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*    of 6―12 years; they sweep the



*    streets, or, in a village that is



*    very populated they carry refuse



*    away; eʋ̃i r-unu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] toothache



*    (not when cutting teeth); v. (e)d-.



*eʋ̃idaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] stinginess (Akugbe);



*    cf. eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ], da 1 [ ˥ ].



*ewa 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] sleeping-mat made out



*    of the sticks of ebi‿ɛba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].



*ewa 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] act of giving food to



*    witches as done by witch-



*    doctors at a witches’ meeting-



*    xxxxx



*    place; slaughtering included; cf.



*    wa 1 [ / ]; v. izobo [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*ewawa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a method of divina-



*    tion practised by the Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    priests: small images of human



*    beings and animals, cowries,



*    chalk, charcoal, and a model of



*    a canoe are put on a drum. A



*    chewed kolanut is spat on to it,



*    whereupon the images are put



*    into a cup and thrown on the



*    drum again. The resulting ar-



*    rangements of images are then



*    analysed. If e.g. the image of a



*    sick man falls into the “canoe”,



*    somebody will die. The image



*    of a goat e.g. resting in the



*    “canoe” points to the sacrifice



*    of a goat required for some pur-



*    pose, e.g. for curing an illness.



*    v. ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ewi [ ˥ ˥ ] a fish yielding much meat;



*    v. ekpalakpala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*(e)windo, (e)winda [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] window;



*    Engl.



*ewisiki, enwisiki [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] whisky.



*ewɔe 1 [ ˥ \ ] whistling (with



*    mouth).



*ewɔe 2 [ ˥ \ ] larva of a fly found



*    on mud-couches; produces itch-



*    ing and craw-craw; it is believed



*    to be attracted by the urine of



*    children who sleep there; v.



*    ahiewɔe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].