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*    Ogbe”: the wall running round



*    the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], esp. the Ɔba’s



*    harem. There was once a law



*    that anybody who touched this



*    wall was to be killed. This,



*    however, led to so many false



*    denunciations that the Ɔba de-



*    creed that the man who de-



*    nounced the offender should be



*    killed as well. Since then, it is said,



*    there has been no further report.



*ekɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] egg; ek-ɔ̃xɔxɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] hen’s



*    egg; ekɛ̃-kpɛkpɛyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] duck’s



*    egg. Throwing eggs at a man is



*    the greatest insult in Benin.



*eki [ ˥ ˩ ] a pad used when carrying



*    loads (cloth, grass, etc.); same



*    as ukuoki [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; uɣuga rhi-eki



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] “may you not serve (and)



*    take the pad” scil. “as your only



*    reward”: may you be rewarded



*    for your service (to a servant



*    coming from work, as an answer



*    to his greeting, by a senior



*    man). There is also a curse:



*    t-uɽaga rhi-eki [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] may you



*    serve and receive a pad (as



*    your reward).



*ekia [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) penis. (2) eki-osisi



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] trigger of a gun. (3) eki-



*    awa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “dog’s penis”: a shrub,



*    Erythrina spec. (also Callichilia



*    stenosepala); one has a long



*    fruit and a dark green stem, the



*    other, a short fruit (distribution



*    of the Latin names unknown).



*(e)kigbesiyeha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “missing ten



*    in sixty”: fifty.



*ekita [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] dog; cf. Ibo nkita [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ];



*    v. oʋi-akota [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], awa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*eko [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) a “camp”, i.e. a tem-



*    porary, though possibly long-



*    inhabited settlement for pur-



*    poses of hunting, farming, and



*    formerly war; ek-aɣɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a



*    shelter consisting of four poles