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*    ɛhi”: echo; there seems to have



*    been a belief that the ɛhi n-oha



*    actually was a spirit that re-



*    peated one’s words. (4) ɛhi



*    n-axɔe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] region at the back



*    of the head; the hole is explained



*    by the belief that during his



*    stay in ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ] a man has to



*    pay something for his food, and



*    that a part of his skull is cut



*    out in order to serve as a



*    payment; cf. hi [ ˥ ].



*ɛhiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) native pepper; ɛhiɛ̃



*    nexwa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “big pepper” (pl.):



*    a special sort, see also ikpoʋuxɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] and akpɔkɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; ɛhĩ-ɛ̃do



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] lit. “pepper of Benin”:



*    the so-called “alligator-pepper”;



*    ɛhĩ-ɛ̃gbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “pepper of for-



*    est”, a tree, Lonchocarpus grif-



*    fonianus, only used for build-



*    ing oxogbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]. (2) pepper-



*    soup; ɛhiɛ̃ sãʋ̃ɛ y-ɔʋ̃-ãɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    pepper-soup has splashed into



*    my eye.



*ɛhihi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a very small black ant,



*    found in the house.



*ɛho [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) throat. (2) voice; ɛho



*    ɛɽe la gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] his voice



*    sounds much (i.e carries far;



*    said of a falsetto voice).



*ɛhohaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] (cold) scales of iron



*    beaten off by the smith; enwa^



*    nanwan-erhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] sparks.



*ɛhoho [ ˩ \ ˩ ] wind; ɛhoh-ɛziza [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ]



*    whirlwind.



*ɛhũ [ ˩ ˥ ] hollow spaces in trees



*    (caused by insects) that are still



*    covered with bark; ɛhũ-ogo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    (ogo [ ˩ ˩ ] old farm) a tree, Trema



*    guineense, mostly found on old



*    farms; it has very soft wood,



*    which is perhaps the reason of



*    its being called ɛhũ, and is not



*    used for any purpose.



*ɛka [ ˩ ˥ ] a position in the ogwɛga