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    above”: all over; ɔm-ukpɔ̃ gu-
    egbe s-otɔ s-uxuʋ̃u (gue [ / ])
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] he covered himself
    all over with a cloth (when
    going to sleep). Redupl. ototɔ
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] means (a) bottom of a
    vessel: otot-ukpu [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] the bot-
    tom of the glass (inside); (b)
    dregs: otot-anyɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] the dregs
    of palm-wine; (c) under: otot-
    erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] under the tree. If
    motion is implied instead of rest,
    ototɔ is used with the verbs yi [ ˥ ]
    or rie [ / ], yo [ ˥ ]: gi-a tota y-
    otot-erhã na [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] let us sit
    down under this tree! iɽ̃ã gwa
    ri-otot-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ (3-1) ˩ ] they are
    pulling (rowing) down stream;
    iɽ̃ã gwa y-otot-ɛzɛ (yo) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]
    they have rowed downstream
    (and are back again).
    
otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) earth; ground; soil;
    ot-iku [ ˩ \ ˩ ] spot on which
    refuse is thrown; dust heap.
    (2) the Ground, Earth, as a
    deity. If all the gods are
    against a man, except the Earth,
    he “will not quickly die”. Its
    shrine is the inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. When
    a suicide has taken place the
    “owners of the ground”, i.e. the
    ancient owners of the ground on
    which the village is built, must
    be called for pacification. A pay-
    ment is made to them for the
    sacrifice, whereupon everybody
    must go inside his house, and
    they perform the sacrifice, ac-
    companied by ɛmil-ɔvia [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    (bull-roaring). After the sacri-
    fice, the rope is cut and the
    corpse buried. (Suicides are
    supposed to go to ɛɽ̃iʋ̃-ĩmawu
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] or iduʋ̃-ĩmawu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “the
    Underworld, or quarter, of the
    suicides”, where they are said