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*ekparhurhu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a small wasp



*    that has its nest on creepers.



*ekpekukpeku [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a shrub the



*    fruit of which is used as a poison



*    for rats; it is reputed to drive



*    them mad; but if the onlooker



*    laughs, the “power of the medi-



*    cine” is supposed to weaken so



*    that the rat will not die; also



*    called: ekpekukpeku n-ɔgb-ofɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “ekpekukpeku which



*    kills rats”.



*ekpɛkpɛyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] duck; cf. Yor.



*    kpɛkpɛyɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] a masquerade-society of



*    young boys, imitating the Ɔvia



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]-society; no mirrors and



*    cloths, as in Ɔvia, are used for



*    the masquerade-dress, but only



*    palm-branches and ropes; the



*    senior is called oh-ɛ̃kpo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    “priest of ekpo”; their purpose



*    was stated to be mainly “cheer-



*    ing up the quarter”, but they



*    have a juju as well (in form of



*    a stick) which has a certain



*    power; thus e.g. barren women



*    may sacrifice a cock to it, and



*    offences against it are also ex-



*    piated by the sacrifice of a cock;



*    members of the society some-



*    times bar a road by means of a



*    rope in order to obtain a small



*    toll from passers-by. Where



*    there is an Ɔvia-society, young



*    men leave the Ekpo at the age



*    of fifteen, but where there is



*    none, as e.g. at Urho N-igbe



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], they are said to remain in



*    it until they are 35 or 40 years



*    of age; v. Akobiɛ [ ˥ / \ ].



*ekpokpo [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] bullet.



*ekpɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] thanksgiving: especi-



*    ally a procession round the town



*    passing all the chiefs’ gates,



*    made by a newly-made chief;