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*ifiema [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] planting of ikpɛsi

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]-poles; cf. fi [ ˥ ], ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ifieto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) a band of people

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*    dancing naked at various ugies

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ]; they wear their hair in

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*    small plaits; cf. fi [ ˥ ], eto [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ifuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) wing (of any flying

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*    animal). (2) ifũ-ehɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] fin of

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*    a fish. (3) ifũ-ãɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] eye-

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*    lash(es).

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*igã [ ˩ ˩ ] feather; ig-õɣohɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    (with a ŋ-like glide after the g-)

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*    an eagle-feather.

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*igaɽawa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] bucket; cf. Yor.

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*    garawa [ ˧ ˧ ˧ ].

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*igaɽi [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] cassava as plant and

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*    (sifted) as food, v. ebɔbɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*    The more modern kind is

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*    cassava-fufu (may be mixed

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*    with yam): the cassava is kept

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*    in water for a fortnight, then

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*    thoroughly washed, pounded in

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*    a mortar, rolled in balls and

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*    dried near a fire. The black crust

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*    is then scraped off, whereupon

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*    it is cooked and pounded once

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*    more; cf. Hausa gaɽi [ ˩ ˥ ]; Yor.

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*    gari [ ˩ / ].

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*igaza [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] fetters (for the feet).

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*igɛdu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (any) timber-tree;

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*    timber; igɛdu n-ohɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a big

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*    timber-tree, Entandrophragma

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*    (septentrionale, macrophyllum,

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*    and, rederi); cf. Yor. gɛdu [ ˧ ˥ ];

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*    v. ohɔ [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*igɛ̃gɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] small branch; igɛ̃g-erhã

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*    na nya fua [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ / ] a branch of

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*    this tree has split off.

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*igiãgiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] excited singing, cry-

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*    ing, and clapping hands as

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*    encouragement of masquerade-

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*    dancing and wrestling; v. gbe 1

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*    [ ˥ ], yagbe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*igie [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) main, principal (part of

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*    something). (2) corner (v. ɛxoxo

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*    [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]); igi-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] corner of a

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