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*ɔʋoxã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (pl. ibiɛka [ ˩ / ˩ ])

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*    (1) child; ɔʋox-ũʋi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ɔʋox-

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*    õxuo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “child-woman”:

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*    girl; ɔʋox-õkpia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] “child-

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*    man”: boy. (There is only a

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*    short nasalised glide in front of

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*    the -o.) (2) (with possessive

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*    pronouns only) wife; ɔʋoxã ʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] my wife. (3) (only in the

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*    pl. usually) servant (only with

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*    possessive pronoun).

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*ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ \ ] (pl. e-) man; person;

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*    ɔʋ̃aikɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] everybody;

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*    ɔʋ̃a rhɔkpa [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] (with negative

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*    verb) nobody; ɔʋ̃a rhɔkpa ɣɛre

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] nobody shall come! ɔʋ̃a

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*    n-ɔfe (pl. eʋ̃a n-ife) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ \ ] a rich

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*    man; ɔʋ̃-egbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] an intimate

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*    friend; ɔʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a man of

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*    palaver”: a troublesome man

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*    (but v. ɔʋ̃ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “madman”);

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*    ɔʋ̃-otu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] member of a society,

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*    v. oʋi [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔʋ̃-oɽoho [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] an

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*    idle man; ɔʋ̃a n-ɛdo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a Bini

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*    man; v. oʋi [ ˩ ˥ ], (e)d-.

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*ɔʋ̃ababe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl. e-) a man who

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*    practises ababe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; a witch;

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*    cf. ʋ̃ɛ [ / ], v. azɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] a form of the objective

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*    (and possessive?) pronoun ʋ̃ɛ

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*    (1st pers. sgl.) found after yi [ ˥ ]

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*    “(to put) on, to”; idiom. ɔrhi-

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*    ɛwu y-ɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] he put a coat on

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*    me, i.e. he put the blame on me.

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*ɔʋ̃ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] madman; cf. eʋ̃ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ];

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*    different from ɔʋ̃-ɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “a

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*    troublesome man”.

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*ɔwa [ ˥ ˥ ] epilepsy.

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*Ɔwa 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] an Ika village on Benin

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*    territory, near the Orhiɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    River.

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*ɔwa 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] castrated animal (a goat

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*    if nothing is added); ɛw-ɔwa

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] castrated goat; ɛmil-ɔwa

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*    [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ], ɛxwi-ɔwa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] castrated

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*    bull: ox (instead of the genitive

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