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*    in every Bini house. (3) erha



*    ʋ̃ɛ n-agbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] “my father of



*    this world”: my lover (said by a



*    woman); the man thus referred



*    to may be quite young; and the



*    reason for this is probably that



*    he is “like a father towards his



*    beloved”, v. iye [ ˥ ˥ ], egbaxiã



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. (4) erha n-as-agbɔ̃ miɛ



*    (sɛ 1 [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “the father whom



*    one reaches the world to see”:



*    fosterfather, or generally, a man



*    who treats a young boy like his



*    father, i.e. shows kindness to



*    him.



*erhã [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) tree; shrub; erhã



*    n-igbɔ̃ ya k-ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “the



*    tree which the foreigners (or



*    Ibos) take to construct (kɔ [ ˥ ])



*    their ɛhi”: a tree, Erythrina sene-



*    galensis; erh-ẽrhɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “tree



*    of fire”: practice of felling a tree



*    by putting fire to it; erh-ũkoko



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “pipe-shrub”: a shrub,



*    perhaps Sterculia oblonga (F.D.



*    list: Okoko), from which the



*    tubes of long pipes are obtained.



*    erhã n-ɔba ya kp-oti hĩ‿ɛ̃do re



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the tree which the



*    Ɔba took to take the leprosy



*    away from Benin”: a tree,



*    same as anyaerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (F.D.



*    list: Distemonanthus bentha-



*    mianus). (2) wood; stick; erh-



*    ẽru [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] (all the) sticks used in



*    a yam-stack (eɽu [ ˩ ˥ ]). erh-ɛ̃zɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “stick of law-suit”: dock;



*    witness-box; ɔzen-unu‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-



*    uw-erh-ɛ̃zɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] he gave



*    his statement in the witness-box



*    (or, in the dock). erh-ĩdo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    the stick to which the threads



*    are fastened in a loom.



*erhe 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] part of palm fruit that



*    joins the fruit to the tree; the



*    erhe are burnt in order to obtain