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*    words; to curse by means of a



*    charm; “to implicate”. fi‿ɛkũ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] refers to the movements



*    during the coitus; a formula of



*    blessing is: uɣufi ɛkũ ihoi



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] may your coitus move-



*    ments not be in vain; used by a



*    person senior to a woman met



*    when sweeping the house, or the



*    dais of her husband’s Erha [ ˥ ˥ ],



*    as an act of purification when



*    having cleansed herself after



*    menstruation; v. axuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]. f-iha



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to cast an oracle (does not



*    indicate which oracle is meant);



*    n-ɔf-iha [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] for “oracle-doctor”



*    as given by N.W.Th. is said not



*    to be as good an ɔb-iha [ ˩ \ ˩ ], v.



*    ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ]. f-itã [ ˥ ˥ ] to quote a



*    proverb as answer to somebody’s



*    question; he has to guess the



*    meaning; “to drop a proverb”,



*    v. kp-itã [ ˥ ˥ ]. f-iʋe [ ˥ ˩ ] to give



*    somebody a hint by means of a



*    proverb; the person thus ad-



*    adressed needs further explana-



*    tion; ɔf-itã f-iʋe mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] he



*    gave me a hint by means of a



*    proverb. f-iyeke [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] gbe [ ˥ ] to



*    turn the back towards some-



*    thing, e.g. gb-odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], to the



*    road. fi‿obɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] yi [ ˥ ] to put



*    one’s hand into something. fi‿okĩ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to perform okĩ [ ˥ ˩ ], v. gbe



*    [ ˥ ]. fi‿ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] to construct a



*    rattle, i.e. to throw the cord



*    round the calabash to and fro



*    when making the net covering



*    the calabash. fi [ ˥ ] unu [ ˩ ˥ ] to



*    speak in an unseemly way of,



*    or to, one’s superior (Egh.



*    Hist.). (2) to beat (also of the



*    pulse); obɔ ɽuɛ fi leilei ɽa



*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ˧ (3-1) ˩ ] is your pulse (lit.



*    “hand”) beating? fi [ ˥ ] eʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ \ ] to hit somebody, lit. “to