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*iha [ ˩ ˩ ] oracle; cf. Yor. ifa [ ˧ ˥ ].

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*ihã [ ˩ ˩ ] the wrong way of doing

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*    something, e.g. ɔs-am-ihã [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]

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*    he scooped water turning the

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*    opening of the calabash down-

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*    stream (lit. “he scooped water

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*    of the wrong way”)+; this water,

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*    according to custom, is not

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*    drunk, but only used as an

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*    ingredient of a medicine against

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*    barrenness; ɔgba-ɽ-ihã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he

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*    tied it in the wrong way (e.g.

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*    when making a bundle of yams);

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*    ɔbu‿ɛɽ-ihã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he decided

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*    it (a law suit) wrongly.

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*Ihama [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a chief (hereditary

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*    title); member of the Uzama

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; senior of the Ihogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    one section of the Umogũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    (Ɔba’s) family; he attends to the

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*    Ɔba’s ancestral shrines (of the

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*    paternal side); he also repre-

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*    sents Ihogbe at the burial of an

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*    Ɔba; v. okoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ihãna [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (1) simple sacrifice

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*    made to one’s father as sub-

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*    stitute for ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (big annual

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*    feast of sacrificing to one’s

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*    father); is a sign of poverty,

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*    or else done in the interregnum

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*    between the death of an Ɔba and

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*    the coronation of his successor.

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*    (2) formula said when taking the

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*    first mouthful of food when

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*    sacrificed to one’s father; v.

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*    ɔlema [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ihe [ ˥ ˩ ] place, spot (used in con-

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*    nection with numerals only);

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*    ih-eva [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ih-eha [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ih-enɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ih-isɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ih-ehã [ ˥ / ˩ ]

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*    at two, three places, etc.; ih-eso

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] some part; cf. ehe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*iheni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] act of giving a name

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*    (to a child); cf. he [ / ], eni [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*iherhe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) bean- or corn-

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*    husks the contents of which

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