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*ɔvasaɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] sawyer; gang of

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*    sawyers; cf. va 1 [ ˥ ], asaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].

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*ɔvãʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ] a traveller who

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*    breaks his journey somewhere

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*    in order to sleep; cf. vã [ / ],

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*    ʋiɛ [ / ].

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*Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) name of a river.

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*    (2) name of the god associated

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*    with the above-named river.

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*    (3) a society worshipping the

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*    god Ɔvia; its members have to

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*    undergo a three or four months’

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*    initiation away from home; the

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*    members perform masquerade-

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*    dances imitating the twisting of

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*    the creeper alɛkɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] which

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*    is sacred to the god; the society

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*    has a secret language of its own;

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*    v. Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ], iye [ ˥ ˥ ], odede [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],

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*    ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔviɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] slave; the word is used

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*    with tree names following in the

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*    genitive relationship in order to

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*    denote other trees: ɔvĩ-ɛ̃dũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    Garcinia polyantha; ɔv-ĩnyi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    Erythrophloem (guineense and

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*    micrantha); ɔv-ĩtue [ ˩ ˥ \ ] Harun-

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*    gana madagascariensis; wood is

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*    stronger than that of itue [ ˥ \ ],

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*    but it has no red latex as itue has;

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*    ɔvĩ-okã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (F.D. list only)

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*    Fillacopsis discophora; ɔvĩ-ũniɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] same as aɣako [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; F.D.

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*    list has Xylopia quintasii.

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*ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ] reluctance; reluctant;

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*    redupl. ɔvo‿ɔvo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] reluc-

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*    tantly; cf. igbɔvo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], gbe 1

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*    [ ˥ ].

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*ɔʋa [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.c.c.c.); cf.

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*    Yor. ɔbara [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔʋehe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] another; another one;

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*    ɔʋehe ɔna xĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] another

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*    one is this; iɽayarhi-ɔʋehe re

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*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] I am going to bring

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*    another one.

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