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*    greeting given by junior mem-

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*    bers of a clan to their seniors

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*    when meeting them for the first

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*    time in the morning. They kneel

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*    in front of their seniors when

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*    greeting them. The syllable la is

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*    usually followed by the name of

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*    the clan and an o, e.g. la-ʋi‿eze o

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*    [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˧ ] is used in the iʋi‿eze [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    clan.

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*la [ / ] to carry repeatedly, several

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*    times; v. [ / ], viɔ [ / ].

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*lagbalaɣoɽi [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] in no time; very

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*    quickly; an idiom: lagbalaɣoɽi

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*    Adezi gbe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “in no

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*    time Adezi (a Bini warrior)

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*    killed (or ‘struck’?)”: it hap-

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*    pened very quickly (said of

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*    anything); cf. la 1 [ ˥ ] (?).

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*laɣa [ ˩ ˥ ] to wave, to spread (of the

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*    branches of a tree); v. uwɔwɛ

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*    [ ˥ / ˩ ].

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*lalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to lick; cf. elalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*lao [ ˥ ] to enter; la‿owa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to

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*    enter a house; ɔla-ɽɔ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] he

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*    entered it (but: ɔgbera la‿owa

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*    [ ˩ ˧ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he passed into the house).

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*    la‿ukpo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] loʋiɛ [ ˩ / ] to go to

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*    bed; iɽala‿ukpo loʋiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ / ]

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*    I am going to bed.

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*le [ ˥ ] (1) to cook; ɔl-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ] he

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*    cooked it; rhie-ɽe n-al-ɛe‿ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ]

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*    bring it in order that we may

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*    cook it! inya n-ale [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] cooked

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*    yam. (2) to charm (by cooking

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*    with medicine for some days);

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*    ɔl-oɽoka na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he charmed

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*    this ring; (better rhua [ / ]).

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*le [ / ] in le [ / ] nya [ / ] to treat

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*    with contempt by waving one’s

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*    hand over a man, gesticulate

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*    over him; ɔle nya ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] he

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*    is treating me with contempt;

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*    also: l-eɣe [ ˩ ˥ ] nya [ / ]; ɣɛl-eɣe

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*    nya ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] don’t belittle me

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*    (by gestures)! (also ɣɛ [ \ ]).

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