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*    thrown from the inside bend of

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*    the elbow to the palm of the

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*    hand; counting follows the rules

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*    for isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] and isɛ n-aʋa

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. igwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*Is-iloko [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “base of the Iroko

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*    tree”: name of a village on the

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*    Onwena (Oguɔ̃na [ ˩ \ ˩ ]) river;

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*    terminus of a road; “Siluko”; cf.

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*    isi 2 [ ˩ ˥ ], iloko [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “drawing war”: an

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*    ugie at which Ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ], the god

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*    of war, is worshipped. It in-

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*    cludes a procession of warriors,

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*    headed by the Ɔba, through the

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*    streets of Benin City, and the

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*    ceremony called amufi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; it

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*    is no longer performed now; cf.

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*    si [ ˥ ], okuo [ ˩ \ ].

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*isixwiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a gang of women

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*    supplying the threads on which

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*    uma n-agwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (small iron

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*    charms worn by everybody

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*    abstaining from new yam during

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*    agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]) are strung: worn by

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*    the Ɔba and his household.

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*iso 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] sky; iso n-orhɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    “sky of the wet season”: used as

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*    a term of comparison for some-

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*    thing white (perhaps the clouds

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*    are the tertium comparationis);

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*    ɔfua ʋ-iso n-orhɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ˩ ] it is

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*    white like the sky of the wet

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*    season. The term is also used as

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*    apraise-name of the present Ɔba:

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*    Akɛ̃zua n-iso n-orhɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    Akenzua II, who inherited the

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*    praise-name together with his

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*    name; cf. irhiso [ ˥ / ˩ ].

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*iso 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a deep muscle-abscess;

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*    affects elderly and old people

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*    only.

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*Iso [ ˩ ˩ ] name of a sib; v. ɛgbɛe

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*    [ ˩ \ ].

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*isoko [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) neighbourhood; isok-

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*    ɛdo‿unam-ugbo ɽa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] do

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