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*    and a roof of mats, serving e.g.



*    as a market stall; cf. oko 1 [ ˩ ˥ ];



*    v. agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], oxogbo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]. (2) name



*    of Lagos (Yor. eko [ ˩ / ]); per-



*    haps the name is of Bini origin,



*    as there is a tradition that Lagos



*    was founded as a Bini war-camp.



*ekoko [ ˩ ˩ \ ] cocoa; Engl.



*ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] native spoon con-



*    sisting of the cover of a snail’s



*    shell; still used by a few old



*    people, and in bush-villages; v.



*    akeɽekeɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*eku [ ˩ ˥ ] malice; ekueku [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    wrong; false; undue; ɔgbe ʋ̃-



*    ẽkueku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he flogged me



*    without reason; v. iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ].



*eku [ ˩ \ ] semen.



*ekuɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] bellows; ozo gua kp-



*    eku-ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] Ojo knows



*    very well (how) to work the



*    bellows.



*ekuɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] a bird the cry of



*    which is said to spell evil, and



*    it is believed that a district in



*    which it is frequently heard will



*    have many deaths; the cry is



*    interpreted as kũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “tie it (viz. a corpse)



*    strongly!” and the evening- and



*    night-cry is: ɛʋo foo [ ˩ ˩ (5-3) ] “the



*    country (or village) is finished!”



*    After the first cry, a death is



*    expected in three or seven days’



*    time; if somebody is ill at the



*    time of the cry, “the witches



*    will expect his death; for it gives



*    the witches power”. Therefore,



*    the bird is shot if it is possible;



*    cf. kũ 1 [ / ].



*ekuku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] cook. Engl.



*ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (European) spoon; cf.



*    Port. colher; v. ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ].



*ekuzo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a shrub, Ongokea



*    klaineana; cf. eka [ ˥ ˩ ] (?); uzo



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] (?).