Page-037-L prev next

*emasini [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] machine, e.g. ema-



*    sini n-aya dɔl-ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    “machine for repairing clothes”:



*    sewing-machine.



*ematɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] iron; cf. ɔtɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (?);



*    v. ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*emɛ [ ˩ \ ] monkey; v. atugiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],



*    alazi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ], axarho [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], ɛxoxo



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], ogĩ [ ˩ ˥ ], ɔsa [ ˩ ˩ ], uhiɽi



*    [ ˥ \ ˩ ].



*emɛhɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) bands, or crowds,



*    of women acclaiming the Ɔba



*    when he is marching through



*    the town during the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    called isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; they ex-



*    claim iyare! [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “safe arrival”,



*    or “welcome home”. (2) emɛhɛ



*    n-uɽubi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] carriers of the



*    Ɔba; they must never be seen by



*    the Ɔba without a load on their



*    heads, therefore, when he is



*    near, they either put the nearest



*    thing on their heads, or, they



*    lean their heads against a house-



*    wall, as if about to lift the



*    house, asking help of passers-by:



*    mu mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “lift it for me”



*    (Uɽubi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] is a quarter of



*    Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], near Benin City);



*    cf. mu [ ˥ ] (?), ihɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).



*emiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] illness; complaint;



*    may be made specific by a noun



*    indicating a part of the body,



*    e.g. in emiaʋ̃-obɔ lɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    lit. “an illness of the hand is



*    paining me”; a special disease



*    is emiaʋ̃-ũhobo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] lit. “Sobo-



*    disease”: probably ascites; v.



*    uhuʋ̃ova [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*emilɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a special kind of red



*    yam the fruit of which hangs



*    from a rope; cf. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*emiowo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] meat; same as aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*emobo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a dress of the Ɔba’s;



*    not the most elaborate one.