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*Esu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a harmful deity which



*    is sent by other gods, mostly by



*    Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], to cause trouble;



*    it cannot kill a man, but leads



*    him into danger, temptation,



*    e.g. to break the law, and law-



*    suits; it is fed ( “given chop”)



*    in order to propitiate it, and an



*    image of it is kept in a niche at



*    one side of the house- or com-



*    pound-gate (v. iba [ ˥ ˩ ]) “in order



*    to keep bad things away”; the



*    image is of wood, and some



*    stones are added in the niche.



*    (2) the Devil in the Christian



*    sense of the word; cf. Yor.



*    eʃu [ ˩ ˩ ].



*esuɣusuɣu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] owl; general



*    term; there are four different



*    kinds, which, perhaps, may have



*    special names; its cry in the



*    backyard means that someone



*    in the house will get fever, but



*    it is not considered as very



*    dangerous. The owl may be a



*    messenger of witches, or, a



*    “strong charm watching by



*    night”, i.e. “a charm that is



*    supervised by witchcraft”; men



*    also are believed to turn into



*    owls.



*es(u)kuɽ(u) [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], esuku [ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    school; Engl.



*eta [ ˩ ˥ ] act of talking (also of



*    parrots); ɔxuɛ na gu-eta [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    this parrot can talk ( “knows



*    talking”); cf. ta [ ˥ ], ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ete [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.c.o.); v.



*    Yor. irɛtɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*etebetebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a very small in-



*    sect running on the surface of



*    water in rivers; cf. Jekri etebe-



*    tebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (?) said to be equal



*    in meaning to Bini iɽ̃aʋ̃iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*etebuɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] table; Engl.