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*iro 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] a shining stone said to be

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*    spat out by vipers, pythons, and

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*    a variety of crocodile at night

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*    in order to attract animals by

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*    its light; it has magical powers

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*    to make a man rich; ir-ikpĩ

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*    [ ˥ \ ˥ ] shining stone of a boa; v.

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*    osumaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], arhuʋ̃otɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    ɛxe [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*iru [ ˩ ˩ ] louse.

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*irhãɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] civilisation, lit. “un-

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*    folding the eyes”; cf. rhã [ / ],

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*    aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*Irheʋu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of (1) a river,

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*    (2) a Bini deity (an ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ])

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*    that seems to be linked with

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*    Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*irhiaɛko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) “spoiling sto-

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*    mach”: (slight) displeasure;

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*    annoyance; ɣɛʋ̃ɛ‿ĩrhiaɛko da(a)

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*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “do not have dis-

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*    pleasure towards me”: do not

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*    be annoyed with me, or, look at

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*    me with ill feeling (used e.g.

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*    by somebody who tries to re-

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*    concile a man whom he has

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*    annoyed) (irhiaɛko is said to be

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*    a word that is more in use now-

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*    adays than before.) (2) jealousy

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*    (same as igbɔvo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. rhi‿a

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*    [ ˥ / ], ɛko [ ˩ \ ].

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*irhioxuo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “taking a woman”:

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*    marriage (v. irhiɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); cf.

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*    rhie [ / ], oxuo [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*irhiɔha [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “taking a bride”:

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*    marriage (same as irhioxuo

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); cf. rhie [ / ], ɔha [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*irhirhã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] numbness; there is a

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*    belief that if a man falls on

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*    account of it, he will die in the

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*    same year, or, at least, fall ill;

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*    v. ogie [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*irhiso [ ˥ / ˩ ], [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] locust. Some old

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*    people are said to use isiso [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]

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*    in quick speech; cf. iso [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*irho [ ˩ ˩ ] cheek.

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