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*    man hides some seeds in his

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*    hands and asks somebody else

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*    to guess the number. The

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*    answers may be: ɔkpã [ ˥ ˥ ] “an

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*    odd number”, izu [ ˩ ˩ ] “an even

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*    number”, ɔyɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] “more than

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*    seven”, or ihoi [ ˩ ˩ ] “empty”.

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*    Grains must be paid for wrong

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*    answers according to fixed rules.

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*    Other terms used in the game

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*    are oʋi‿akãʋ̃udu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] and ogie

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*    n-ɛʋ̃ɔ‿ũɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]. isɛ n-aʋa

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “seed-throwing”: a game

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*    played with seeds that are

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*    thrown up from the palm of the

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*    hand, caught with the back of

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*    the hand first, and finally, caught

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*    again with the palm. If one or

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*    more seeds drop during this

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*    performance, the opponent gets

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*    the lot, if nothing drops, the

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*    opponent must “pay”. It is

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*    played by the players in turn.

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*isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] five; isɛ̃ nya‿ugie [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ] 25;

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*    isɛ̃ nya‿ɔgbã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] 35; cf. usɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*isɛgwɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] gravelly soil.

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*isɛɣɛgwɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] a kind of ikpogi

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; the fruit is dark green;

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*    not a climbing plant; v. ogi [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*Isɛkiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], also Isɛki [ ˩ ˩ \ ] the

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*    Jekri people; v. Iwɛɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*isɛkpokĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (sgl. ɔ-) a working

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*    “gang” of the Ɔba’s: leather

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*    workers, lit. “sewers of leather

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*    boxes”; they work for private

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*    individuals as well; cf. se [ ˥ ],

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*    ɛkpokĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].

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*isi 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) a village, town, or

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*    country where one does not live,

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*    e.g. isi ɛʋo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] the other

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*    villages abroad; isi ɛʋo okpia

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*    na ke re [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ˥ ˦ ] “this man

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*    has come from another village”,

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*    i.e. is not a native of this viliage.

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*    (2) rest- or sleeping-quarters of a

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*    traveller.

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