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*    four village elders, the ediɔ̃

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*    n-enɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], whose senior is

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*    the ɔdiɔ̃weɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; ɔzukpogieha

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the third elder; ɔzuk-

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*    pogienɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] the fourth elder;

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*    cf. 1 [ ˥ ], ukpogieva [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].

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*ɔzuɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] fool; v. kɔ̃ [ ˥ ].

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*ɔzuwa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] hair-pin.

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*papa [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) to pat (e.g. a dog);

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*    ɔy-obɔ papa ɽ-uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] he

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*    is patting him on the head.

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*    (2) to dab a liquid on some-

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*    thing, e.g. a medicine on some

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*    part of the body.

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*papaapa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes small

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*    things that are flat and smooth

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*    (e.g. planks).

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*pãpããpã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] noise made by a slack

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*    drum.

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*pɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be fiat.

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*pɛrhɛɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] flat; ɔye pɛrhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    it is flat.

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*pɛɽɛpɛɽɛpɛɽɛ [ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] describes the

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*    flight of a small bird (e.g. asɛsɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]), moving with short in-

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*    tervals.

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*pɛɽɛɽɛɽɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes the

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*    flight of small birds (from a

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*    pigeon downwards).

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*piãpiã [ / / ] describes the sound

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*    of a whip; ɔfi‿ɛɽ-asã piãpiã

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ / / ] he whipped him.

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*prrrr [ ˩ ] describes the flight of

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*    medium-size birds (parrots,

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*    pigeons, doves) at a short dis-

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*    tance.

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*pupupu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (short u’s) describes

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*    the flight of a bird about to die,

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*    or of a domestic fowl, i.e. rather

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*    an effort to fly; ɔtĩ pupupu

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] it flutters.

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*ra [ ˥ ] to rub a part of one’s body

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*    with a finger previously dipped

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*    into a “medicine” or sacrificial

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