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*    god’s name as a curse on some-

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*    body, and also any minor kind

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*    of curse in which no god is men-

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*    tioned; ɔmu‿ɛbɔ gb-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ]

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*    he swore juju on him. mu‿ɛtĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    nya [ / ] to trust in somebody;

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*    uwɛ‿imu‿ɛtĩ nya ʋ-i-aɣa-ɽu‿

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*    ɛ‿ugbugbɛ hia [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]

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*    “it is you I am trusting in

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*    whenever I am doing it (at all

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*    times)”. mu‿idobo yi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ]

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*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] “to put obstacle to

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*    (one’s) body”: to hinder; to put

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*    something in one’s way (v. gbe

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*    [ / ] odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]). m-unu y-egbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “to take mouth to one’s

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*    body”: (a) to be quiet (used as a

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*    command only): m-un-uɛ y-egbe

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] shut up! (b) (followed by

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*    gbe [ ˥ ]): to announce oneself as

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*    the Ɔba’s wife; any woman may

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*    declare herself to be the Ɔba’s

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*    wife if she does not agree with

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*    her husband, and from that

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*    time on he must leave her alone.

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*    The Ɔba may, however, have her

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*    decision revoked by the Osodĩ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] if he does not want to

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*    marry the woman, or if he has

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*    sympathy with her husband;

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*    ɔm-unu y-egb-ɛɽe gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    she proclaimed herself to be the

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*    Ɔba’s wife. m-use [ ˩ ˥ ] gie [ ˥ ] to

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*    give somebody agricultural help;

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*    also: y-use [ ˩ ˥ ] gie [ ˥ ] (ya [ ˥ ]);

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*    im-use gi-ɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ] I helped

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*    him with use [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*mu 2 [ ˥ ] (1) to be sharp; abɛ na

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*    mu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] this knife is sharp;

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*    cf. Yor. mu [ ˥ ]. (2) to be sour,

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*    of soup which has been standing

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*    for some time; unwɔʋ̃ɛ na mu

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*    [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ] this soup is sour.

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*mu 3 [ ˥ ] to be dark; only used with

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*    ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “day”; ɛdɛ mu [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] it

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*    (lit. “the day”) is dark; v. so 2 [ ˥ ].

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