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*    [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ / ‿ ˩ ] its smell is not good;



*    cf. wia [ / ].



*ɛwo [ ˩ ˥ ] calabash funnel, used e.g.



*    by wine tappers when pouring



*    wine into demijohns or narrow-



*    mouthed calabashes.



*ɛwobi [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a man who likes to



*    play jokes on other people;



*    ɛwobi‿ɔʋ̃a‿uxĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] you are



*    a joker.



*ɛwu [ ˥ ˩ ] garment; gown; coat;



*    shirt (any garment except



*    trousers, v. utalawɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]); ɛwu



*    ɽuɛ m-ose gbe [ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] your



*    gown is very nice. ɛwu‿ivie



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] bead dress; worn by the



*    Ɔba; the term does not include



*    cap, collar (odigba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]), and



*    udahae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. Yor. ɛwu [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Ɛwuakpɛ [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba.



*Ɛwuaɽe [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] name of an Ɔba under



*    whom some of the present Bini



*    gods (e.g. Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] and



*    Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]) are said to have lived



*    as heroes and magicians.



*ɛxe [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) quiver. (2) a curved



*    tooth or bone which, in native



*    opinion, the viper flings at its



*    prey, out of the mouth. It is



*    believed never to miss its ob-



*    jective, and if the victim runs



*    away, it must return to the viper;



*    v. osumaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ɛxi [ ˩ ˩ ] a small climbing animal.



*ɛxiʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Piptadenia



*    africana; its fruit has the shape



*    of a belt, and is used by boys



*    in play; the bark is used as



*    medicine for oʋiyabɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*ɛxoxo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) corner (as seen from



*    inside); ɔlɛɽe y-ɛxoxo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] he



*    hid in the corner. (2) private



*    (when used as a genitive after



*    another noun), e.g. in isum-



*    ɛxoxo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “conspiracy”.



*ɛxoxo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a big monkey.