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*ɔɽa [ ˩ ˥ ] ocro cut and dried, then

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*    pounded to powder: thus it lasts

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*    from three to five months, and

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*    can be taken as provision when

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*    travelling (otherwise it would

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*    only last two weeks); this dried

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*    ocro is used for soups.

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*Ɔɽa 1 [ ˥ ˩ ] a god of the Ɔba; v. Ɔsa

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ], Osuã [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*Ɔɽa 2 [ ˥ ˩ ] a village situated on the

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*    Ifon Road, ten miles from

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*    Benin City.

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*ɔɽe 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (also: ɛɽe, eɽe, -ɽ-) a

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*    particle emphasising the word

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*    it follows, e.g. ebe ɛɽ-itie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ]

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*    “it is a book that I am read-

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*    ing”; this particle is also used

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*    in stories, etc., at the beginning

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*    of a sentence, in order to link

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*    it to the preceding sentence;

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*    it is also used with a following

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*     [ ˥ ] in the meaning “that,”

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*    e.g. oɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] that’s it; cf.

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*    ɽe 2 [ ˥ ]; v. ni [ / ], ɔni [ ˥ / ].

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*ɔɽe 2 [ ˩ ˥ ], [ ˥ ˩ ] (also ɛɽe) possessive

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*    pron. 3rd pers. sgl.: “his, her,

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*    its”. After nasalised vowels, ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃

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*    (ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃) is used.

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*ɔɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of bean.

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*ɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] paralysis; ɔɽɔ kiʋ̃i‿ɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ] “paralysis has struck

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*    him”: he is paralysed.

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*ɔɽɔ [ ˥ / ] a cactus, Hugonia platy-

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*    sepala; it is also called urhuaɽo

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “eye-blinder”, because its

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*    latex blinds a man, if it touches

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*    his eye.

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*ɔɽɔgiɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a rattle composed of

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*    a piece of wood carved with

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*    grooves in which hard pellets

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*    move.

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*Ɔɽɔma [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a river; it has

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*    the epithet: Ɔɽɔma n-ɔnyi k-okũ

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*    (ke) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ] “Ɔɽɔma near the

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*    sea” (though there is no other

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*    river of the same name).

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