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*ɛkpɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] leopard; ɛkpɛ̃ n-owa



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “leopard of the house” is



*    a title used by chiefs in ad-



*    dressing the Ɔba.



*ɛkpiro [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Chrysophyllum



*    africanum, its fruit is edible and



*    a kind of otiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ].



*ɛkpo [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) space; ɛkpo na ʋɛ sɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this space is wide enough;



*    ɛkp-iyeke [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ] middle space



*    between shoulder-blades; ɛkp-



*    ɔxɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] hall space between two



*    main poles (utɔ̃yotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) of



*    eru [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) time; ɛkpo ni



*    [ ˥ ˥ / ], ɛkpo riɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (at) that



*    time.



*ɛkpo [ ˥ ˩ ] bag; ɛkp-urhu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] air-



*    pipe; ɛkp-ahiɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] bladder;



*    ɛkp-ekia [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] region of pubic



*    hair (male); ɛkp-ofi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “a bag



*    of yaws”: a sufferer from yaws;



*    “yaws-daddy”; ɛkp-uhe [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    region of pubic hair (female).



*ɛkpohuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] headache; cf.



*    kpe [ / ], uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɛkpoki [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] leather-box; cf. ɛkpo



*    [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ɛkponiyɛkɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] a woman with



*    child.



*ɛkpowa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] gecko.



*ɛkpoxurhu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] stomach; cf.



*    ɛkpo [ ˥ ˩ ] (?).



*ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˥ ˩ \ ] a tree, Berlinia



*    heudelotiana; the bark is used as



*    a medicine, but if not well pre-



*    pared it is a deadly poison. It



*    was also used in the Ɔba’s ordeal,



*    mixed with sasswood (inyi [ ˥ ˩ ]).



*    The name also corresponds to



*    Berlinia auriculata on the F.D.



*    list; ɛkpɔɣɔ-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] Macro-



*    lobium limba.



*ɛlɛdɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] (also e-) house-pig; not



*    known in ancient times; also:



*    esi-ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “European pig”;



*    cf. Yor. ɛlɛdɛ [ ˧ ˥ ˩ ].