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01 AGH - Ọvia na wẹ ; | wa ho vbe ọ ? | ọ wẹ rẹn we(?) ọmwan,
01 EDO - Ovi̽anawę̀ ; | wahowǫ ? | o͉węlewǫma,
02 ENG - Ovia said ; | "What do you want for it ?" | he said he wanted person,
03 AGH - rẹn we(?) ẹmila ; | rẹn we(?) ivie ; | rẹn we(?) ọkhọkhọ ;
03 EDO - le͉we͉mila ; | ęwivie͉ ; | le͉wo͉xo͉xo͉ ;
04 ENG - he wanted cow ; | he wanted beads ; | he wanted fowls ;
05 AGH - Ọvia na wẹ hẹẹ ; | Ọvia ọ viọ ọmwan isẹn ; | Ọ viọ ẹmila isẹn ;
05 EDO - Ovi̽anawęhe ; | Ovi̽o͉viomaise ; | O͉vi̽e͉milise ;
06 ENG - Ovia said, all right ; | Ovia took five persons ; | took cows, five ;
07 AGH - ọ mu ivie, | isẹn ; | ọkhọkhọ, | isẹn; | Ọvia na viọ nẹ | ọ na viọ
07 EDO - o͉murivie, | ise ; | o͉xo͉xo͉, | ise ; | Ovi̽anavione | o͉naviǫ
08 ENG - beads, | five ; | fowls, | five ; | Ovia gave them | he gave them
09 AGH - ọ na . a die. | Ọ ghi sẹ owa, | ọ do(?) bọ owa ;
09 EDO - o͉na . adie. | O͉gisowa, | o͉dobowa ;
10 ENG - he went. | When he got home, | he went and built house ;
11 AGH - ọ na khin ọdafẹn ; | Ọvia na viọ ebakhuẹ ; | ọ na mu iran uhunmwun
11 EDO - o͉naxio͉dafe ; | Ovi̽anavie͉baxwe ; | o͉namunyahumu
12 ENG - he becme a rich man ; | Ovia took red feathers ; | put them on his head
13 AGH - ọni ọ ghie re Ọvia ya mu egbe ; | (?) agbọn ; | umaranmwẹn de wu.
13 EDO - o͉niogi͉le Ovi̽a̯iamwe͉gbe ; | riagmo͉ñ ; | umalemedewu.
14 ENG - that is what Ovia took to dress ; | in this world ; | story falls down
15 ENG - dead.
16 ENG - XV.
17 AGH - Ọ si (?) vbe agbọn ; | ọ si (?) vbe ẹrinmwin ; | ọ si ọghọe ;
17 EDO - O͉siokwowagmo͉ñ ; | o͉siokwokwoe͉limi ; | o͉sio͉go̯i ;
18 ENG - Smoker in this world ; | smoker in elimi ; | each smoked his own ;
19 AGH - ọ mu fi ẹgbo ; | ọ ke khiokhio(?) ; | ọ si (?) ne agbọn ;
19 EDO - o͉mofiegbo ; | o͉kwexiogo ; | o͉siokwonagmo͉ñ ;
20 ENG - he put it in bush ; | it was a clearing (farm) ; | he smoked in this world ;
21 AGH - ọ si ọghọe ; | ọ mu kue ẹgbo ; | ọ khin ugbo.
21 EDO - o͉sio͉go̯i ; | o͉mokwo͉gbo ; | o͉xeogo.
22 ENG - each his own ; | he put it in bush ; | it was a farm.
23 ENG - XVI.
24 AGH - Ọmwan wu vbe ẹgbẹe mwan | a ya sẹ amẹ | a khuẹ ọre,
24 EDO - O͉mawu be͉gbęma | a̯isame | axwo͉le,
25 ENG - When a man dies in our family | we fetch water | to wash him
26 AGH - evbaakhuẹ | ihiọn | uwawa | ọghe(?) ọgbọn | a ya khuẹ ọre ;
26 EDO - e͉vaxwe | ihio | uwawa | o͉go͉gmǫ | a̯iaxwǫli ;
27 ENG - soap | loofah | pot | new | to take wash him ;
28 AGH - a ghi (?) ukpọn ; | a ghi rhie ukpọn nọfua (?) ; | ewa ọgbọn
28 EDO - agi͉j^vTBDo͉̽lukmo͉ñ ; | agi͉rhiukmo͉ñ nofwa̯iio ; | ewogmo͉
29 ENG - we tie him with cloth ; | we can take white cloth ; | a new mat ;