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*uɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a big clay demijohn

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*    (such as are used e.g. in stores);

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*    y-uɽu ni yak-ɔgɔ re [ ˩ / ˦ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    “take that demijohn, go (and)

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*    buy (ka [ ˥ ]) palm-wine (and)

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*    come!”: fetch some palm-wine

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*    in that demijohn! (2) a pot dug

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*    into the earth at every juju

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*    shrine, containing water mixed

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*    with chalk and charms; this

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*    mixture is said to drive evil

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*    spirits away; the priest splashes

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*    it (instead of chalk, v. orhue

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*    [ ˩ ˩ ]) over supplicants, e.g. sick

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*    people, men wanting an ordeal,

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*    or pregnant women.

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*uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] the Borassus palm,

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*    Borassus flabellifera; a rattle is

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*    made from its leaves (v. ɛgwɛ̃

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*    [ ˥ ˥ ]).

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*uɽubu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) hook; barb; ifɛʋ̃-

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*    uɽubu [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] barbed arrow.

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*    (2) a trap made of pointed iron

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*    rods.

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*uɽubu [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a smooth-skinned

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*    lizard, bigger than alimiɔ̃ɣɔ̃

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]: it is said fo be able to

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*    kill snakes.

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*uɽuhe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a tree, Pterocarpus

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*    mildbraedii; an example of it is

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*    to be found near ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ],

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*    the central market of Benin

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*    City, where it is given sacrifices

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*    under the name of emotã [ ˩ \ ˩ ].

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*    (It stands now in front of the

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*    C.M.S. bookshop, opposite the

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*    entrance of the market.)

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*uɽuʋa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] boil; cf. Jekri urubɛ

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] or [ ˧ ˩ ˧ ].

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*uɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˥ ] a trap for climbing

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*    animals: across a long path cut

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*    through the forest, sticks or

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*    ropes are fixed by means of

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*    which climbing animals, e.g.

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*    monkeys, try to cross to the

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*    other side of the forest; in the

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