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*    him? though iɽ̃ɛ̃ uxa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ]

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*    seems also possible. Another

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*    form iɽ̃ɔɛ̃ is found e.g. in re-

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*    ported speech ɔw-iɽ̃ɔɛ̃ ( [ / ])

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] he said: he (i.e. himself,

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*    sc. e.g. did it; in an answer);

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*    cf. iɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ɔ [ ˩ ].

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*iɽ̃ɛʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] knowledge; cf. ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ / ],

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*    xxxxx

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*    eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. igweʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], igwabɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*iɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) hair of body. (2) fur of

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*    animals; cf. Yor. iɽũ [ ˧ ˧ ].

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*iɽ̃uɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] dirt; iɽ̃uɛ̃ bũ gbe ʋ-egb-uɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ / ] “dirt is much on your

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*    body”: you are very dirty.

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*iɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] grass; iɽ̃uʋ̃u sɔ̃ gbe

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*    ʋ-ogba na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “grass grows

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*    much in this fenced spot”.

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*isã [ ˩ ˩ ] faeces; is-ãhiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ]

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*    “faeces of bird”: a tree, Maba

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*    chrysantha; is-ãvã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “faeces

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*    of thunder”: an oblong stone

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*    (half a foot or a foot long)

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*    found in the earth, on rocky

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*    soil, or in dead trees struck by

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*    lightning (?) (mostly in uloko

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] tree though it has a different

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*    origin there); easily breakable;

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*    cf. avã [ ˩ ˥ ] “thunderbolt”.

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*    N.W.Th. has “long stone-axe”.

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*    It is used for “medical” pur-

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*    poses; is-õgo [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “faeces of old

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*    farm land”: yams growing on

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*    abandoned farm because over-

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*    looked by the farmer; v. uxuʋ̃u

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*isaba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a style of hair-dressing

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*    worn by women during the

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*    fourth or fifth month of preg-

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*    nancy: consists of many small

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*    plaits, each “about as thick as

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*    a cigarette”; v. eto [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*isagele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “bullet-maker”: a

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*    word occurring in a song; the

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*    tones are uncertain; cf. sa [ ˥ ] (?),

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*    agele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).

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