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*ekwabɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] upper arm; cf. abɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], ekwawɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ].



*ekwawɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] thigh; cf. owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    ekwabɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].



*ekwɛmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (also ekwɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ])



*    a fat brown rat, same as ɛbete



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; v. esi 1 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ekpa [ ˩ ˥ ] vomiting; cf. kpa 3 [ ˥ ].



*ekpa [ ˥ ˩ ] hitting; knocking (with



*    the fist); boxing (not a sport);



*    ekpa-ɽe tu gbe [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “his



*    boxing resounds (much)”: he has



*    a good way of hitting.



*ekpã [ ˩ ˩ ] a present given to the



*    Ɔba in order to notify him of a



*    sacrifice going to be performed



*    (in which he is going to take



*    part); this is done e.g. by the



*    followers of the god Ɔxwahɛ



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ].



*ekpaɣudo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a tree, Albizzia



*    zygia; the leaves are used for



*    soup, the wood as firewood.



*ekpakaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a beetle found on



*    the raffia palm (ɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]) and



*    the oil palm (udĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]); it sucks



*    juice out of the cuttings made



*    by wine-tappers, or out of the



*    stumps of felled palms; v.



*    oɽu [ ˥ / ].



*ekpakpahuʋ̃agã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] scorpion.



*ekpakpɛhi [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a long loaf of



*    yam-fufu similar to a loaf of



*    bread; v. osugba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*ekpakpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a tree, Canarium



*    schweinfurthii.



*ekpalakpala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a flat fish,



*    possessing many bones and



*    rough scales, and therefore not



*    appreciated, it has a red and a



*    blue stripe on either side; cf.



*    xwaɽaxwaɽa [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].



*ekpamaku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] corrugated iron



*    sheet; ekpamaku n-aya kã owa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] corrugated iron that is



*    used to “thatch” houses.