋa [ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] “watch (it)

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*    and see whether he is there!”

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*    b-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] to be watchful; ɔb-

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*    egbe rhia [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] he is watchful

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*    by character. b-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    watch the road, e.g. in order to

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*    prevent passers-by from spying

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*    into secret ceremonies. (2) to

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*    do something stealthily (v. do

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*    [ / ]); ɔba rhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he took

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*    it secretly; ɔba mu‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he

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*    carried it stealthily.

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*ba 2 [ ˥ ] in ba [ ˥ ] ku [ ˥ ]: (1) to

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*    miss; kɔ̃-ɽ̃ɛ̃-se n-uɣɛba‿e ku

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ] aim at it properly that

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*    you do not miss it! (2) to com-

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*    mit a mistake; ɔni r-usũ‿eʋ̃i

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*    n-ɔ ba ku ɽu [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] that is

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*    among the things he did by

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*    mistake.

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*bã [ ˥ ] to snatch off. bã [ ˥ ] rhie

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*    [ / ] to snatch somebody or

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*    something away; ɔb-õxuo na

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*    rhie ʋ-ob-ɔdɔ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “he

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*    snatcbed the woman away from

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*    her busband”, i.e. he ran away

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*    with her. Iter. bãnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] ɽua

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