Page-027-L

*    to the man who sees it; it is as



*    much worth as osumaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],



*    the fruit of uɽuhe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], and the



*    placenta of a cow; eb-akpɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    a plant, Millettia thonningii; the



*    leaf is used against dysentery.



*    eb-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (eni [ ˩ ˥ ]) a kind of leaf



*    (not the one called “elephant-



*    grass”) used as thatch; it lasts for



*    about five years, and if there is



*    a fire in the house, for seven or



*    more years (v. ebi‿ɛba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]).



*    (eb-eʋariɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] another name for



*    the fish aɽɔe [ ˥ ˩ ]; when dried, its



*    skin is oily like the leaf wrapped



*    around eʋariɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]). eb-ɛgogo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a tree (F.D. list: ebogogo),



*    Carapa procera; leaves are used



*    to cover the ridge of thatched



*    roofs; they are tied to ɛkwe [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    (palm branches that are woven



*    together). ebi‿ɛba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an in-



*    ferior sort of eb-eni [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]; used



*    for parcelling food-stuff. eb-iɣ-



*    ɛdo ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “leaf of the money



*    the Binis are eating”: a small



*    plant, Ageratum conyzoides; it



*    has a white “cotton”-tuft at its



*    top; used in the following



*    symbolic way: if somebody



*    comes with a request to an



*    influential clerk or a man in an



*    important position, he will be



*    shown this leaf as a veiled



*    question for a bribe or a pre-



*    sent, hence the name. eb-is-ũgu



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ] (isã [ ˩ ˩ ]) “leaf of vul-



*    ture-faeces”: a leaf used for



*    rubbing house-walls; it is mixed



*    with charcoal and gives the walls



*    a black colour (v. usie [ ˩ ˥ ]); its



*    name probably comes from some



*    similarity of its quickly growing



*    patches with the splashed faeces



*    of vultures. eb-itɛtɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] an afɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]-leaf used for a soup (v.