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*    chief Ɔbas-ogie [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]; cf. ɛkpɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ] (?)



*ehãkɔ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] film on teeth; cf. akɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˩ ], ehɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] is not used alone.



*ehaya [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] hire; rent; ehaya



*    umu‿ikɛkɛ ɽuɛ yi ɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ˩ ]



*    “(is it) hire you put your bicycle



*    on”: do you hire your bicycle



*    out? cf. Engl.; v. iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ].



*ehe [ ˥ ˩ ] food given to one’s wife



*    to be cooked; v. we [ ˥ ], emehe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*ehe [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) place; iri-ehe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “I am going somewhere”: I am



*    going on a journey, or, on a



*    walk; eheikehe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] wherever;



*    eheikehe n-ɔrhirhisɛ, ɛʋ̃-ɔ̃ma



*    gbĩna (ʋ̃ɛ [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˥ / / ˥ ˩ \ ]



*    wherever he goes, he must fight;



*    v. (e)d―. (2) chance, same as



*    eke [ ˩ ˥ ]; imami-ehe n-aɽu‿ɛe



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] I have no chance to do



*    it. (3) menstruation; v. owa [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ehɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] fish; eh-ɔ̃gbɔ̃ [ ˥ / ˩ ] fresh



*    fish; ehɛ̃ n-ɔkae [ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] dried



*    fish.



*Ehɛ̃gbuda [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba;



*    he instituted the Ibiwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-



*    society.



*Ehɛ̃mihɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.



*(e)hia [ ˩ ˥ ] all; vi-ehia re [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    bring them all! ena hia-ɽ-ɔɣɔe



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ] all these (things) are his;



*    idiom.: ehia‿ehia xĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “all is



*    all”: it is all the same, and ehia‿



*    ehia xĩ mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ], ehia‿e hia xĩ



*    ʋ̃ɛ-ɽe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] it is all the same to



*    me (-ɽe means something like



*    “concerning it, in reference to



*    it”).



*ehiaɣa 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], also ihiaɣa, (1) tassel;



*    ehiaɣ-ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] tassel of corn



*    (maize). (2) a small bell worn



*    by some priests.



*ehiaɣa 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] naught; nil.