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*unyɛɣɛ̃ 2 [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of rat,

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*    brown, with two white stripes

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*    on its back, running from head

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*    to tail.

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*unyiʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] custom; manners; u-

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*    nyiʋ̃-ɛ̃ʋo na ma ke fo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / / ˥ / / ‿ ˩ ]

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*    “the custom of this country

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*    does not suit (finish)”: is not

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*    perfect, wants improving; u-

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*    nyiʋ̃-ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ke gbe [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ˦ ] “his

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*    manners are very suitable”: he

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*    has good manners; ɛʋ̃ɔ‿unyiʋ̃ɛ

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*    [ / ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] he has no manners; cf.

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*    nyi [ / ].

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*unyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] dry season; cf.

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*    nyuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*uraʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] joining in a song;

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*    uraʋ̃-ĩhuã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “taking-up

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*    song”: chorus.

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*urɛbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tribal mark on the

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*    forehead worn by women, mostly

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*    found at Oke [ ˩ ˩ ] and Urho n-

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*    igbe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. ur-ɛɣele [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] (?).

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*ur-ɛɣele [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] a beauty-mark for

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*    women consisting of dots on the

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*    breast, produced by a knife;

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*    originally a Jekri custom; lit.

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*    “able to hold ( [ / ]) a full-

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*    grown man (ɛɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ])”+; cf.

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*    urɛbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).

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*uri [ ˩ ˩ ] residue of water in the

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*    mould where palm kernels have

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*    been “mashed”; left when the

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*    palm-oil which is floating above

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*    has been taken off.

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*uria [ ˥ ˩ ] a seed similar to that of

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*    ixiʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; it lathers well and is,

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*    therefore, used as an ingredient

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*    in native soap (eʋ-axuɛ [ ˩ / / ]);

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*    it is also used alone as soap (by

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*    poor people, called eʋ-axu-oʋi‿

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*    ogue [ ˩ / ˦ ˦ ˧ ˧ (2-1) ] “poor man’s

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*    soap”), but no longer nowadays,

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*    when mostly em-uxuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] and

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*    udɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] are used.

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*uria [ ˥ (4-1) ] far away; cf. re [ / ].

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