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*    ibi‿axe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “soot of pot”; ibi



*    bũ gbe ʋ-egb-axe na [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]



*    “soot is very much on the body



*    of this pot”: this pot is very



*    sooty; v. axũãwa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].



*ibiɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) intestines. (2) tyre of



*    a bicycle: ib-ikɛkɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].



*ibiɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) young people. (2)



*    servants. The word has been



*    found only as part of the



*    following words ibiɛruɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ],



*    ibi-ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a gang of men



*    cleaning the grass at the ɛriɛ;



*    ibi-ukoni [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], and, possibly,



*    iɣibiɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]. It does not seem



*    to occur alone; cf. biɛ [ ˥ ]; ibiɛka



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ].



*ibie 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a secret language used



*    by the members of the Iwebo



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] society. Said to contain



*    many Portuguese words.



*ibiɛdo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] son of a slave (i.e.



*    himself a slave); cf. ibiɛka [ ˩ / ˩ ].



*ibiɛka [ ˩ / ˩ ] (pl., sgl. ɔʋoxã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ])



*    (1) (small) children. (2) servants;



*    wives ( “people over whom one



*    has full right”); ibiɛk-iy-ɔba



*    [ ˩ / ˥ ˥ ˥ ] the maids of Iyɔba, the



*    Ɔba’s mother; she gives them in



*    marriage and receives the bride-



*    price for them; cf. ibiɛ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ibiɛruɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “young people in



*    the chamber”: young men in



*    service at the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ], some



*    of them being emada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (sgl.



*    ɔ-) who have been “clothed”,



*    i.e. finished their time as ɔmada,



*    some of them not. They are the



*    younger members of Iw-ɛguae



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ], Iw-ebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ] and Ibiwe



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; cf. ibiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], re 1 [ ˥ ], uɣa [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ibiɽiki [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) brick. (2) mile-



*    stone. (3) mile. Engl.



*ibi-ukoni [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (pl., also used as



*    sgl.) idiomatic expression for



*    ɔleʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “cook” and helpers