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*    in every Bini house. (3) erha

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*    ʋ̃ɛ n-agbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “my father of

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*    this world”: my lover (said by a

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*    woman); the man thus referred

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*    to may be quite young; and the

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*    reason for this is probably that

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*    he is “like a father towards his

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*    beloved”, v. iye [ ˥ ˥ ], egbaxiã

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. (4) erha n-as-agbɔ̃ miɛ

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*    ( 1 [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “the father whom

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*    one reaches the world to see”:

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*    fosterfather, or generally, a man

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*    who treats a young boy like his

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*    father, i.e. shows kindness to

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*    him.

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*erhã [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) tree; shrub; erhã

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*    n-igbɔ̃ ya k-ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “the

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*    tree which the foreigners (or

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*    Ibos) take to construct ( [ ˥ ])

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*    their ɛhi”: a tree, Erythrina sene-

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*    galensis; erh-ẽrhɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “tree

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*    of fire”: practice of felling a tree

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*    by putting fire to it; erh-ũkoko

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “pipe-shrub”: a shrub,

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*    perhaps Sterculia oblonga (F.D.

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*    list: Okoko), from which the

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*    tubes of long pipes are obtained.

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*    erhã n-ɔba ya kp-oti hĩ‿ɛ̃do re

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the tree which the

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*    Ɔba took to take the leprosy

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*    away from Benin”: a tree,

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*    same as anyaerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (F.D.

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*    list: Distemonanthus bentha-

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*    mianus). (2) wood; stick; erh-

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*    ẽru [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (all the) sticks used in

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*    a yam-stack (eɽu [ ˩ ˥ ]). erh-ɛ̃zɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “stick of law-suit”: dock;

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*    witness-box; ɔzen-unu‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-

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*    uw-erh-ɛ̃zɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he gave

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*    his statement in the witness-box

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*    (or, in the dock). erh-ĩdo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    the stick to which the threads

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*    are fastened in a loom.

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*erhe 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] part of palm fruit that

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*    joins the fruit to the tree; the

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*    erhe are burnt in order to obtain

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