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*    unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) and for purposes

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*    of purification. eb-odɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] a

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*    small plant, Talinum triangu-

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*    lare; used in preparing a soup

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*    (v. afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) with a taste similar

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*    to that of ocro-soup; eb-odɔ̃dɔ̃

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*    n-ule na ɽu amaamɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ]

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*    this ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃-soup you have made

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*    is watery. eb-uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “salt-

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*    leaf”: a creeper, Manniophyton

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*    africanum; it causes itching when

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*    touched, hence the name. ebe n-

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*    ɔy-ɔba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ] ( [ / ]) “the leaf

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*    that pleases the Ɔba”: a tree,

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*    Monodoramyristica, same as ikp-

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*    osa; it is sald that somebody

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*    once showed its leaf to the Ɔba

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*    and that the Ɔba was pleased with

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*    it and gave the man a wife and

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*    a servant; the flower of this

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*    tree, called iyɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], “pawn”,

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*    is used in a game. Redupl. ebebe

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*    [ ˩ \ ˥ ] or [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] green; ɔɽu‿ebebe

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] it is green. (2) paper;

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*    also: ebe n-agb-ẽbe (or n-aya-

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] lit. “leaf that is

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*    used for writing”. (3) book; also:

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*    ebe n-atie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “leaf that is

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*    read” or, eb-ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “Euro-

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*    pean leaf”; eb-imu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] warrant

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*    of arrest.

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*ebɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] wine-tapping; cf. [ / ].

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*ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] boundary between farms

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*    of owners sharing the same plot;

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*    cf. ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (?); v. 1 [ ˥ ].

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*ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] pointed iron rods or

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*    broken glass (covered) serving

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*    to keep people off from farm-

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*    land; cf. ebɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?)

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*ebi [ ˩ ˥ ] darkness; mostly redu-

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*    plicated: ebiebi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; ebiebi so

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*    gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] “darkness has dark-

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*    ened much”: it is very dark;

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*    ebiebi so [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “darkness is

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*    darkening”: it is getting dark;

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*    cf. bi 1 [ ˥ ]; ʋiɽiʋiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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