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*    to yam-poles, rafters, etc. in



*    house building.



*ɛgwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] hoe; gũ ʋ̃ɛ hu‿ɛgwɛ n-



*    iɣaya gb-ĩɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] lit.



*    “help me to find a hoe that I



*    shall take to clean the grass”;



*    (hu‿ is a real low tone here,



*    but with a slight fall in hu‿



*    the sentence would mean “let



*    me find...”).



*ɛgwɛ̃ 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] a bat, living in houses,



*    smaller than ɔwɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛgwɛ̃ 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] a rattle, made out of



*    the long leaves of the uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    palm, which are twisted into a



*    chain of small receptacles con-



*    taining a few esal-ebo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]-



*    grains each; worn round the



*    ankle by Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-dancers.



*    ɛgũ-abɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] an obsolete, or at



*    least idiomatic word for “bead-



*    armlet” (coral or other beads)



*    as worn by women and children;



*    nowadays ivi-abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] is mostly



*    used. ɛgũ-awɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] an obsolete



*    word for “bead-anklet”; same



*    as ivi-awɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛgba [ ˥ ˩ ] armlet, of iron or brass;



*    also leather armlet on which



*    charms have been sewn; the



*    charms are intended to give the



*    bearer strength, e.g. to a woman



*    in a difficult case of childbirth;



*    cf. Yor. ɛgba [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛgbe [ ˩ ˩ ] a quick dancing step,



*    accompanied by quick singing



*    and drumming.



*ɛgbenɔgbifie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “killer that



*    kills the cleared bush”: a strong



*    harmattan wind blowing from



*    noon until about four o’clock;



*    cold, with clouds of mist.



*ɛgbɛdĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] large oil barrel, hogs-



*    head.



*ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˩ ] widow.



*ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ] sib; patrilineal, exo-