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*    to Yoruba influence, in whose

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*    pantheon the number also plays

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*    an important role; v. ihĩɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ],

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*    iwenɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ].

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*ɔkpã 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] wooden plate, always

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*    in pairs, smaller than uro [ ˩ ˩ ];

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*    v. eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ].

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*ɔkpã 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] odd number; term

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*    used in a game of guessing

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*    grains held in one’s hand, v.

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*    isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “grain-guessing”;

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*    v. izu [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔkpã [ ˩ ˥ ] a blue bird with a long

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*    red bill (a kingfisher?); it is

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*    considered to be a great achieve-

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*    ment to kill an ɔkpã, as it does

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*    not go into a trap; that is why

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*    the old people say when they

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*    hear somebody boasting of his

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*    hunting exploits: ugb-ɔkpã ɽa

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*    [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] have you killed an ɔkpã?

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*ɔkpa [ ˩ ˩ ] cock; if a cock crows at

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*    night it is killed because it

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*    makes the night appear to be

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*    day: inasmuch as sexual inter-

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*    course during day-time is for-

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*    bidden to women-followers of

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*    the gods Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ɔxwahɛ

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ], i.e. to most (in former

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*    times to all) Bini women, so that

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*    they have to make a pacification

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*    sacrifice whenever the cry of the

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*    cock reaches them during sexual

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*    intercourse at night; ɔkp-okao

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the first cock”: the first

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*    crow of the cock: early morning;

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*    uɣurhiɔ re ʋ-ɔkp-okao aviɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ] “you should get up

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*    and come when the first cock is

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*    crowing”, i.e. at dawn; cf.

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*    ɔkporhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔkpakpata [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. i-) player of

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*    the akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (a native string-

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*    instrument); the players sing

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*    historical ballads; cf. kpe [ / ],

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*    akpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].

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