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*ikpawɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] floor of house; cf.

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*    owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ikpayɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “marauders”, fol-

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*    lowers of chiefs on their errands

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*    for the Ɔba (in former days),

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*    pillaging the villages visited.

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*    Idiom.: ikpay-ɔɽe gbe ʋ-akɔ̃ si

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*    ʋ-ihue [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “his marau-

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*    ders have struck like teeth (and)

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*    drawn like nose”, i.e. they have

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*    seized many things and carried

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*    them off.

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*Ikpe [ ˥ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,

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*    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.

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*ikpekpeɽu [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] an edible kind of

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*    mushroom found on ogwe [ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    fallen trees.

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*ikpema [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (sgl. ɔ-) band of

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*    drummers; a “gang” of the

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*    Ɔba’s; cf. kpe 1 [ / ], ema [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ikpẽma [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] act of “digging”

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*    yams; cf. kpɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ema [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ikpexie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a white bean similar

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*    to eɽe [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ikpezikɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl., sgl. ɔ-) a band

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*    of the Ɔba’s: horn- and calabash-

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*    trumpet blowers; some big chiefs

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*    have them as well; they are not

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*    identical with the ikporhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    or ikpakɔ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. kpe 1 [ / ],

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*    ezikɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ikpɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] red yam (sub-species: oli-

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*    mɛhi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; uhoboriabe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]);

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*    v. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ikpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) seed; grain; ikp-exae

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “grains of sand”: a eu-

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*    phemism for smallpox (eʋ̃ifi

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]); ikp-ogi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] or [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] fruit

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*    of a certain creeper (ogi [ ˩ ˩ ]);

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*    it is in the shape of a ball and

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*    contains grains that are used in

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*    making eʋariɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], native

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*    butter, and in unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    (soup). The grains that have been

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*    ground and cooked are wrapped

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*    in leaves. There are two sorts of

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