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• ozucorpse; whole carcase; (fig.) worthless, good-for-nothing person; corpse; carcass; dead body; body
• tụthrow; cast; hurl; fling; throw upon; attached to a verb to convey a little bit of the verb; a little bit; build
• chafinish doing; completely; totally; be light- or reddish-coloured (as opposed to being dark); wash, scrub (hand, foot, hard object); clean off; be clean, pure (compare -sa 1.)
• nyụpass wind, fart, ‘gas’; be extinguished; die out; go out (of light, fire); (fig.) be reactionary
• ǹnwa(nwa when first word in combination); child; (fig.) used as term of endearment by older to younger person (compare ụmù for plural)
• ògbụtype of fig tree planted in the compound and used for feeding livestock (Ficus eriobotryoides Kunth. and Bouche) and in many cases for shade. It represents Ànì and is planted at her shrines. The sap is pure white and can serve as rubber
• fụmìsee to the bottom (literally and fig.)
• sapùwash out; (fig.) die out (of a family)
• tụlụrevive; refresh; (fig.) defraud
• gbabàrun into, in; (fig.) trust in; confide
• òkukūhorn-shaped calabash used for cupping and divining (fig.)