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*    in the kitchen generally; some



*    chiefs have three or four people



*    working in the kitchen, pound-



*    ing fufu, cooking, etc.; cf. ibiɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], ukoni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*Ibiwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] one of the three



*    societies forming the Ɔba’s



*    household; it was instituted by



*    the Ɔba Ehɛ̃gbuda [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], and it



*    takes care of the Ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], the ha-



*    rem. Part of the members comes



*    from the maternal family of the



*    Ɔba; its senior chiefs are Osodĩ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] and Inɛ [ ˥ ˥ ]. In Ibiwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    the iɽuɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] are the youngest



*    age-grade; v. iw- [ ˩ ].



*ibobo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a thin skin, not as



*    strong as ikpakpa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; ibob-ehɛ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] skin of a fish (but: ikpakp-



*    ehɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] scales); ibob-inya [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    yam-peel (but ikpakp-inya [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    is used for yam peel with some



*    yam adhering to it); ɣabol-



*    ibob-erhã y-eʋ̃a na (bolo [ ˩ ˥ ])



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ˥ ] who peeled the bark



*    of the tree at this spot?



*ibowa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] building a house (or



*    houses); cf. bɔ 1 [ ˥ ], owa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ibɔkpɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] tent; ibɔkp-oha [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “bush-tent”: camp-tent; ibɔkp-



*    imuɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] mosquito net; cf. Yor.



*    ibɔkpɔ [ ˧ ˩ ˩ ].



*ibu [ ˥ ˩ ] a tree, Conopharyngia



*    pachysiphon and penduliflora;



*    ibu n-ɔwɛe [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “male ibu”



*    (“fruit a little smaller than a



*    tennis ball”; watery latex); ibu



*    n-aʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “female ibu” (fruit



*    “a little smaller than a foot-



*    ball”; milky latex). The corre-



*    spondence of the Latin names is



*    unknown. Bark and fruit (of



*    both?) are used for medical



*    purposes.



*ibũ [ ˩ \ ] confession of adultery (as



*    made by a woman); cf. bũ 2 [ / ].