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*    escape is impossible; okuo ɣizɛ-

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*    baba, iɽ̃ã keɣilɛ fi ɛko‿asa

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / / ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “when the war

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*    had been raging (‘hard’) for

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*    some time, they (then) ran into

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*    a place from which there was

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*    no escape”.

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*ɛkokodu [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] heart (idiom. for

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*    ɔkãdĩ [ ˩ / ˥ ]).

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*ɛkose [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) a spirit roaming

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*    about in the bush which causes

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*    bad luck and lack of will-power.

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*    Everybody has a personal ɛkose.

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*    The ɛkose is given sacrifices con-

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*    sisting of a small basket (agbã

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) full of small anthills

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*    (ulelefe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]). (2) a man’s

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*    worst enemy, e.g. in a, ɛkos-ɛɽ-

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*    uxĩ ɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ \ ˩ ] oh, are you

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*    his enemy?

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*ɛkɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] Yoruba word for Bini

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*    akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; now in general use,

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*    but with a special meaning, de-

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*    noting the food when prepared

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*    quickly for children or sick

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*    people; cf. Yor. ɛkɔ [ ˩ ˧ ].

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*ɛkũ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) waist. (2) ɛkũ‿oxuo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] women’s big cloth. (3) base

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*    of a tree.

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*Ɛkuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) the town of Akure

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*    in Ondo-province; the Akure-

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*    people. (2) a general name for

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*    the Yoruba people; Yoruba [ ˥ ˩ / ]

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*    is also used.

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*ɛkwe [ ˩ ˥ ] palm-branches, woven

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*    together to serve as ridge (okpo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) of the roof.

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*ɛkpede [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] cross-bow.

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*ɛkp- [ ˥ ] huge, big; e.g. in ɛkp-ɛho

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a loud bass voice; ɛkp-iku

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*    [ ˥ \ ˩ ] layers of dry leaves.

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*ɛkpeɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] amusical instrument,

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*    apparently a horn, producing

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*    high sounds; ɛkpeɽ-ɔxwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]

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*    a blue-black bird, the size of a

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*    pigeon; N.W.Th.: glossy starling.

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