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*    ediɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (only occasionally, on



*    big farms).



*ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] small yam-pole.



*ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] time; ɛɣɛ hia [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] always;



*    ɛɣɛ ni [ ˩ / / ] at that time, then;



*    ɛɣɛikɛɣɛ and kɛɣɛikɛɣɛ [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ]



*    every time; ɛɣɛ na [ ˩ / ˩ ] at this



*    time, now; n-ɛɣ-ɛd-ia [ ˥ \ ˩ ]



*    three days ago (cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], eha



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]); n-ɛɣ-ɛd-ɛnɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] four days



*    ago (cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], enɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]); v.



*    (e)ne [ \ ], (e)d-.



*ɛɣodĩ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] African black kite, and,



*    black-shouldered kite; this kite



*    is often found near farm fires,



*    and there is a story that it is a



*    transformed man who cannot be-



*    come a human being again be-



*    cause his charm has been burnt in



*    a farm fire; cf. Yor. awodi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛɣodo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] impluvium, same as



*    ukpafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; ɛɣod-ɛriɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] im-



*    pluvium in the women’s apart-



*    ment; ɛɣod-ikũ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ] implu-



*    vium in the ikũ [ ˩ \ ]. The room



*    containing the ɛɣod-ɛriɛ is not an



*    ikũ; it is long, while the ikũs



*    are square.



*ɛɣɔɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Terminalia su-



*    perba; used as firewood only.



*    The F.D. list contains another



*    tree, ɛɣɔɛ̃ n-ebi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “dark



*    ɛɣɔɛ̃”, Terminalia ivorensis. This



*    distinction was not made by my



*    informant.



*ɛɣuɣu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “bush-crocodile”, the



*    small sort of crocodile that



*    lives in swampy water; ɛɣuɣu



*    na wu ʋ-ob-ɔkpa keʋ-ow-ɔkpa



*    [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ] this crocodile is



*    paralysed on one side, lit. “died



*    in one hand and one foot”. They



*    are believed to be paralysed, and



*    therefore their bones are useful



*    as a charm that keeps thieves



*    from stealing.