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*    mu‿egbe ɣ-ima ɣay-ekpɔʋ̃ɛ-ɽɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] get ready that we



*    may go (for a) thanksgiving



*    procession to-day! cf. kpɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ekpukpu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a dish prepared



*    from cassava: the cassava is



*    ground with the rough outside



*    of a pierced kerosene tin, where-



*    upon it is made into a ball. This



*    is ground again in a mortar



*    (olɔ [ ˥ ˥ ]), mixed with water, and



*    baked. Like usi [ ˩ ˥ ] and igaɽi



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], it is one of the more



*    modern ways of preparing cas-



*    sava; v. ebɔbɔzi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], efɛ̃rhinyɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*elaɣaloɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a bell used in the



*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]-cult; it is of the



*    same shape as ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], but



*    it has a nail inside.



*elalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a disease: tinea; cf. lalɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].



*elapurhu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] fugitive swellings in



*    the arm; itches; due to filaria(?).



*    Effective medicines are said to



*    be emu-ɔhae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “ashes of a



*    bachelor”, and a herb called



*    ebubule [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*elarhɛlarhɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a disease:



*    dropsy? v. owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*elukeluke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a name for the



*    river-tortoise.



*ema 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] general term for



*    “drum”; of two drums usually



*    played together the one having



*    the lower tone is referred to



*    as iy-ema [ ˥ \ ˩ ], the “mother-



*    drum”, the one having the



*    higher tone, as oʋi‿ema [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ],



*    the “daughter-drum”. Some of



*    the most important drums are:



*    em-ɛdo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “drum of Benin”:



*    a big round drum beaten with



*    one stick during the ugie that is



*    called ukpetuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; the beats



*    are interpreted as: gi-ɔɣ-ɔba sɛ