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*    called by hunters and warriors



*    they keep the skulls of all their



*    trophies on his shrine and take



*    all their weapons to the shrine



*    when they sacrifice. When sacri-



*    ficial meat is shared the biggest



*    share is given to the man who



*    had the greatest success in



*    hunting, without regard to



*    seniority. A hunter’s shrine is in



*    the Ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ]-room of every head



*    man of a clan (ɔka ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ])



*    v. ɔkãhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛfe [ ˩ ˩ ] wealth; ɛf-ɛɽe kpɔlɔ gbe



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] his wealth is great.



*ɛfua [ ˥ ˩ ] whiteness; cf. fuɔfua [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    ufua [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɛgiɛgiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] quickness; used after



*    a verb in the meaning of



*    “quickly”: ɣad-ɛgiɛgiɛ n-idogi-



*    ɔ‿(u)huʋ̃u ɣari-esabu (de [ / ],



*    gie [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] lit.



*    “come quickly that I may come



*    (and) send you on an errand to



*    go to the shop”; ɔnwina‿ɛgiɛgiɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he (always) works quick



*    ly; ɛgiɛgiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] be quick! cf.



*    giɛgiɛ [ / ˦ ].



*ɛgiɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] one-stringed native



*    musical instrument in the form



*    of a bow; put to the mouth and



*    played with two sticks.



*ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) bell; iɽakp-ɛgogo



*    (kpe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ] I am going to



*    ring a bell. (2) clock, watch.



*    (3) hour; ɔmudia y-ɛgog-ɔkpa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] he waited an hour; ɛgog



*    en-ɔtu (enɛ [ \ ˥ ], ɔtu [ ˥ \ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ]+



*    it has struck four o’clock; cf.



*    Yor. agogo [ ˧ ˧ ˧ ].



*ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ] bathroom of Bini house,



*    where the owner’s Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ] is kept.



*Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] Ɔba’s residence a



*    Benin City.



*ɛgwa [ ˥ ˩ ] a creeper, Hippocarpu



*    spec. nov.; used for tying yams