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*    same as doo [ ˥ ]; it is still used

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*    by a few old men.

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*ɔpaxarha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] boastful (Egh.

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*    Hist.).

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*ɔpɛxɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “palm-oil chop”

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*    consisting of yam, ground cray-

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*    fish, ground pepper, oil and salt;

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*    meat may be added, but it is

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*    not necessary; it is thus different

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*    from what is generally called a

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*    “palm-oil chop”; v. eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ].

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*ɔpia [ ˥ ˩ ] matchet; “cutlass”; v.

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*    ixu [ ˩ \ ]. Occurs also in Ibo.

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*ɔpɔrhipɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a tree, Sterculia

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*    tragacantha.

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*Ɔra [ ˥ ˩ ] the Ɔra country.

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*ɔriegie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. i-) bearer of a

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*    title; titled man; uni-ɔriegie

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*    eɽ-iɽ̃ã xĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] they are a

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*    family of title-bearers (many

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*    members of this family have

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*    titles); cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ], egie [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔriɔʋe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] foreigner; v. orhuʋ̃unyɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔriuxu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “heritage-eater”;

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*    heir; cf. ɽe 1 [ ˥ ], uxu [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔrho [ ˩ ˩ ] muddy, swampy soil;

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*    wetter than oɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔrhɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] “purification” from

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*    state of widowhood, usually

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*    effected by sexual intercourse;

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*    v. 1 [ ˥ ].

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*Ɔrhɔgba [ ˥ / ˩ ] name of an Ɔba,

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*    probably represented on the

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*    brass plate that is reproduced

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*    in R.D. xvi, 4.

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*ɔrhɔre [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] waterfall; ɛz-ɔrbɔre

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] it is a brook (or river)

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*    with a waterfall; cf. rhɔ 1 [ / ],

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*    re [ ˥ ].

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*ɔrhɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] worry; trouble; v.

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*    ukpokpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔrhu [ ˩ \ ] cluster of yam ropes

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*    and branches hanging down

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*    from the top of a yam pole

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*    (ikpɛsi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] or ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]).

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