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*enia [ ˩ ˥ ] so; thus; cf. eriɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*enibokũ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a white bird, the

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*    Cattle Egret or Buff-backed

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*    Heron, which is considered to

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*    be very “senior”; its praise-

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*    name is enibokũ‿ɔ̃xɔxɔ n-uhɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “Enibokũ, the fowl of

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*    Ifɛ.” They are not common at

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*    Benin City, but many of them

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*    are said to come at the time of

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*    the Ɔba’s igwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ], the sacrifice

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*    to his head, where also one

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*    enibokũ is included (?); thirty or

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*    fifty come to a certain tree near

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*    the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; they are said to

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*    come from Ifɛ.

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*enitã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] crayfish (found in

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*    rivers).

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*enixuxu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pigeon; it is a sym-

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*    bol of happy marriage; oɽ̃ɔʋ̃-ĩɽ̃ã

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*    ye ʋ-ɔɣ-enixuxu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ] their

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*    marriage is like that of the

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*    house-pigeons.

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*enwa [ ˩ \ ] now (same as ebã [ ˩ \ ]);

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*    redupl.: nwanwa [ ˥ (4-1) ]; enwa‿ũde

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ] now are you coming?

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*enwananwana [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] flash of

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*    lightning, or of the reflected sun

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*    in a mirror; enwananwan-erhɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] spark from worked iron

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*    in a smithy (Ɔxw.); cf. nwana-

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*    nwana [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛhohaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ].

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*enwaniɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] answer; cf. nwaniɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], inwaniɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*enwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a palm-branch with

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*    its side branches on; enwaʋ̃-

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*    ɛ̃ɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (unusual tones)

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*    “palm-branch of ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]”: a

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*    tree Dracaena sp.; its leaves are

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*    like palm-leaves; when cooked

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*    they are used as a medicine

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*    against gonorrhoea; v. exɔe 2 [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*enwɛ [ ˩ \ ] (1) (mother’s) breast.

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*    (2) milk; enw-ɛmila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] cow-

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*    milk.

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*enwini [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a drum which is

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