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*    above”: all over; ɔm-ukpɔ̃ gu-

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*    egbe s-otɔ s-uxuʋ̃u (gue [ / ])

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he covered himself

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*    all over with a cloth (when

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*    going to sleep). Redupl. ototɔ

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] means (a) bottom of a

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*    vessel: otot-ukpu [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] the bot-

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*    tom of the glass (inside); (b)

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*    dregs: otot-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] the dregs

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*    of palm-wine; (c) under: otot-

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*    erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] under the tree. If

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*    motion is implied instead of rest,

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*    ototɔ is used with the verbs yi [ ˥ ]

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*    or rie [ / ], yo [ ˥ ]: gi-a tota y-

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*    otot-erhã na [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] let us sit

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*    down under this tree! iɽ̃ã gwa

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*    ri-otot-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (3-1) ˩ ] they are

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*    pulling (rowing) down stream;

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*    iɽ̃ã gwa y-otot-ɛzɛ (yo) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]

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*    they have rowed downstream

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*    (and are back again).

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*otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) earth; ground; soil;

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*    ot-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] spot on which

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*    refuse is thrown; dust heap.

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*    (2) the Ground, Earth, as a

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*    deity. If all the gods are

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*    against a man, except the Earth,

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*    he “will not quickly die”. Its

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*    shrine is the inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. When

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*    a suicide has taken place the

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*    “owners of the ground”, i.e. the

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*    ancient owners of the ground on

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*    which the village is built, must

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*    be called for pacification. A pay-

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*    ment is made to them for the

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*    sacrifice, whereupon everybody

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*    must go inside his house, and

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*    they perform the sacrifice, ac-

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*    companied by ɛmil-ɔvia [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    (bull-roaring). After the sacri-

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*    fice, the rope is cut and the

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*    corpse buried. (Suicides are

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*    supposed to go to ɛɽ̃iʋ̃-ĩmawu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] or iduʋ̃-ĩmawu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “the

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*    Underworld, or quarter, of the

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*    suicides”, where they are said

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