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*    nut off with one’s finger-nails;

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*    this is always done when saying

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*    prayers to one’s ancestors or

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*    any ɛbɔ; after the prayer, those

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*    pieces which have been collected

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*    in the palm of the hand, are blown

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*    upon (not necessary) and then

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*    thrown on the shrine.

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*x-ĩkɔ [ / ˩ ]; cf. xiã [ / ].

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*xiɔ [ / ] to block a passage, or

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*    channel; to cork a bottle;

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*    xiɔ‿uɽoɽ-amɛ na [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ / ˩ ] stop

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*    this gutter!

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*xirhixirhi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) rushing, of

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*    people only (Egh. Hist.); iɽ̃ã tulɛ

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*    mu xiã xirhixirhi [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] they

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*    were rushing along (“ran along

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*    rushingly”). (2) rapid, of speech;

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*    used with the verb guã [ / ];

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*    cf. Yor. kitikiti [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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* [ ˥ ] to resemble; ɔx-erha‿e [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]

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*    he resembles his father; oko ni

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*    xɔ-tɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ n-ɛr-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ]

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*    that fellow (oko is here a man

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*    known to the speaker as well as

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*    to the person spoken to) re-

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*    sembles my “brother” (relative)

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*    who is away (lit. “not at home”).

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* 1 [ / ] bad, i.e. useless; seems to

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*    be used with eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ] only, even

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*    when men are spoken of; v. dã

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*    [ ˩ ] which means “of bad cha-

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*    racter”; eʋ̃i ɔna xĩ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    this is a useless thing; eʋ̃i xɔ‿

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*    uxĩ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ] you are a naughty

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*    child, cf. the next item; possibly

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*    eʋ̃i is only a short relative

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*    sentence with the verb (?)

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* 2 [ / ] to be harsh, severe;

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*    uxɔ gbe [ ˩ / ˥ ] you are (always)

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*    severe. x-ɔrhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] to be ugly

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*    (of people’s appearance) (the ɔ

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*    in x-ɔ is lengthened).

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*x-ɔrhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. 2 [ / ].

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*xɔ̃ 1 [ / ] to wage war; of indi-

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*    viduals: to quarrel continuously,

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