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*    called ibiɛɽuɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], like those

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*    in the Iw-ebo and Ib-iwe;

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*    senior chiefs of this society are

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*    Eseɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] and Ɔbazenu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].

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*    (5) iwoki [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a gang of people

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*    living on the right side of Ik-

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*    poba Road; they sew leather

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*    boxes (v. isɛkpokĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); during

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*    eclipses of the moon they per-

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*    form some sacrifices which were

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*    believed (only some old people

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*    believe in it nowadays) to have

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*    the effect of restoring the moon,

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*    for eclipses were believed to fore-

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*    stall evil. This performance is

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*    called dɔl-uki [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] yi [ ˥ ] “to

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*    repair the moon”. For the

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*    missing vowel in iw- cf. Ibiwe

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; perhaps the heading

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*    should be iwe [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*iwakɔ̃, iwaakɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] greed, covetous-

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*    ness; cf. wo [ ˥ ], akɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ]; v. iwaɽo

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*iwaɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] greedy snatching away

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*    what does not really belong to

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*    one; taking food that is not on

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*    one’s own side of the plate;

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*    Pidgin: fitĩhae [ ˩ ˩ \ ] (fitting eye)

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*    or trɔngahae [ ˩ ˩ \ ] “strong

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*    eye”; cf. wo [ ˥ ], aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ]; v.

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*    iwakɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*iwe [ ˩ \ ] anything changing

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*    periodically, e.g. (1) shedding

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*    leaves (of deciduous trees; most

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*    trees, except oʋiaxɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] and udĩ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], shed their leaves). (2) phase

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*    of the moon. (3) occasional lean-

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*    ness of human beings. v. r-iwe

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*    [ ˩ \ ]; iw-oki [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*Iwɛɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] another name for the

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

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*iwɛɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) sense, e.g. in

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*    knowing one’s duties; common

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*    sense; iwɛɽ-ɔmɔ na mahesɛ n-

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*    iɣayarhi-ɛɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the

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*    sense of this child is not yet

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