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*ɔsa [ ˩ ˩ ] a big ape (chimpanzee?);

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*    v. alazi [ ˥ \ ˥ ], emɛ [ ˩ \ ].

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*ɔsama [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “plaque-caster”;

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*    brass-worker; cf. sa [ ˥ ], ama

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ɔse [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) friend; ɔgu‿ɔsi‿ɔɽe guã

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*    ʋ-ila-owa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he was

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*    chatting with his friend when

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*    I entered the house. (2) mis-

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*    tress; lover.

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*ɔsegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] in ɔsegb-ɔsegbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ]

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*    turn by turn; cf. 1 [ ˥ ].

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*ɔsɛba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a cloth worn by women

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*    when working at home: it goes

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*    from the waist to the knees (not

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*    identical with oʋi‿ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    which is only an undercloth).

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*ɔsɛgba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] pistol.

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*ɔsɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (also asɛlɛ) an insect

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*    similar to a locust (?) said to

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*    appear during the dry season;

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*    eaten by children mostly; adekɛ̃

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] is said to be the female, and

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*    ogoɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], the male.

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*Ɔsɛʋ̃ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] name of an Ɔba, said

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*    to be represented on R.D.

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*    viii, 3.

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*ɔsɛxɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] great damage (e.g.

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*    such as taking a poor man’s last

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*    belongings, or, stealing things,

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*    and escaping on the owner’s

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*    bicycle); adding insult to injury;

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*    ɔɽu ʋ̃-ɔsɛxɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] he caused

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*    me great damage.

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*ɔsierhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “hauling-boy(s)”; a

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*    timbermen’s expression; cf. si 1

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*    [ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ], isierhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔsiukoko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) (pipe) smoker.

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*    (2) comet: its halo is compared

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*    with the smoke of a pipe (but

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*    there is no myth about it); cf. si 1

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*    [ ˥ ], ukoko [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔsiwu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] cutter of tribal marks;

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*    cf. 2 [ ˥ ], iwu [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔsɔbiɽi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] shovel; spade; cf.

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*    Engl. shovel.

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