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*    ruler’s child; oʋi ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “son

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*    of a person”: a freeborn man.

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*    (2) young of an animal; oʋi‿

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*    ɛmila [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] calf; oʋi‿ɔxɔxɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] chicken. (3) young plant;

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*    oʋ̃i‿erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] young sapling

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*    (also shrub). (4) member of

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*    tribe or group within the society;

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*    oʋi‿aleke [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] unmarried girl

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*    of marriageable age. oʋi‿ɛdo

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] Bini man. iʋi‿ore, [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] pl.,

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*    young generation (up to about

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*    thirty years of age). oʋi‿otu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] member of a band, or

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*    society; pl. iʋi‿otu also denotes

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*    servants living outside the house

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*    (where they are serving), so that

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*    e.g. iʋi‿otu erhã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    usually means “the servants

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*    of my father”. (5) men of a

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*    certain social status or calling.

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*    oʋ-iyokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] “son of cam-

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*    paign”: warrior; hence: -

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*    iyoku-Ekristi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “warrior

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*    xxxxx

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*    of Christ”, and oʋ-iyoku-Osa-

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*    lobua [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] “warrior of

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*    God”: member of the Salvation

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*    Army. (These terms stand for

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*    the organisation when in the

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*    plural.) oʋi‿ogue [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] (a) “son

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*    of poverty”: a poor man,

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*    (b) “poverty”, in oʋi‿ogue ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “my poverty”. (6) small,

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*    short, in oʋi‿abɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] pen-knife

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*    (but oʋ-iy-abɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “brother

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*    of knife”: muscle abscess or

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*    filaria); oʋi‿axe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a small

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*    pot; oʋi‿ɛho [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a “small

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*    voice” like that of a girl (more

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*    rarely oʋi‿urhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); oʋi‿ɛgbo

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*    xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] a short way

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*    (“space”); oʋi‿ɛdɛ xerhe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ]

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*    a short time. (7) special ex-

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*    pressions: oʋi‿akota [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] dog,

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*    v. ekita [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], awa [ ˩ ˥ ]; oʋi‿

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*    alumɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a small bird with a

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