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*emasini [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] machine, e.g. ema-

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*    sini n-aya dɔl-ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    “machine for repairing clothes”:

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*    sewing-machine.

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*ematɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] iron; cf. ɔtɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (?);

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*    v. ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*emɛ [ ˩ \ ] monkey; v. atugiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],

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*    alazi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ], axarho [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], ɛxoxo

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], ogĩ [ ˩ ˥ ], ɔsa [ ˩ ˩ ], uhiɽi

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*    [ ˥ \ ˩ ].

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*emɛhɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) bands, or crowds,

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*    of women acclaiming the Ɔba

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*    when he is marching through

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*    the town during the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    called isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; they ex-

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*    claim iyare! [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “safe arrival”,

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*    or “welcome home”. (2) emɛhɛ

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*    n-uɽubi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] carriers of the

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*    Ɔba; they must never be seen by

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*    the Ɔba without a load on their

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*    heads, therefore, when he is

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*    near, they either put the nearest

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*    thing on their heads, or, they

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*    lean their heads against a house-

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*    wall, as if about to lift the

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*    house, asking help of passers-by:

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*    mu [ ˩ ˥ ] “lift it for me”

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*    (Uɽubi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] is a quarter of

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*    Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], near Benin City);

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*    cf. mu [ ˥ ] (?), ihɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).

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*emiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] illness; complaint;

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*    may be made specific by a noun

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*    indicating a part of the body,

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*    e.g. in emiaʋ̃-obɔ lɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    lit. “an illness of the hand is

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*    paining me”; a special disease

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*    is emiaʋ̃-ũhobo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] lit. “Sobo-

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*    disease”: probably ascites; v.

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*    uhuʋ̃ova [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*emilɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a special kind of red

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*    yam the fruit of which hangs

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*    from a rope; cf. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*emiowo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] meat; same as aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*emobo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a dress of the Ɔba’s;

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*    not the most elaborate one.

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