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*    “lower eɣaɛʋo”; cf. ɣae [ / ], ɛʋo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ], Ogbe [ ˥ ˩ ], oɽe [ ˥ ˥ ].



*eɣitã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a position in the og^



*    wɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.o.c.);



*    of Yor. origin?



*eɣo [ ˩ \ ] (1) rubbish lying in the



*    house in the morning before it



*    is swept; v. ikpoleɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ (3-1) ].



*    (2) bad taste in, and smell from,



*    the mouth, esp. in the morning.



*eɣo [ ˩ ˩ ] present of food given to



*    e.g. emosima [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], the tortoise,



*    when seen by a worshipper of



*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ].



*eɣoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a tree, Trichilia



*    prieuriana, but also Duboscia



*    viridiflora; used as firewood only.



*eɣoɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] an idiomatic word for



*    conception, pregnancy, used



*    when wishing that young people



*    or foreigners may not under-



*    stand what is being said; v.



*    rhie [ / ].



*eɣɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] eating-feast; cf. ɣɔ [ / ].



*eɣute [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] camp near the river;



*    beach; eɣute n-ɔmose [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “a beautiful shore”, beginning



*    of a Christian hymn in Bini; cf.



*    Yor. ebutɛ [ ˩ / ˥ ].



*eha [ ˩ ˥ ] three; ɛd-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] three



*    days; ax-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], [ ˩ \ ˥ ] three



*    pots; axe-n-eha [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] the three



*    pots; eha‿irɔ ʋ-ugie [ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ] “three



*    are not in twenty”: seventeen;



*    redupl. eheha [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] all the three;



*    eheha [ ˩ \ ˩ ] in groups of three.



*ehã [ ˩ ˥ ] in ehã‿ẽgbe hia [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    dressing up; originally: dressing



*    up as masquerade dancer; cf.



*    hã 2 [ / ].



*ehã [ ˥ ˩ ] six; iɽ̃ã ehã de [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] six



*    of them are coming.



*ehaɛkpɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] name for the group



*    of chiefs who are neither mem-



*    bers of the Uzama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] nor of



*    the Eɣaɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. Their leader is