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*ehɔ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) ear; v. daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*    (2) edge; ehɔ-ɽe [ ˩ / ˩ ] its edge



*    (of a table, cloth, etc.); cf. the



*    use of Yor. eti [ ˧ ˥ ].



*ehɔ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) an annual sacrificial



*    festival to the ancestors; iɽ̃ã



*    ɣaɽu‿ehɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] they are per-



*    forming the ehɔ-festival (or:



*    ri‿ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]); v. orhu 2 [ ˩ ˥ ].



*    (2) (with a god’s name as a



*    following genitive): an annual



*    festival of a god, e.g. eh-olokũ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] festival of Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; eh-



*    osũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] festival of Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*    The latter takes place about



*    April; the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], the



*    priest’s assistants, beat drums



*    (iɣede [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) and dance, and while



*    dancing they perform magical



*    tricks; these are said to be



*    taking a tortoise out of their



*    abdomen, vomiting scorpions,



*    stabbing themselves with knives



*    without injury, and sowing



*    plants which grow up immedi-



*    ately. The priest himself is said



*    to turn into a leopard, elephant,



*    chimpanzee, an oil-palm, etc.,



*    transforming himself into a cow



*    being the most difficult degree.



*Ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] a village on the boundary



*    between Bini and Ishan country;



*    “Ehor”.



*Ehɔ̃dɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] title of a chief who



*    supervises (and helps in) the



*    butchering of animals for the



*    Ɔba, and slaughters at all the



*    Ɔba’s sacrifices; he is given



*    parts of the slaughtered animals;



*    a praise-name is: Ehɔ̃dɔ n-



*    ɔriaɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “Ehɔ̃dɔ the



*    meat-eater”



*ehɔɣae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a term derived from the



*    ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-position ɔh-ɔɣae



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (v. ɔha [ ˩ ˥ ]); this position is



*    believed to indicate enmity from