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*ɛ [ / ] 3rd pers. sgl. in negative

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*    imperfect.

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*ɛ̃ [ ˦ ] yes (as reply to a question).

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*ɛbe [ ˩ \ ] (1) danger. (2) harm.

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*ɛbete [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a very fat, brown bush-

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*    rat, living mostly in dust-heaps

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*    near the town; same as ekwɛmɔ

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; also called esi-oha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    “bush-hog”. It is sacrificed to

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*    Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], together with fish.

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*ɛbɛ̃ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] a ceremonial sword worn

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*    by chiefs; it does not show as

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*    high a rank as the ada [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf.

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*    gb-ɛbɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ɛbɛ̃ 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, found near water,

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*    Mitragyna macrophylla; planks

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*    are used to build ceilings.

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*Ɛbi n-uɽoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a praise-name

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*    of the war-chief Edogũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; v.

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*    Abigɛ̃gɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ɛbo [ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of sedge growing on

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*    river banks; the leaves have

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*    saw-like edges; used by women

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*    to make a kind of mat (atɛrhu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) and bags.

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*ɛbo [ ˩ \ ] any charm of powdery

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*    substance with which people

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*    wash themselves (kpe [ ˥ ]) or rub

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*    their foreheads or chests. The

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*    substance is fried and ground

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*    when being prepared. Mostly of

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*    noxious character, but also for

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*    preventing diseases and bad

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*    luck; ɛb-ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “spoiling

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*    charm”: harmful charm; ɛb-

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*    iloʋe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] charm enabling a man

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*    to have intercourse with a

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*    woman without her knowledge;

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*    ɛb-ɔziʋiɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] charm used by

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*    thieves; it makes the place

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*    where they are going to steal

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*    deserted; v. asua [ ˩ ˥ ], eɽ̃uã [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Ɛbomisi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] name of a Bini deity

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*    (an ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]) who transformed

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*    himself into a hill after Ɔxwahɛ

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ] had become a river.

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