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01 AGH - ne irẹn rhaan aro | ne (?) vbe ukpọn ; | Ugbogiulimi ke (?) ;
01 EDO - nie͉hra̯inalo | ne͉narhiiwukmo͉ñ ; | Ugbogiulimi ke͉were ;

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02 ENG - let him open eyes | so I put him for cloth ; | Ugbogiulimi came then ;

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03 AGH - ọ na wẹ mwẹn lahọ | ne rhie | Osikpalọ vbe re ;
03 EDO - o͉nawęme lahǫ | nirhie | O͉sikpa͉lowile ;

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04 ENG - he said to me "I beg" | let him take | lizard to eat ;

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05 AGH - ne irẹn (?) eve ; | ọ na wẹ amwẹn ẹre ; | wa guan ye ọ ; | ivbi ẹre,
05 EDO - nie͉sine͉ve ; | o͉nawamo͉le ; | wagwayǫ ; | ivie͉le͉,

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06 ENG - let him dry scrotudm ; | he said to wives : | talk to it ; | to his sons,

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07 AGH - wa guan ye ọ ; | ivbi ẹre na wẹ ; | u rhaan aro ? | ẹ ọ maa sẹ ;
07 EDO - wagwa̯iǫ ; | ivie͉lenawę̀ ; | u̽rhalo ? | e͉lo͉mase ;

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08 ENG - talk ; | sons said ; | you don't open eyes? | that's better ;

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09 AGH - amwẹn ọre ; | u gbe eve ? | ẹ ọ maa sẹ. | ọ na giẹ ;
09 EDO - amo͉le ; | u̽gbeve ? | e͉lo͉mase. | o͉nagie ;

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10 ENG - his wives ; | you don't kill scrotum ? | that's better. | He laughed ;

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11 AGH - ọ na wẹ : | dọmwandọghọe | sinmwin ọghe ọre | emọ sinmwin aro, | ikhuo sinmwin ekia ;
11 EDO - o͉nawę̀ : | do͉madogo̯i | e͉lo͉simio͉go̯i | e͉mosi͉malo, | ixwosimyekia ;

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12 ENG - he said : | each one | save his own | sons save eyes, | wives save penis ;

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13 AGH - ọ na wẹ ọ maa | ọ na (?) osikpalọ | osikpalọ ọ ke do rhaan aro ;
13 EDO - o͉nawo͉ma | o͉nazo͉sikpa͉lobǫ | o͉sikpa͉lo o͉ke͉dorhalo ;

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14 ENG - he said "good" | he dropped lizard | lizard came and opened his eyes ;

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15 AGH - Ugbogiulimi | ọ ke do si(?) eve | ọ na ya eva (?) ;
15 EDO - Ugbogiulimi | o͉kwe͉dosieve | o͉naievalene ;

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16 ENG - Ugbogiulimi | came and dried scrotum | he gave those two chops ;

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17 AGH - Ugbogiulimi | ọ ke a rrie ; | ọ wa ya emwin | ne osikpalọ ;
17 EDO - Ugbogiulimi | o͉kwearie ; | o͉wa̯iyemi | no͉sikpa͉lo ;

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18 ENG - Ugbogiulimi | went his way | he gave something | to lizard ;

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19 AGH - ọ ke a rrie ; | evba sẹ.
19 EDO - o͉kearie ; | e͉vase.

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20 ENG - then he went ; there it reaches.

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21 ENG - (i.e. finis)

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22 ENG - IX.

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23 AGH - Omẹnẹli | vbe ọ okhuo na ; | ọ na khama erha ẹre :
23 EDO - Ome͉ne͉li | wo͉xoxwona ; | o͉naxamęhra̯i :

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24 ENG - Omeneli | was a girl ; | she said to her father :

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25 AGH - ọ wẹ (?) ọdọ ; | ọ ke do siwu ;
25 EDO - owune͉lo͉modǫ ; | o͉ke͉dosiwu ;

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26 ENG - she said she did not marry husband ; | she came and got marks ;

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27 AGH - ọ ghi kpe | (?) ukpo eha ; | ukọn ba(?) ke rre
27 EDO - o͉gi͉kpe̽ | ate͉lene͉kpea ; | uko͉̽bakere

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28 ENG - when it was finished | they said three years ; | kings' messengers came

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29 AGH - iran na mu ẹwe ; | ọtẹn omẹnẹli | ọ na ladian ;
29 EDO - i͉nanamwewe ; | o͉tee͉me͉ne͉li | o͉nala̽dia ;

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30 ENG - they caught goat ; | Omeneli's relative [brother] | came ;

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