they keep the skulls of all their
trophies on his shrine and take
all their weapons to the shrine
when they sacrifice. When sacri-
ficial meat is shared the biggest
share is given to the man who
had the greatest success in
hunting, without regard to
seniority. A hunter’s shrine is in
the Ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ]-room of every head
man of a clan (ɔka ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ])
v. ɔkãhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ɛfe [ ˩ ˩ ] wealth; ɛf-ɛɽe kpɔlɔ gbe
[ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] his wealth is great.
ɛfua [ ˥ ˩ ] whiteness; cf. fuɔfua [ ˩ ˥ ],
ufua [ ˩ ˥ ].
ɛgiɛgiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] quickness; used after
a verb in the meaning of
“quickly”: ɣad-ɛgiɛgiɛ n-idogi-
ɔ‿(u)huʋ̃u ɣari-esabu (de [ / ],
gie [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] lit.
“come quickly that I may come
(and) send you on an errand to
go to the shop”; ɔnwina‿ɛgiɛgiɛ
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he (always) works quick
ly; ɛgiɛgiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] be quick! cf.
giɛgiɛ [ / ˦ ].
ɛgiɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] one-stringed native
musical instrument in the form
of a bow; put to the mouth and
played with two sticks.
ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) bell; iɽakp-ɛgogo
(kpe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ] I am going to
ring a bell. (2) clock, watch.
(3) hour; ɔmudia y-ɛgog-ɔkpa
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] he waited an hour; ɛgog
en-ɔtu (enɛ [ \ ˥ ], ɔtu [ ˥ \ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ]+
it has struck four o’clock; cf.
Yor. agogo [ ˧ ˧ ˧ ].
ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ] bathroom of Bini house,
where the owner’s Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ] is kept.
Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] Ɔba’s residence a
Benin City.
ɛgwa [ ˥ ˩ ] a creeper, Hippocarpu
spec. nov.; used for tying yams
