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*ɛɽe 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] and [ ˥ ˩ ] 3rd pers. sgl. as

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*    object and possessive pronoun;

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*    it has, besides, the forms: ɛe,

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*    ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɛ̃; ɔɽe, ɔe, ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɔɛ̃.

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*ɛɽeɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] flute.

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*ɛɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to-day; ɛɽɛ na ɔre [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ \ ]

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*    to-day he came.

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*Ɛɽibo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the second senior chief

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*    in the Iwebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-society.

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*Ɛɽiyo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a chief, head of the

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*    Umodu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]-sib at Usɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ɛɽo [ ˥ ˥ ] part of trap: that part of

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*    a rope (when used in a trap)

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*    which entraps the victim.

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*ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] watchfulness; occurs in

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*    sĩ [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] and yi [ ˥ ] ɛɽo

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] “to watch, to observe”.

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*Ɛɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] title of a chief, member

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*    of the Uzama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. isĩeʋ̃iɛɽo

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛɽoɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a smail four-cornered

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*    bell; it is found on several

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*    shrines of gods, e.g. on those of

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*    Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], but

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*    also on the ancestral shrine.

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*ɛɽoxĩ [ ˥ / ˩ ] chameleon. There is a

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*    tradition that the chameleon

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*    was present when the earth was

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*    created; therefore it walks care-

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*    fully in order not to break it;

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*    ɔmaɛ n-ɛɽoxĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] lit. “the

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*    chameleon-age”, describes that

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*    age when man can only walk a

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*    few paces without stopping for

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*    breath.

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*ɛɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] female of ɛrhuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]-

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*    antelope.

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*ɛɽuʋɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] river-tortoise, same as

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*    elukeluke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; in stories it is

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*    the female of egwi [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɛɽ̃ĩ [ ˩ ˩ ] a small kind of squirrel

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*    with bulging eyes.

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*ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) world of the dead and

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*    the unborn; Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] and the

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*    other gods reside there as well as

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*    the ɛhis [ ˩ ˩ ] and the dead people.

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