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*    have been eaten by insects

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*    (espec. ants); rhɔ‿iherhe n-ɔr-

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*    ihɛʋ̃ɛ na kua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ / ] pick

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*    the empty husks which are

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*    among these beans, and throw

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*    them away! (2) empty gums

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*    of infants; ɔʋoxã na y-iherhe

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*    ʋ̃-enwɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “this child

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*    has taken its gums and pressed

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*    my breasts”: i.e. sucked at my

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*    breasts.

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*ihɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] load; ihɛ xuaa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] the

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*    load is (too) heavy for me; ih-aɣ-

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*    ẽmiowo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] “load of mat

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*    (aɣɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ]) of meat”: dried meat

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*    wrapped in a mat; up to a short

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*    time ago, meat was carried in

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*    this way to the Ɔba and to chiefs

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*    by hunters making a present of

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*    part of their kill (v. imuohã

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); this is said to be done

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*    still “in the bush” (the nasalisa-

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*    tion-mark on the indicates a

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*    nasalised glide only); ih-ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    a load of corn (maize); cf.

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*    [ / ].

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*ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (1) a deity whose shrines

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*    are believed to have been in-

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*    stituted by the deity itself; the

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*    ihɛ̃s mostly correspond to rivers

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*    and are believed to have been

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*    human beings who transformed

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*    themselves into those rivers;

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*    (contrast: ɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ], any “juju

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*    constructed by men”); cf. ohɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ \ ]. (2) oath; v. vɛ̃ [ ˥ ]. (3) curse;

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*    v. tie [ / ].

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*ihɛ̃hũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] unanimous de-

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*    cision; cf. hɛ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ], unu [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ihɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] (1) beans; aɣam-inya

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*    kpalɔ y-ihɛʋ̃ɛ ni-ɽɛ yi (miɛ [ ˥ ])

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / / ˥ ] “can we get yam

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*    to peel for those beans to-day?”

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*    i.e. to eat together with the

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*    beans; v. bie [ / ]. (2) kidneys

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*    (probably because of their

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