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*enia [ ˩ ˥ ] so; thus; cf. eriɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*enibokũ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a white bird, the



*    Cattle Egret or Buff-backed



*    Heron, which is considered to



*    be very “senior”; its praise-



*    name is enibokũ‿ɔ̃xɔxɔ n-uhɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “Enibokũ, the fowl of



*    Ifɛ.” They are not common at



*    Benin City, but many of them



*    are said to come at the time of



*    the Ɔba’s igwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ], the sacrifice



*    to his head, where also one



*    enibokũ is included (?); thirty or



*    fifty come to a certain tree near



*    the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; they are said to



*    come from Ifɛ.



*enitã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] crayfish (found in



*    rivers).



*enixuxu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pigeon; it is a sym-



*    bol of happy marriage; oɽ̃ɔʋ̃-ĩɽ̃ã



*    ye ʋ-ɔɣ-enixuxu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ] their



*    marriage is like that of the



*    house-pigeons.



*enwa [ ˩ \ ] now (same as ebã [ ˩ \ ]);



*    redupl.: nwanwa [ ˥ (4-1) ]; enwa‿ũde



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ] now are you coming?



*enwananwana [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] flash of



*    lightning, or of the reflected sun



*    in a mirror; enwananwan-erhɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] spark from worked iron



*    in a smithy (Ɔxw.); cf. nwana-



*    nwana [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛhohaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ].



*enwaniɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] answer; cf. nwaniɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], inwaniɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*enwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a palm-branch with



*    its side branches on; enwaʋ̃-



*    ɛ̃ɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (unusual tones)



*    “palm-branch of ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]”: a



*    tree Dracaena sp.; its leaves are



*    like palm-leaves; when cooked



*    they are used as a medicine



*    against gonorrhoea; v. exɔe 2 [ ˥ ˩ ].



*enwɛ [ ˩ \ ] (1) (mother’s) breast.



*    (2) milk; enw-ɛmila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] cow-



*    milk.



*enwini [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a drum which is