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*    escape is impossible; okuo ɣizɛ-



*    baba, iɽ̃ã keɣilɛ fi ɛko‿asa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / / ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “when the war



*    had been raging (‘hard’) for



*    some time, they (then) ran into



*    a place from which there was



*    no escape”.



*ɛkokodu [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] heart (idiom. for



*    ɔkãdĩ [ ˩ / ˥ ]).



*ɛkose [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) a spirit roaming



*    about in the bush which causes



*    bad luck and lack of will-power.



*    Everybody has a personal ɛkose.



*    The ɛkose is given sacrifices con-



*    sisting of a small basket (agbã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) full of small anthills



*    (ulelefe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]). (2) a man’s



*    worst enemy, e.g. in a, ɛkos-ɛɽ-



*    uxĩ ɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ \ ˩ ] oh, are you



*    his enemy?



*ɛkɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] Yoruba word for Bini



*    akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; now in general use,



*    but with a special meaning, de-



*    noting the food when prepared



*    quickly for children or sick



*    people; cf. Yor. ɛkɔ [ ˩ ˧ ].



*ɛkũ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) waist. (2) ɛkũ‿oxuo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] women’s big cloth. (3) base



*    of a tree.



*Ɛkuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) the town of Akure



*    in Ondo-province; the Akure-



*    people. (2) a general name for



*    the Yoruba people; Yoruba [ ˥ ˩ / ]



*    is also used.



*ɛkwe [ ˩ ˥ ] palm-branches, woven



*    together to serve as ridge (okpo



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]) of the roof.



*ɛkpede [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] cross-bow.



*ɛkp- [ ˥ ] huge, big; e.g. in ɛkp-ɛho



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a loud bass voice; ɛkp-iku



*    [ ˥ \ ˩ ] layers of dry leaves.



*ɛkpeɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a musical instrument,



*    apparently a horn, producing



*    high sounds; ɛkpeɽ-ɔxwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]



*    a blue-black bird, the size of a



*    pigeon; N.W.Th.: glossy starling.