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*bigɔbigɔbigɔ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes

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*    something very crooked, e.g. a

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*    tree with a stem that is bent

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*    several times, or a cripple

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*    walking zig-zag; cf. bi [ ˥ ] [ / ];

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*    v. xuɽuxuɽuxuɽu [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].

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*bisibisi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] reddish brown, like

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*    the ordinary kind of house-mud;

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*    used with the verb ba 1 [ / ].

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*b-isusu [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] to exorcise evil spirits

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*    by offering them isusu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], i.e.

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*    food that is taboo to them; cf.

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*    bi 2 [ ˥ ].

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*bo [ ˥ ] in b-oxi [ ˥ ˩ ] to make circles

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*    as part of the ritual of bodily

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*    purification.

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*boaboa [ ˩ ˩ ] describes the walk of

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*    a big man who is in a hurry: he

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*    strides along powerfully and

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*    does not look where he goes so

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*    that he may stumble; a little

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*    funny-looking; used with the

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*    verb xiã [ ˥ ].

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*bobo [ ˩ ˥ ] to move to and fro; of

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*    a fowl about to lay an egg;

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*    ɔxɔxɔ na bobo [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] this fowl

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*    is running to and fro; cf.

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*    bo [ ˥ ] (?).

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*b-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. ba 1 [ ˥ ].

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*boɛboɛboɛ or buɛbuɛbuɛ [ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] de-

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*    scribes an idle sort of walk, or

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*    that of a man who is not feeling

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*    well; used with the verb xiã [ ˥ ].

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*boɛɛ [ ˩ ] describes the fall of an

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*    object like a palm branch, or the

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*    branch of a plantain, i.e. of a big,

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*    leafy, but not heavy branch;

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*    used with the verb de [ ˥ ].

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*bolo [ ˩ ˥ ] to peel (skin); to strip

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*    (bark of a tree); ɔbolo ʋ̃-egbe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he tore my skin off (when

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*    wrestling, e.g.); ɔbol-egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    he has a bruise; bol-itue ni

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*    n-ɔgi-aya b-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “strip that itue-tree (so) that it

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*    may enable (us) to use (it) for

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