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*    gamous; liaison other than by



*    marriage, if begun without



*    knowledge of the relationship of



*    the partners, must be purified



*    by a sacrifice to erha [ ˥ ˥ ], the



*    ancestors. The members of the



*    ɛgbɛe have a particular morning



*    greeting (v. la 3 [ ˥ ]), also a



*    special taboo (v. awua [ ˩ ˩ ]), and



*    a senior (ɔka‿ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]) who



*    must live in Benin City (or have



*    a representative there); v. uniɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ], ɛwae [ ˩ ˩ ], Umogũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],



*    Umosũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], Egi-esã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Ogi-



*    efa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], Igũ [ ˩ ˥ ], Oyeɽu [ ˥ / ˥ ],



*    Uhɛ [ ˥ ˩ ], Iso [ ˩ ˩ ], Egi-enwa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], Eyedɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], Iduʋ̃-ĩʋi‿otɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], Iʋi‿eze [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Uɣɔtɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],



*    Isĩɛʋ̃ɛɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], Ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ], Umodu



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Ogiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*Ɛgbɛka [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] name of an Ɔba.



*ɛgbɛle 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] small piece of em-



*    broidered cloth worn round the



*    waist by people attending ugie



*    [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛgbɛle 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] an idiomatic word



*    for suicide; v. zɛ 1 [ ˥ ].



*ɛgbima [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] house wall put up in



*    the Jekri way, with bundles of



*    sticks and canes; may then be



*    plastered.



*ɛgbo [ ˥ ˥ ] (a) forest; thick bush;



*    (b) distance; inu‿ɛgb-ɔk-eʋ̃a ya



*    s-ɛdo (ke [ ˥ ], sɛ [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) / ˩ ˥ ]



*    how far (how much distance) is



*    it from here to Benin? cf. ugbo



*    [ ˥ ˥ ]; Yor. igbo [ ˧ ˥ ].



*ɛgbosi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] unripe palm-nut bunch



*    (not yet containing any kernels).



*ɛɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a man belonging to



*    the iɣele (pl.) age-group, ca. from



*    30 to 50 years of age; they



*    used to serve during wars and do



*    carriers’ work; they still help in



*    house building and fell trees on



*    the farms of the most important