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*ɛlu [ ˥ / ] interjection used to en-

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*    courage boxers.

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*ɛlu [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) a tree, the leaves and

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*    root of which contain a dark-

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*    blue dye. (2) the dye; it is used

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*    by boys to imitate the tribal

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*    body marks; the dye obtained

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*    from the burnt roots is used to

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*    dye the real tribal marks.

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*ɛlubɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] flour.

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*Ɛma [ ˩ \ ] name of a Bini village.

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*ɛmila [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] cow; ɛmil-ogiso [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    a green caterpillar; ɛmil-ɔvia

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] practice of twirling the bull

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*    roarer at the Ɔvia-society, in

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*    order to warn passers-by that

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*    secret things are going on; the

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*    bull roaring was believed to be

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*    the voice of the god himself.

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*ɛmunɔmuerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “catcher

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*    who catches trees”: a creeper

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*    Begonia manii, found on trees.

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*ɛnwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] wound.

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*ɛnwinwa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) dog-tick. (2)

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*    same as ekaikai [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a disease.

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*    (3) a tree, Larmea acidissima.

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*ɛnyaɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] albino; ɔɣaɽu rhurhurhu

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*    ʋ-ɛnyaɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he is staggering

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*    like an albino (who cannot see

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*    well during the day).

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*ɛnyaɛ [ ˩ \ ] neck; used of men and

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*    animals; in the case of things,

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*    urhu [ ˩ ˩ ] is used.

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*ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] snake; ɛnyɛ n-ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    “river-snake”, a snake said to

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*    be living in muddy places at the

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*    bottom of rivers; it never bites;

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*    v. aka [ ˥ ˩ ], arhuʋ̃otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], aɽ̃ɛ̃kɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], asiɔ̃hũ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], ataikpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    idodia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], ikpĩ [ ˩ ˥ ], iʋiɛkpo

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], obiɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], olose [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ], omu^

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*    mu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], otiɣiɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], oʋiʋiɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɛo [ (5-3) ] no.

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*ɛpipa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] keg, barrel; ɛpip-exae

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a keg of powder; cf. Port.

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*    pipa.

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