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*    (come and) tell a story! (2) call-

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*    ing game by imitating noises,

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*    e.g. by pressing one’s fingers to

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*    the nostrils, as done by hunters;

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*    cf. xa [ / ], kp-oxa [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*oxa [ ˩ ˩ ] a big round drum kept at

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*    the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], about 5 feet high;

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*    used to summon people to some

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*    of the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ] ceremonies; v.

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*    kpe 1 [ / ].

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*oxã [ ˩ ˩ ] a rat with pointed snout;

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*    has an unpleasant smell; on

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*    account of its smell it is called

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*    oxã n-aʋ̃-ɛ̃ɽ̃iʋ̃i (aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    “oxã, wife of the dead”; it

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*    cries fiɛ̃fiɛ̃fiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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*oxi [ ˥ ˩ ] circle; circles are e.g.

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*    made on the ground when

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*    somebody is about to purify

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*    himself after some breach of

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*    taboo, v. ihɔʋ̃egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. oxi‿

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*    uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] is the part of

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*    the skull on which hair is

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*    left when the crown of the head

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*    is bald. Redupl. oxioxi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    round.

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*oxiã [ ˩ ˥ ] walk; oxiã ʋ̃-egbe

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] walking has tired me, I

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*    am very tired; also egb-oxiã

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*    ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ‿ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. xiã [ ˥ ].

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*oxiã [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) “walker”: driver-

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*    ant, similar to asaʋ̃otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    possibly identical. (2) oxĩ-ãsɔ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “night-walkers”: a “gang”

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*    of people who in former times

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*    roamed through the streets of

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*    Benin City and Use [ ˩ ˩ ], killing

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*    everybody they met. The heads

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*    of the victims were taken to a

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*    shrine at the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], and

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*    whoever killed fourteen people

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*    in the course of one night, was

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*    made a chief. They were elected

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*    by the Eɣaɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] from the

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*    quarter Iduʋ̃-ihogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], the

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*    Ogbelaka [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] people, the Isiɛ̃^

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