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*    (2) a general term for “an-



*    cestors”, the “dead”, and even



*    the “gods”. (3) masquerade-



*    dancer (also oʋi‿ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]);



*    he is addressed as the god



*    whom he represents, and he



*    carries an uxurhɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; he only



*    speaks in sounds like mmm [ ˩ ]



*    or gbrr [ ˩ ]; curses uttered in his



*    presence and confirmed by his



*    knocking the uxurhɛ to the



*    ground are believed to be



*    effective; v. Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]; ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i‿odo-



*    dua [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ / \ ] is a masquerade-



*    dance performed during the



*    agwɛ‿ɔɣɛnɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], possibly for



*    Osa [ ˩ ˩ ]. (4) ɛɽ̃iʋ̃-ĩdu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] shrine



*    of the Ɔba’s father at the Ɛguae



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]. (5) the Christian Heaven.



*ɛɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (1) brass. (2) brass-brace-



*    let; v. sa 1 [ ˥ ], Igũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɔʋ̃ɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛse [ ˩ ˥ ] well, properly; ɔɽu‿ɛe-se



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he did it well: redupl.



*    ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] very well; ɔɽu‿ɛe-sɛse



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he is doing it very well;



*    cf. ɛsɛsɛʋ̃ɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ɛse [ ˩ \ ].



*ɛse [ ˩ \ ] goodness, favour; ɔɽu



*    ʋ̃-ɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] he did me a favour.



*    ɛseʋ̃ɛse [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] excessive kindness



*    (occurs in a proverb).



*ɛsete [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (also e-) plate. Of Port.



*    origin?



*ɛsɛsɛʋ̃ɛse [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] very much; cf.



*    ɛse [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɛsĩ [ ˥ ˥ ] horse; cf. Yor. ɛʃi [ ˧ ˧ ].



*Ɛsigie [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba, son of



*    Ɔzɔlua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] and brother of



*    Arhuãɽ̃ã [ ˥ \ ˩ ].



*ɛsɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] suffering; poverty; ɛsɔ̃



*    gb-ɛe gbe (gbe 1) [ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] he is very



*    poor; ɔʋ̃-ɛsɔ̃ nɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] he is a poor



*    man; cf. sɔ̃ 2 [ ˥ ] v. oʋi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɛte [ ˥ ˥ ] shooting contest held with



*    bows. The target is an orange or



*    a branch thrown to the ground,



*    or an agberhie [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].