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*    house-building!” v. kpalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ];

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*    rhuã [ / ].

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* 1 [ ˥ ] to build; b-owa [ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    build a house; ɔb-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he

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*    built a house.

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* 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to tell the future; to

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*    predict; ɔbɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he told me

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*    the future; n-ɔbɔre [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “who

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*    predicts comes”: chiefs support-

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*    ing the Ɔba’s (and Ezɔmɔ’s [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ])

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*    arms; they are said to tell the

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*    future for the Ɔba. (2) to have

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*    one’s future told by a “doctor”;

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*    iɽayabɔ ʋ-ɔɣ-ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] I am

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*    going to (go and) have my

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*    future told at the doctor’s (i.e.

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*    by casting the ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]).

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* 3 [ ˥ ] to be kind to somebody;

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*    to treat kindly; to favour;

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*    ɔbɔ‿e gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he treats him

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*    kindly; impersonal: ɔbɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    it is favourable for me; cf. isibɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (a name).

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*bɔbɔbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], also bɔɽɔbɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    gentle drumming such as on the

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*    oloi’s [ ˥ ˥ ] drum. (The word

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*    occurs in the Ɔxwaɛ song 6.)

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*b-ɔgɔ [ / ˩ ]; cf. 1 [ / ].

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*bɔhũ [ ˩ ˩ ] big, of stalks of maize;

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*    same as bɔɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ]; used with the

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*    verb ye [ ˥ ].

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*bɔlɔzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] fleshy, fat; uɣuye

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*    bɔlɔzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] you are becoming

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*    stout; v. itoto [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].

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*bɔɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ] big and long, of cobs of

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*    maize; v. bɔhũ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*bɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to spread grains (y-otɔ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] on the ground). (2) to

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*    winnow, e.g. groundnuts, by

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*    crushing the husks and blowing

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*    away the light skin from the

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*    palm of the hands; bɔʋ̃-isawɛ^

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*     ni [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / / ] winnow those

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*    groundnuts! (3) to shake off,

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*    e.g. sand, dust, but also fruit

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*    from a tree; bɔʋ̃-exae ni y-otɔ

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