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*    (i.e. have many children). Only

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*    after this installation of the

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*    Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila kernels is the teaching

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*    started which takes more than

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*    a year, and at the end of which

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*    the pupil becomes an ɔb-

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*    ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila. Some of these doctors

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*    are farmers, some traders. They

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*    also concern themselves with

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*    cures, and they also learn about

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*    medicines. The oracle plays a

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*    part in their cures by naming

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*    the leaves to be used in special

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*    cases (by quoting previous in-

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*    stances). The money given to

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*    the ɔb-ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila does not enable

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*    him to live on his practice as is

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*    the case with ɔb-ewawa. Ordeal

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*    doctors are not priests.

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*Ɔbo 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] name of a sib; their

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*    headman is the ogi-ugo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    and their greeting la‿ɔbo [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].

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*    They are said to he the best

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*    doctors among the Binis; their

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*    centre is Ugo N-iyek-orhiɔʋ̃ɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] which is one of the

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*    centres of the Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ] cult as

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*    well. Not every “doctor” be-

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*    longs to this sib; v. ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].

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*ɔbowa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] house-builder; cf.

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*     [ ˥ ], owa [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔbɔdidi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (also ɔbɔtidi) bad luck;

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*    the term involves the idea that

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*    some “palaver” is the result of

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*    the bad luck or accident; idiom.:

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*    ɔgb-obɔ y-ɔbɔdidi [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “he

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*    knocked his hand into bad

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*    luck”: he had an unlucky hand

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*    (said e.g. when something has

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*    slipped out of somebody’s hand

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*    and broken); v. ɔkpɛtu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔbuohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (no pl.) “decider”:

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*    judge; cf. bu [ / ], ohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; v.

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*    bu [ / ].

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*ɔdado [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (a rather idiomatic

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*    word): a trader who trades on

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