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*    at one side, thus having three

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*    walls only; “parlour”; ɔgu-osũ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “parlour” of Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ];

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*    a private ɔgwa [ ˩ ˥ ] where

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*    the Osũ shrine is kept; this

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*    is situated in the bath-room

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*    (ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ]). Native “doctors”

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*    cure their patients there; the

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*    patients enter by means of a

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*    back entrance in order to ensure

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*    the privacy of the house. In the

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*    case of other people, Osũ is kept

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*    secret from the eyes of visitors.

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*    (2) ɔgu-ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] smithy (Bini

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*    smithies are open to the road).

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*    (3) ɔgu-ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] meeting place

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*    of the elders in Bini villages; it

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*    is likewise open towards the

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*    street; discussions and sacrifices

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*    to the Ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] are held there.

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*ɔgwagwa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a trap for animals.

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*ɔgwaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a trap for animals,

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*    similar to ɛʋirhi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔgwalerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “tree-finder”:

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*    man (or men) who searches for

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*    timber trees in the forest (a

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*    timbermen’s expression); cf.

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*    gwalɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔgwemɔto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “motor-puller”:

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*    not so much used as edɽaeva [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    “driver”; cf. gwa 1, emɔto

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ɔgweva [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “knowing-two”:

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*    double-faced people; men who

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*    foster trouble by backing both

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*    parties; ɔgweva n-ɛitɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “a

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*    double-faced man that cannot

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*    be despised” because nobody

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*    knows his real intentions, and,

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*    therefore, his power is con-

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*    siderable; cf. gwɛ [ ˥ ], eva [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔgwiɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] litigant; cf. gwi [ ˥ ],

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*    ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ].

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*ɔgwotɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] slow time in dancing;

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*    v. ɛgbe [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔgbã [ ˥ ˩ ] thirty; cf. Yor. ɔgbɔ̃ [ ˧ ˩ ].

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