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*    [ ˥ ˥ ] “bush”) same as asuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ]

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*    (A.) (?); a shrub, Grewia coria-

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*    ceae. The unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã is kept in

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*    all ihɛ̃ and ɛbɔ shrines (except the

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*    ancestral shrines, Erha [ ˥ ˥ ] and

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*    Iye [ ˥ ˥ ]) as the juju’s whip. When

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*    the oracle has found out that a

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*    man is a witch, or has sworn ɛbɔ

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*    to kill somebody, the priest of

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*    the shrine whips him three times

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*    with the unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã in telling

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*    him so, and the man will

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*    confess. (Women keep it at the

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*    Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] shrine.) The urho

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*    n-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] use unwɛrhĩ-ɔ̃tã on

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*    many occasions to whip on-

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*    lookers away, e.g. when fetching

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*    palm-wine for the royal house-

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*    hold, as nobody must see the

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*    contents of their loads, or when

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*    fetching water for the Ɔba (he

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*    never drinks water from Ɔgba).

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*    It is (was) also used by the

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*    Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] societies.

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*unwɔnwɛ [ ˥ / ˩ ] a small tree,

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*    Alchornea cordifolia; its leaves

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*    are used by the Yoruba people

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*    as a mild purgative for chil-

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*    dren.

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*unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] soup; its main in-

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*    gredients are: ize n-ɔfua [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]

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*    (crayfish); ɛhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (native

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*    popper); eʋ-ariɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] ( “native

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*    butter”); uʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ] (salt), and

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*    ofigbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (palm-oil). There is

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*    also ocro soup: unwɔʋ̃-ĩxiaʋɔ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] and afɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] soup: unwɔʋ̃-

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*    ãfɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], the latter prepared

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*    e.g. with oɽiwo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] ( “bitter

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*    leaves”) or eb-itɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (spin-

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*    ach) or eb-ɔdɔ̃dɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ], ikp-ogi

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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ], etc.

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*unyɛgbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tray; unyɛgb-emuɛ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] ash-tray.

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*unyɛɣɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Monodora

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*    cornifolia.

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