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*egbagbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] faith; belief; nowa-

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*    days iyayi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] is more in use;

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*    cf. Yor. gba gbɔ [ ˩ / ].

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*egbaha [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] beam supporting the

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*    wall above a door.

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*egbalaka [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] ladder.

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*egbaɽozaɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] an illness similar

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*    to esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; it attacks the

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*    hands or feet in the form of

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*    pimples which are very painful;

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*    there is no swelling, but a dis-

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*    charge of mucus; if treated, it

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*    breaks out at another spot; cf.

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*    gbe [ ˥ ], 2 (?) [ ˥ ], aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*egbaxiã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lover, used of women

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*    but also of men; the word does,

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*    however, not necessarily imply

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*    sexual relations.

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*egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) body; egbe n-ɔkp-ɔʋ̃a

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*    (kpe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ] “body that

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*    is beating a man”: a kind

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*    of jerking pain in the bones,

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*    perhaps due to rheumatism;

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*    also called egbe n-ɔfi‿ɔʋ̃a‿eʋ̃i

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “body that is striking

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*    a man a blow”; idiom.: egbe ʋ̃ɛ

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*    da ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “my body is precious

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*    to me”: I am careful not to

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*    hurt myself; imu‿egbe gb-okuta

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “I took body struck

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*    stone”: I hit myself against a

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*    stone; egbe gu‿ɛe ɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ]

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*    “body is doing with her”: she

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*    is having a miscarriage (there

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*    is said to be no wilful abortion

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*    nor abortive medicine; but

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*    others, e.g. repudiated lovers,

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*    are occasionally, though not

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*    frequently, held to be the cause

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*    of miscarriages); egbe mu‿ɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] he is fooling about, or

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*    intruding, out of high spirits;

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*    iɽu‿ɛɽe y-egbe n-ɔhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “I did (it) to him to (his) body

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*    as (lit. ‘give’(?)) a present”:

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*    I did this to him without his

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