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*ɛɽe 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] and [ ˥ ˩ ] 3rd pers. sgl. as



*    object and possessive pronoun;



*    it has, besides, the forms: ɛe,



*    ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɛ̃; ɔɽe, ɔe, ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɔɛ̃.



*ɛɽeɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] flute.



*ɛɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to-day; ɛɽɛ na ɔre [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ \ ]



*    to-day he came.



*Ɛɽibo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the second senior chief



*    in the Iwebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-society.



*Ɛɽiyo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a chief, head of the



*    Umodu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]-sib at Usɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ].



*ɛɽo [ ˥ ˥ ] part of trap: that part of



*    a rope (when used in a trap)



*    which entraps the victim.



*ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] watchfulness; occurs in



*    sĩ [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] and yi [ ˥ ] ɛɽo



*    [ ˥ ˩ ] “to watch, to observe”.



*Ɛɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] title of a chief, member



*    of the Uzama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. isĩeʋ̃iɛɽo



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛɽoɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a small four-cornered



*    bell; it is found on several



*    shrines of gods, e.g. on those of



*    Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], but



*    also on the ancestral shrine.



*ɛɽoxĩ [ ˥ / ˩ ] chameleon. There is a



*    tradition that the chameleon



*    was present when the earth was



*    created; therefore it walks care-



*    fully in order not to break it;



*    ɔmaɛ n-ɛɽoxĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] lit. “the



*    chameleon-age”, describes that



*    age when man can only walk a



*    few paces without stopping for



*    breath.



*ɛɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] female of ɛrhuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]-



*    antelope.



*ɛɽuʋɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] river-tortoise, same as



*    elukeluke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; in stories it is



*    the female of egwi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɛɽ̃ĩ [ ˩ ˩ ] a small kind of squirrel



*    with bulging eyes.



*ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) world of the dead and



*    the unborn; Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] and the



*    other gods reside there as well as



*    the ɛhis [ ˩ ˩ ] and the dead people.