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*    [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] its smell is not good:

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*    cf. wia [ / ].

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*ɛwo [ ˩ ˥ ] calabash funnel, used e.g.

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*    by wine tappers when pouring

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*    wine into demijohns or narrow-

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*    mouthed calabashes.

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*ɛwobi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a man who likes to

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*    play jokes on other people;

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*    ɛwobi‿ɔʋ̃a‿uxĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] you are

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*    a joker.

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*ɛwu [ ˥ ˩ ] garment; gown; coat;

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*    shirt (any garment except

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*    trousers, v. utalawɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); ɛwu

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*    ɽuɛ m-ose gbe [ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] your

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*    gown is very nice. ɛwu‿ivie

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] bead dress; worn by the

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*    Ɔba; the term does not include

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*    cap, collar (odigba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]), and

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*    udahae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. Yor. ɛwu [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*Ɛwuakpɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.

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*Ɛwuaɽe [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba under

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*    whom some of the present Bini

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*    gods (e.g. Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] and

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*    Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]) are said to have lived

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*    as heroes and magicians.

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*ɛxe [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) quiver. (2) a curved

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*    tooth or bone which, in native

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*    opinion, the viper flings at its

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*    prey, out of the mouth. It is

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*    believed never to miss its ob-

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*    jective, and if the victim runs

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*    away, it must return to the viper;

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*    v. osumaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɛxi [ ˩ ˩ ] a small climbing animal.

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*ɛxiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Piptadenia

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*    africana; its fruit has the shape

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*    of a belt, and is used by boys

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*    in play; the bark is used as

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*    medicine for oʋiyabɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ɛxoxo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) corner (as seen from

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*    inside); ɔlɛɽe y-ɛxoxo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] he

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*    hid in the corner. (2) private

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*    (when used as a genitive after

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*    another noun), e.g. in isum-

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*    ɛxoxo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “conspiracy”.

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*ɛxoxo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a big monkey.

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