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*    you farm in the neighbourhood

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*    of Benin City? (2) district;

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*    country (in contrast to town);

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*    cf. the tribal name of the Isoko.

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*isotɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] procession accompany-

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*    ing okũ [ ˩ ˥ ] and otɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] through

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*    the streets as part of the cere-

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*    mony of the second burial.

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*isɔkɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] contentment; isɔkɛ̃‿ɔɽ-

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*    eɽe n-ɔxwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] content-

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*    ment is a great gain.

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*isɔtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] rebellion; cf. sɔtɛ [ ˥ ˩ ];

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*    Yor. iʃɔtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; ɔtɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*isu [ ˩ ˥ ] in: iɣ-isu [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] interest (v.

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*    iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ]). The word is derived

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*    from the verb su [ ˥ ] “to lead”

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*    because some additional money

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*    is “led” back to the giver of a

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*    loan on interest.

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*isue [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) a black hairy worm

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*    or caterpillar, bigger than ara

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], about an inch long; it causes

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*    whitlow on feet and fingers when

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*    touched. (2) whitlow brought

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*    forth by the preceding; if not

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*    attended to, it develops into

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*    a more serious affection called

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*    agaʋ̃isoso [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] when on a foot,

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*    or atɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], when on the

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*    fingers.

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*isuma [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a secret, or private,

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*    talk or agreement; isum-ɛxoxo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “holding a private, secret

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*    council”: conspiracy (Akugbe);

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*    cf. [ ˥ ], uma [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*isusu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) trouble, mainly

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*    from spirits, but also trouble

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*    arising from people, if it is

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*    very serious; ɔʋ̃-ĩsusu [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] a

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*    troublesome and wicked man

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*    who offends everybody and does

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*    not fear anything (he is thought

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*    to be driven by evil spirits).

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*    (2) evil spirits; also ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i dã

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ]. They are kept away

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*    from a village by means of a

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