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*isaɣa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] another name for

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*    efɛ̃rhĩnyɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] (tapioca; sago).

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*isãhɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] key; rh-isãhɛ̃ gũ ʋ̃ɛ ya

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*    ki-ɛkpɛtĩ [ / \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] give me the

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*    key to open the box! cf. Port.

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*    chave.

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*isamɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] baptism; cf. sa [ ˥ ],

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*    amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*isawɛwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] the groundnut,

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*    Arachis hypogoea.

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*ise [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) pointed sticks used as

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*    nails in house building: they are

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*    passed through the roof-thatch

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*    which is laid like a saddle over

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*    okpo [ ˩ ˥ ], the ridge beam: they

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*    go under the beam and through

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*    the opposite side of the thatch,

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*    the ends are then tied together

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*    over the thatch in order to

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*    prevent the ise from slipping

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*    out. (2) stabbing pains in chest

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*    and back, e.g. due to pleurisy;

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*    cf. se [ ˥ ].

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*isele 1 [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) shilling. (2) silver;

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*    cf. Engl. “shilling”.

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*isele 2 [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a dance, of Jekri

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*    origin.

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*isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) formula of confirmation

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*    used at the end of a prayer or

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*    blessing. (2) amen.

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*isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) seeds of otiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] and

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*    several other trees, including

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*    ekasa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], strung on a thread

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*    and worn round the foot as

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*    rattles (by the masqueraders of

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*    the Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] and Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    societies). Any rattle is called

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*    isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ], except the one made of

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*    uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] leaves, which is called

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*    ɛgwɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ], (2) seeds woven in a

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*    net round a calabash, the whole

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*    being the rattle ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (uko,

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*    isɛ). The noise is made by this

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*    net; there are no seeds inside the

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*    calabash. isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “seed-

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*    guessing”: a game in which a

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