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*ikɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) wrist (same as

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*    urhu‿abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]). (2) an anklet of

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*    cowries which is worshipped as

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*    Obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (hand, arm); women

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*    keep it on their atɛtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (tray

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*    for carrying merchandise) in

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*    order to prevent things being

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*    stolen, and for quick sale; men

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*    have a carved stool like uxwerhe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] with a hand carved at one

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*    corner and put their ikɛga on

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*    this (pointed) hand; the whole is

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*    called their Obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], the sacred

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*    object representing their hand.

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*ikɛkɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] bicycle; ikɛkɛ n-itemu

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*    ri-ehe n-owiɛ-ɽɛ, ɔsaɽe ʋ-odɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “the bicycle

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*    which I was taking to go to

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*    (some) place this morning (of

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*    to-day), it burst on the way”;

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*    cf. Yor. kɛkɛ [ ˩ / ]; v. owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    ibiɛ [ ˥ ˥ ], urhukpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], ifɛʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], evavu [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*ikɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] rest from work; cf.

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*    ke 1 [ / ] (?), ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ikiã 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] conclusion; result; v.

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*    ke 2 [ / ].

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*ikiã 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] squandering; pro-

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*    digality; a curse: ikiã ɽahã-ã

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] “may squandering seduce

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*    you”: may you be a squanderer

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*    (used by a “big man” towards

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*    a “small” one); v. hã [ / ].

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*ikiã [ ˩ ˥ ] fly; an idiom: erha‿a

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*    n-ikiã (na [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ / / ˩ ˥ ] “your

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*    father has escaped (‘run from’)

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*    the flies”: your father has died

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*    (used as a euphemism by old

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*    people); v. fi ya [ ˥ \ ].

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*ikiewua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] waking the Ɔba

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*    ceremonially by imitating the

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*    crow of the cock; cf. kie [ / ],

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*    ewua [ ˥ \ ].

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*ikigɛdu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “planting timber”:

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*    afforestation; cf. [ ˥ ], igɛdu

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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