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*ɔyɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] a number upwards of

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*    seven; in games, e.g. isɛ n-ata

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔyɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] the small boys (under ten

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*    years) at the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-society; v.

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*    ɔdiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔyugbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] farmer; cf. yo [ ˥ ],

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*    ugbo [ ˥ ˥ ], ɔgbugbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔyunugie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “mouth-sender”:

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*    employer of people working on

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*    a house; the word occurs only

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*    in a song accompanying the

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*    treading of mud; cf. ya 1 [ ˥ ], unu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ], gie [ ˥ ].

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*Ɔza [ ˥ ˥ ] a name; Ɔza was a

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*    wicked, but powerful man whose

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*    wives did not dare to run away

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*    from his ill-treatment during his

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*    life-time, but were glad when he

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*    died; v. eve [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔza [ ˩ ˥ ] a strip of cloth used to

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*    fasten oʋi ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (under-

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*    cloth) by women; men either

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*    wrap it tightly, or wear ugbɛkũ

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (belt).

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*ɔzedu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] interpreter; cf. 4 [ ˥ ],

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*    edu [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔzɛta [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (untrue, exaggerating)

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*    rumours; “guess-saying”; cf.

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*     1 [ ˥ ], ta [ ˥ ].

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*ɔzɛvu; ɔzɔivu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “seed-yam-

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*    picker”: a name for the rat

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*    ɔfĩ‿otɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. 1 [ / ], ivu [ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔzĩegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “endurer”: a name;

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*    cf. zĩ [ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*ɔziʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “lonely-maker”: name

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*    of a charm employed by thieves

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*    to keep the place where they

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*    are going to steal lonely, or at

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*    least to effect their not being

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*    noticed; cf. 1 [ ˥ ], iʋiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*Ɔzɔlua, or Ɔzɔloa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of an

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*    Ɔba, possibly represented on

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*    R.D. xvi, 2, 3; xix, 4.

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*ɔzukpogieva [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) the second.

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*    (2) the second member of the

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