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*ewua [ ˥ \ ] (1) act of waking the

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*    Ɔba by a shout similar to a cock’s

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*    crow. (2) name of the “gang”

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*    (band) whose task it is to wake

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*    the Ɔba. The office was created

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*    by the Ɔba Ɛsigie [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ], therefore

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*    all the members of the ewua

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*    [ ˥ \ ] wear a cross. Their leader

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*    is the Ohu-ɔba [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], and “to

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*    wake the Ɔba” is ki-ewua [ ˩ ˥ \ ]

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*    (kie [ / ]).

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*exae [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) sand. (2) powder;

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*    exa-osisi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] gun-powder; re-

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*    dupl.: exexae [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ], e.g. in

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*    odɛ na ɽu‿exexae [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] this

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*    road is sandy, lit. “makes sand-

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*    sand”; v. ebubɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*exarha [ ˩ \ ˩ ] repetition; exarh-

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*    uxuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] (or exarh-ɛbo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ]) “repetition of medicines,

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*    charms”: magic formula; spell;

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*    cf. xarha [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*exarha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] umbrella, also

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*    ugbĩnamɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*exerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (1) small; little; owa

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*    n-exerhe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] the small house;

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*    owa na y-exerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] this

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*    house is a small one. (2) a little;

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*    v. e.g. the Bini title of Egh.

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*    Hist. “Ekherhe vbe ebe itan

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*    Ɛdo” “a little from the book of

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*    stories of Benin”: a little about

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*    the history of Benin; cf. xerhe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Exirhi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] Bini-name for the

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*    Ekiti country.

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*exɔe 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) mind; character;

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*    k-exɔek-exɔe [ ˥ / ˥ ˩ ] with all

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*    one’s mind (Akugbe); uʋ̃ɛ-xɔe dã

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*    [ ˩ / / ˩ ] you have a bad cha-

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*    racter. (2) will; v. egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*exɔe 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] palm-branch with its

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*    leaves removed; used for tying

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*    yams; v. enwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*exue [ ˩ ˩ ] shame; exue mu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    I am ashamed.

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