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*    of 6―12 years; they sweep the

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*    streets, or, in a village that is

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*    very populated they carry refuse

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*    away; eʋ̃i r-unu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] toothache

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*    (not when cutting teeth); v. (e)d-.

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*eʋ̃idaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] stinginess (Akugbe);

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*    cf. eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ], da 1 [ ˥ ].

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*ewa 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] sleeping-mat made out

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*    of the sticks of ebi‿ɛba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].

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*ewa 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] act of giving food to

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*    witches as done by witch-

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*    doctors at a witches’ meeting-

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*    xxxxx

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*    place; slaughtering included; cf.

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*    wa 1 [ / ]; v. izobo [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a method of divina-

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*    tion practised by the Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    priests: small images of human

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*    beings and animals, cowries,

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*    chalk, charcoal, and a model of

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*    a canoe are put on a drum. A

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*    chewed kolanut is spat on to it,

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*    whereupon the images are put

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*    into a cup and thrown on the

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*    drum again. The resulting ar-

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*    rangements of images are then

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*    analysed. If e.g. the image of a

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*    sick man falls into the “canoe”,

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*    somebody will die. The image

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*    of a goat e.g. resting in the

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*    “canoe” points to the sacrifice

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*    of a goat required for some pur-

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*    pose, e.g. for curing an illness.

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*    v. ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ewi [ ˥ ˥ ] a fish yielding much meat;

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*    v. ekpalakpala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].

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*(e)windo, (e)winda [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] window;

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*    Engl.

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*ewisiki, enwisiki [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] whisky.

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*ewɔe 1 [ ˥ \ ] whistling (with

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*    mouth).

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*ewɔe 2 [ ˥ \ ] larva of a fly found

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*    on mud-couches; produces itch-

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*    ing and craw-craw; it is believed

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*    to be attracted by the urine of

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*    children who sleep there; v.

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*    ahiewɔe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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