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*    name) and praising his name”:

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*    he is quoting his praise-name

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*    and his name, adding praises

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*    (in order to obtain something);

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*    (the ɽ’s following nwa are not

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*    nasalised).

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*nw-amɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. nwɔ [ ˥ ].

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*nwananwana [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. enwana-

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*    nwana [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*nwaniɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to reply. (2) to

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*    acknowledge a man formally

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*    (a) as the betrothed of one’s

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*    (infant) daughter, (b) as the

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*    trustee for some animals handed

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*    over to his care. In both cases,

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*    the man is called oruaɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ].

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*    The acknowledgment is sanc-

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*    tioned by a sacrifice to one’s

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*    erha [ ˥ ˥ ] in the case (a), and to

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*    one’s obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] in (b). The pro-

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*    cess is called enwaniɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] in

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*    the case of (b), and inwaniɔmɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] in that of (a). ɔnwaniɛ

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*    ʋ̃ɛ-ɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “he confirmed me

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*    in it” (i.e. as son-in-law, or as

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*    trustee); cf. xuɛ̃niɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*nwanɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] to separate.

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*nwanwa [ \ \ ], [ ˥ (4-1) ] just now

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*    (cf. enwa [ ˩ \ ]); ɣade nwanwa

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*    [ ˥ ˩ \ \ ] come just now! (in quick

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*    speech, ɣade [ ˥ ˩ ] is heard instead

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*    of [ ˥ / ]).

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*nwanwanwa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also nwaɛ̃nwaɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ]) shining; of velvet, igbegbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; Japanese silk, (etĩaɽ̃ã

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]); igbegbe na fi nwaɛ̃nwaɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] this igbegbe stuff is

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*    shining; cf. nwananwana [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*nwiɛ [ / ] (1) to wear off (of things

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*    which rub against one another,

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*    or are tightened, such as parts

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*    of machines, screws, but also

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*    e.g. a belt, or clothes wearing out

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*    through long use). (2) to squeeze

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*    something (so that it falls to

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*    pieces).

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