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*unu [ ˩ ˥ ] mouth; unu‿iya [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    gate in Ɔzuɔla’s big wall and

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*    ditch.

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*unuɣisɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “mouth cannot

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*    reach”: an old expression equi-

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*    valent to oloi [ ˥ ˥ ] “wife of the

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*    Ɔba”.

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*Unwagwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] the senior chief at

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*    the Iwebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-society; he is in

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*    charge of the Ɔba’s dresses, and

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*    especially his coral-beads. He

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*    used to act for three years as

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*    the Ɔba when an Ɔba had died,

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*    during which three years the

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*    Ɔba’s death was kept a secret

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*    (this practice was not followed

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*    the last time); thus he was (and

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*    still is in theory) the only man

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*    to wear the Ɔba’s dresses; the

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*    title is hereditary, or, at least,

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*    it remains in the family (Igi-

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*    esã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]): if the son of an

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*    Unwagwɛ is too young, a near

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*    relative takes the title.

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*unwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] brightness (of day

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*    or weather); unwaʋ̃-ɛ̃dɛ n-ɛɽɛ

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*    l-uɣaɛ̃ gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “the

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*    brightness of to-day is very

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*    different”: to-day it is much

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*    brighter than usual (ovɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    might be substituted above for

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*    unwaʋ̃ɛ); cf. nwa 2 [ / ].

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*Unwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] a god of the Ɔba’s;

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*    v. Ɔsa [ ˥ ˩ ], Osuã [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*unwɛrhiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] whip; idiom.: ɛse

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*    rhi-unwɛrhiɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “kindness

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*    has taken a whip”: things have

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*    taken a bad turn, or, something

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*    well intended has had a bad end

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*    (e.g. an advice not taken); ʋeɣe

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*    ʋ-ɛse rhi-unwɛrhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “see

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*    again how kindness has come

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*    out wrong”. unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]

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*    “squirrel’s whip”: a shrub,

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*    Glyphaea laterifolia; F.D. list:

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*    unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃t-ɛ̃gbo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] (ɛgbo

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