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*    “all this what you are doing is



*    of no account”: it does not do



*    me any harm; cf. igbesa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop; factory; same



*    as ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; Engl.



*esagiɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] blood; same as ɛrhaɛ̃



*    [ ˩ \ ].



*esago [ ˩ \ ˩ ] demijohn; cf. Yor.



*    ʃago [ ˥ ˧ ].



*esakpaede [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (1) a men’s drum;



*    the iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] age-group dance



*    to this drum; it is small and



*    round, covered with skin on



*    both ends (but not narrow in the



*    middle). (2) name of the dance.



*esalebo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a plant; the seeds



*    are strung up and put round a



*    calabash, serving as a rattle; v.



*    ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a disease: small sores,



*    mostly on hands and feet; re-



*    sembles smallpox, but bigger in



*    size; probably tertiary syphilis.



*Esama [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a chief who performs



*    the ama [ ˩ ˥ ]-ceremony (relating



*    to the Ɔba’s children).



*esaɽa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] saw; it seems to occur



*    with the prefixes a- and ɔ- as



*    well; cf. Port. sierra.



*esaʋ̃a [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] any carved bone or



*    ivory; cf. igbesaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ese [ ˩ ˩ ] any sacrifice ordered by



*    an oracle; “predicted sacrifice”;



*    es-ɔsi‿ɛe y-ɔɽ-egbe [ ˩ / ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “it



*    is a predicted sacrifice that has



*    drawn it to his body”: i.e. that



*    has caused the trouble; is often



*    said as explanation of a disaster,



*    bad luck, etc. that has befallen



*    a man; idiom.: imu‿es-ɔgiɛ n-



*    ɔgiɛ (na [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ˩ / ] “I took



*    the predicted sacrifice of Ɔgiɛ



*    and gave it to Ɔgiɛ (a name)”:



*    I left it alone; v. zɔ 2 [ / ], aɽugbo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*eseku [ ˩ / ˥ ] a dwarf-like being,