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*    cf. gwɛ [ ˥ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. igwabɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], iɽ̃ɛʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*igwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] knee; igwɛ tɔlɔ ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (my) knee is itching

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*    ( “me” in Bini); ɔy-ɔɽ-igwɛ (yi

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*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] it brought him to his

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*    knees (e.g. said of an offence for

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*    which the wrongdoer must beg

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*    forgiveness on his knees). igu-

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*    abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “knee of arm”: elbow.

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*    igw-ɛwe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “goat’s knee”:

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*    a shrub; its leaves are used

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*    (N.W.Th.) to smooth newly

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*    made clay-pots; cf. ɛwe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*igwɛ 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] the time when the

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*    annual sacrifices to the head

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*    (uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) are made; between

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*    September and November (there

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*    is no special word for the

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*    Ɔba’s igwɛ); ɛɣɛ n-agbɔ̃ hia

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*    ya ɽ-uhuʋ̃-ɔ̃ɣ-ukpo eɽ-ati-ɛɽ-igwɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the time every-

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*    body (all the world) takes to

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*    sacrifice (ɽu [ ˥ ]) to the head

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*    annually (ɔɣ-ukpo [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]) it is

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*    what is called igwɛ”; cf. gwɛ [ / ].

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*igwɔmɔre [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] first servants of

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*    a newly crowned Ɔba; the

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*    servants he had as Edaikɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˥ ]

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*    were formerly banished from

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*    the country or killed in the

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*    supposition that they would not

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*    respect him sufficiently as king,

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*    having seen him as a boy or

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*    young man; cf. ɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], re 2 [ ˥ ].

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*igba [ ˥ ˩ ] time; in connection with

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*    numerals only, and with the

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*    particular meaning of “time”

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*    found in this connection; igba-

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*    va [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] twice; igba-ha [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    thrice; igba-nɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] four times;

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*    igba-sɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] five times; igba-gbe

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] ten times; igba‿ugie [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    twenty times; igba-y-isɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    hundred times; ilu-gba [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] how

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*    often? cf. Yor. igba [ ˩ ˩ ].

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