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*wo [ ˥ ] to be strong, in w-aɽo

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] to be covetous, to snatch

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*    things from other people. w-

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*    egbe [ ˩ ˥ ] to become, be strong;

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*    ɔwegbe gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] he is very

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*    strong.

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*woɣo [ ˩ ˥ ] to make noise, of a

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*    crowd of people, e.g. in a

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*    market; cf. owoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].

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*wohia [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) to be strong. (2)

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*    to have powerful and effective

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*    charms; okpia na wohia gbe

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*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] this man’s charms are

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*    effective; cf. wo [ ˥ ]; v. dido [ ˥ ˩ ].

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*woo [ ˩ ] describes a fire burning

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*    with low flames; ɔba woo [ ˩ / ˩ ]

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*    it burns with low flames.

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*wowowo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] describes fire, same

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*    as ɣiɽiɣiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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* [ / ] to tire; n-inwina ʋ̃-egbe

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*    [ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] this work is tiring me;

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*    egbe ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ / ˦ ] “body has

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*    tired me”: I am tired.

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*wɔmuwɔmu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (also [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) de-

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*    scribes voracious eating; used

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*    as a verb in a song.

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*wɔɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] denoting tallness; ɔye

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*    wɔɔɽɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he is tall.

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*wu [ ˥ ] to die (mostly of a childless

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*    person); also apples to animals

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*    and plants as well as to break-

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*    able things with the exception

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*    of wooden things. Further, it

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*    may be used to denote an

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*    abandoned road. It is also used

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*    of the end of the masquerade

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*    dances. uɣegbe na wu [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ \ ].

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*    this mirror is broken (so as to

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*    be useless); ukpu na wu [ ˥ / ˩ \ ]

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*    this cup is (completely) broken;

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*    odɛ wu [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] the road is aban-

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*    doned; ɛdɛ n-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i wu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] the

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*    day when the masquerade dances

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*    finish; v. fi [ ˥ ].

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*wuo [ / ] (1) to rub oneself; to

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*    mark oneself with chalk; iy-udɛ̃

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