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*    the Ɔba does not refuse a

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*    present. (This action may also

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*    be taken in a similar way by

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*    giving something as a present

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*    to a “big” man.) ɔy-en-oxuo fi

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*    ohã gi-ɔba (gie [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ]

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*    lit. “he took the woman (and)

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*    announced (her) as present to

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*    the Ɔba”. ya gbe [ ˩ ˥ ] (imperat.

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*    of ya [ ˥ ] gbe [ ˥ ]) cry of encourag-

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*    ment for a wrestler: “knock him

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*    down!” or “throw him down!”

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*    (when the opponent is lifted

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*    from the ground) (Pidgin go

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*    [ ˥ (4-1) ]: let go!); v. gbaɽaɣada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

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*    ya [ ˥ ] hĩ‿egbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] to cover

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*    oneself with something; rhi-

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*    ukpɔ̃ ni n-uya hĩ egbe [ ˩ ˩ / / ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]

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*    take that cloth to cover your-

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*    self with! ya [ ˥ ] ma [ / ] to

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*    forgive; iya‿e ma ɽ̃uɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ / ]

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*    I forgave it you. ya [ ˥ ] m-egie

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*    [ ˥ ˩ ] (ma [ ˥ ]) to appoint some-

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*    body to a title. ya [ ˥ ] na

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*    [ ˥ ] to present somebody with

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*    something (“to dash”); y-eʋ̃i

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*     [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] give me something

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*    (“dash me”). ya [ ˥ ] nwina

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ] to make somebody work.

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*    ya [ ˥ ] re [ ˥ ] to bring about (A.

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*    Biogr.). ya [ ˥ ] ta [ ˥ ] re [ ˩ ] to

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*    repeat in one’s second life an ill-

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*    ness from which one has suffered

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*    during the preceding life; this is

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*    prevented by removing the

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*    presumed cause of the disease out

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*    of the body, e.g. in the case of

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*    a “cough” (consumption?), by

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*    removing a “bag containing a

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*    white milky substance” out

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*    from the abdomen; v. also

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*    eve [ ˩ ˩ ]. ya [ ˥ ] we [ ˥ ] to allot

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*    something to somebody; iy-

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*    eʋaɽe n-uãrhirhimiɛ ʋ-eʋa hia

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*    w-uɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “I have

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*    taken food whichever you may

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