is sent by other gods, mostly by
Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], to cause trouble;
it cannot kill a man, but leads
him into danger, temptation,
e.g. to break the law, and law-
suits; it is fed ( “given chop”)
in order to propitiate it, and an
image of it is kept in a niche at
one side of the house- or com-
pound-gate (v. iba [ ˥ ˩ ]) “in order
to keep bad things away”; the
image is of wood, and some
stones are added in the niche.
(2) the Devil in the Christian
sense of the word; cf. Yor.
eʃu [ ˩ ˩ ].
esuɣusuɣu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] owl; general
term; there are four different
kinds, which, perhaps, may have
special names; its cry in the
backyard means that someone
in the house will get fever, but
it is not considered as very
dangerous. The owl may be a
messenger of witches, or, a
“strong charm watching by
night”, i.e. “a charm that is
supervised by witchcraft”; men
also are believed to turn into
owls.
es(u)kuɽ(u) [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], esuku [ ˩ ˩ \ ]
school; Engl.
eta [ ˩ ˥ ] act of talking (also of
parrots); ɔxuɛ na gu-eta [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
this parrot can talk ( “knows
talking”); cf. ta [ ˥ ], ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ].
ete [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
[ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.c.o.); v.
Yor. irɛtɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
etebetebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a very small in-
sect running on the surface of
water in rivers; cf. Jekri etebe-
tebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (?) said to be equal
in meaning to Bini iɽ̃aʋ̃iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].
etebuɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] table; Engl.
