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*    “all this what you are doing is

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*    of no account”: it does not do

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*    me any harm; cf. igbesa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop; factory; same

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*    as ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; Engl.

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*esagiɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] blood; same as ɛrhaɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ \ ].

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*esago [ ˩ \ ˩ ] demijohn; cf. Yor.

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*    ʃago [ ˥ ˧ ].

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*esakpaede [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (1) a men’s drum;

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*    the iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] age-group dance

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*    to this drum; it is small and

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*    round, covered with skin on

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*    both ends (but not narrow in the

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*    middle). (2) name of the dance.

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*esalebo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a plant; the seeds

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*    are strung up and put round a

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*    calabash, serving as a rattle; v.

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*    ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a disease: small sores,

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*    mostly on hands and feet; re-

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*    sembles smallpox, but bigger in

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*    size; probably tertiary syphilis.

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*Esama [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a chief who performs

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*    the ama [ ˩ ˥ ]-ceremony (relating

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*    to the Ɔba’s children).

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*esaɽa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] saw; it seems to occur

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*    with the prefixes a- and ɔ- as

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*    well; cf. Port. sierra.

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*esaʋ̃a [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] any carved bone or

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*    ivory; cf. igbesaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ese [ ˩ ˩ ] any sacrifice ordered by

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*    an oracle; “predicted sacrifice”;

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*    es-ɔsi‿ɛe y-ɔɽ-egbe [ ˩ / ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “it

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*    is a predicted sacrifice that has

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*    drawn it to his body”: i.e. that

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*    has caused the trouble; is often

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*    said as explanation of a disaster,

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*    bad luck, etc. that has befallen

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*    a man; idiom.: imu‿es-ɔgiɛ n-

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*    ɔgiɛ (na [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ˩ / ] “I took

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*    the predicted sacrifice of Ɔgiɛ

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*    and gave it to Ɔgiɛ (a name)”:

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*    I left it alone; v. 2 [ / ], aɽugbo

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*eseku [ ˩ / ˥ ] a dwarf-like being,

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