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*    believed to live in the dense



*    bush; it looks like a man, but is



*    covered with hair all over the



*    body, including the face, so that



*    its eyes are almost invisible. lt



*    carries a mat woven like the



*    house of the worm (?) akũerhã-



*    kũiri [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], and always utters



*    sounds like i i, i i [ ˥ ˦ ˥ ˦ ]. It is



*    believed to be harmless when



*    not troubled, but “if it passes



*    through a man’s legs, he must



*    die”. It cannot be killed with a



*    knife, etc. because, if cut, “it



*    becomes double and fourfold”,



*    and it is never hit by a bullet,



*    but if sand is thrown at it, it



*    “must pick up every grain of it



*    before it can leave the spot”.



*    From the skull, a “medicine” is



*    prepared enabling the user to



*    know what happens at a dis-



*    tance. Its mat which, however,



*    nobody can obtain, brings “pros-



*    perity in life”.



*Eseɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a chief; senior of the



*    Iw-ɛguae [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-society; the title



*    is not hereditary.



*esɛɣɛsɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] the gum-tree,



*    Tetrapleura tetraptera.



*esi 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] bush-pig; esi‿ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “European pig”: house-pig; re-



*    cently introduced, same as ɛlɛdɛ



*    [ ˥ \ ˩ ]. esi oha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a brown rat



*    found in dirty places; used as a



*    sacrificial animal by the priests



*    of Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]; same as ekwɛmɔ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]. esi oha [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] may nowa-



*    days possibly be used to dis-



*    tinguish the bush-pig from the



*    house-pig; cf. Yor. esi [ ˧ ˩ ]; v.



*    azãna [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], oluku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*esi 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] good (perhaps “good-



*    ness”); ɔʋ̃a‿esi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a good



*    man; n-ɔʋ̃a‿esi [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] the good



*    man; eʋ̃i‿esi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a good thing.