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    called by hunters and warriors
    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