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*    ha(a)-s-uhuʋ̃u (ha osa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ])

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “money taken to pay

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*    debt of head”. iɣ-uhuʋ̃-ɛ̃ki

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] “money of head (start)

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*    of market”: trading capital.

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*    iɣo n-afĩ-ɔ̃ʋ̃a ɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] “money

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*    which one cuts a man off”: fine.

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*    iɣo n-ɔba [ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ] “red money”:

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*    (a) gold, (b) alloy. iɣo n-ɔfua

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “white money”: silver;

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*    cf. Ibo ego [ ˥ ˦ ]; Yor. owo [ ˧ ˥ ],

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*    ukp-oɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], iɣobioye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*iɣo 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] milk-teeth; v. [ ˥ ],

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*    iɣehe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).

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*iɣo [ ˩ ˩ ] horn.

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*iɣo [ ˩ \ ] (1) flight of a bird; igb-

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*    oɣohɔ̃ y-iɣo n-owi-ɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ]

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*    I shot an eagle in flight this

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*    morning (to-day). (2) selling

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*    goods, going around in the streets

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*    or the market, with the atɛtɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] on the head (or hold-

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*    ing it); hawking; (contrast: atɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ]); Amazĩoya, domu‿ize n-ɔfua

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*    na ɣari-ɣo [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    “Amazĩoya (a woman’s name),

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*    come and take these crayfish to

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*    go hawking for me!”

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*iɣobioye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] idiom.: (great) ex-

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*    penses (Akugbe); iɣobioye‿uwalo

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*    y-ɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ \ ] “a lot of money

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*    (it is that) you have wasted on

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*    it” (lo [ / ]; wa [ \ ] indicates

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*    surprise); cf. iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*iɣoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) smoke. (2) iɣoɣ-iso

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “smoke of the sky”: cloud;

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*    iɣoɣ-iso yo re [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˥ / ˥ ] “the

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*    clouds are running to and fro”:

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*    the clouds are moving over the

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*    sky.

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*Iɣɔ̃miɣɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] an Igara man, pos-

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*    sibly also used for an Igbira

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*    man; another variant is Eɣ^

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*    ɔ̃miɣɔ̃; cf. Iɣã [ ˩ \ ].

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*ihã [ ˩ ˥ ] pit into which vicitims of

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*    sacrifices were thrown.

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