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*    to yam-poles, rafters, etc. in

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*    house building.

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*ɛgwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] hoe; gũ ʋ̃ɛ hu‿ɛgwɛ n-

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*    iɣaya gb-ĩɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] lit.

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*    “help me to find a hoe that I

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*    shall take to clean the grass”;

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*    (hu‿ is a real low tone here,

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*    but with a slight fall in hu‿

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*    the sentence would mean “let

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*    me find...”).

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*ɛgwɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] a bat, living in houses,

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*    smaller than ɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛgwɛ̃ 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] a rattle, made out of

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*    the long leaves of the uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    palm, which are twisted into a

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*    chain of small receptacles con-

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*    taining a few esal-ebo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]-

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*    grains each; worn round the

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*    ankle by Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-dancers.

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*    ɛgũ-abɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an obsolete, or at

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*    least idiomatic word for “bead-

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*    armlet” (coral or other beads)

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*    as worn by women and children;

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*    nowadays ivi-abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] is mostly

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*    used. ɛgũ-awɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] an obsolete

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*    word for “bead-anklet”; same

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*    as ivi-awɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛgba [ ˥ ˩ ] armlet, of iron or brass;

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*    also leather armlet on which

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*    charms have been sewn; the

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*    charms are intended to give the

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*    bearer strength, e.g. to a woman

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*    in a difficult case of childbirth;

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*    cf. Yor. ɛgba [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛgbe [ ˩ ˩ ] a quick dancing step,

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*    accompanied by quick singing

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*    and drumming.

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*ɛgbenɔgbifie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “killer that

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*    kills the cleared bush”: a strong

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*    harmattan wind blowing from

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*    noon until about four o’clock;

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*    cold, with clouds of mist.

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*ɛgbɛdĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] large oil barrel, hogs-

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*    head.

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*ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˩ ] widow.

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*ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ] sib; patrilineal, exo-

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