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*ny-unu [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. nya 1 [ ˥ ].

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*nyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to shine (of the

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*    sun); ovɛ̃ nyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] the sun

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*    shone. (2) to become glazed, of

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*    eyes in death, or in a faint;

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*    followed by ɽua which is also

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*    shortened to ua, oa; ɔnyuʋ̃-ãɽo-a

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*    ʋ-ɔɽawu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “he changed

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*    his eye” when he was about

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*    to die.

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*o [ ˦ ] (or [ ˧ ], according to the pre-

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*    ceding tone) an emphatic par-

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*    ticle, added e.g. to greetings;

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*    koyɔ o [ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] hullo! (as reply, or

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*    used when at a distance from

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*    the addressed).

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*oba [ ˩ ˥ ] a pattern similar to a

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*    chain; oba n-uɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “two

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*    hundred oba”: two chains in-

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*    terwoven.

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*obele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] paddle.

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*obɛko [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] side of abdomen; cf.

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*    ɛko [ ˩ \ ].

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*obɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] track cut through the

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*    bush with a matchet, not

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*    cleaned; mostly a casual track

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*    not destined to be used as a

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*    path. Once a track is cleared, it

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*    is an odɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*obi [ ˥ ˩ ] poison.

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*obiɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a snake; striped and

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*    shining like velvet, very beau-

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*    tiful; harmless; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*obiɽiki [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] throwing-net (for

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*    fish); cf. Jekri obiriki [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*obobo 1 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a timber tree, two

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*    kinds: the white Obobo: obobo

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*    nɔfua [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]: Guarea Kennedyi;

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*    and the black: obobo nexwi

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] G. thompsonii.

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*obobo 2 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a food: cooked yam,

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*    mashed with oil.

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*obobo [ ˥ / ˩ ] flower.

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*obodo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] turning rapidly round

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*    in dancing, pirouette; v. gbe 1 [ ˥ ].

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