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*iʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] loneliness; iʋiɛro [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “loneliness is reigning (?)”: time

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*    of the fiercest heat, between

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*    two and four o’clock, when

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*    everybody has retired into his

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*    house; this is one of the best

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*    times for thieves. During this

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*    time, the antelope ɛrhuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] may

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*    be met with, coming out to eat

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*    ocro; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ] (?).

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*iʋiɛkpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a snake: short, simi-

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*    lar to a viper and of the same

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*    colour as a viper; jumps; poison-

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*    ous; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*iʋ̃aegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] self-conceit; cf. ʋ̃a

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*    [ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. itẽgbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    uhioʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ], uzɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*iw- [ ˩ ] ten (in the following com-

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*    positions only): iw-eva [ ˩ / ˩ ]

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*    twelve; iw-eɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] thirteen;

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*    iw-enɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] fourteen; cf. igbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*iw- [ ˩ ] household society at the

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*    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; in (1) Iw-ebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    another society of the three

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*    main societies; it is concerned

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*    with the Ɔba’s dresses; the

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*    senior chiefs are Unwagwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    and Ɛɽibo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; the young people

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*    in it who have not yet any title,

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*    are called ibiɛruɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], as in

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*    Iw-ɛguae. (2) iw-egiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the

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*    Ɔba’s defensive charmers or evil-

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*    wishers against his private

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*    enemies (“implicators”), a divi-

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*    sion of the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; (3) iw-

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*    ehɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a division of the

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*    Ɔba’s ewaise [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; they take

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*    care of some of his charms.

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*    (4) Iw-ɛguae [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “society of

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*    the Ɛguae”: one of the three

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*    main household societies; it

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*    contains the personal servants

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*    of the Ɔba; all the emada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    belong to them; the young

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*    people at the Iw-ɛguae are

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