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*ideʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “buyers of things”: a



*    gang of the Ɔba’s belonging to



*    the Ibiwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] society. They



*    go about the country requisition-



*    ing food for the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]



*    against payment. Formerly this



*    payment is said to have been



*    very small; cf. dɛ [ ˥ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ].



*idɛ̃ɣɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a knife used in the



*    kitchen and in other house-work;



*    same as eɽɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]; L.R. fig. 141.



*idĩ [ ˩ ˩ ] grave; cf. f-ĩdĩ [ ˥ ˩ ].



*Idibo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,



*    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.



*ido [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) loom; v. abɔkpɔ 1 [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*    ihue [ ˩ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) cobweb:



*    akpakpa du‿ido [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˨ ] (do [ ˥ ])



*    the spider has woven a cobweb.



*idobo [ ˩ ˩ / ] (1) hindrance; ob-



*    stacle. (2) disturbance; ɣɛmu‿



*    idobo gũ ʋ̃ɛ ʋ-ehe n-iye



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “do not put ob-



*    stacles to (in front of) me at the



*    place where I am”: do not



*    disturb me at my house.



*idodia [ ˩ ˥ / ] (or [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] ?) “I stand



*    secretly”: a very small snake,



*    blue-black, with a white spot at



*    each side of the head; it lies



*    coiled up and does not move



*    much, and runs away when



*    touched, bites when trodden



*    upon; very poisonous; cf. do 2



*    [ / ], dia 1 [ ˥ ], v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*idɔla [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] florin; cf. English



*    “dollar”.



*idu [ ˥ ˩ ] wild dove; it has a brown



*    back and shining wing-feathers;



*    it is believed to use these



*    feathers as a mirror in order to



*    see whether anybody is fol-



*    lowing it (probably because it



*    pushes its head forward at every



*    step, looking sideways); a dif-



*    ferent kind is: idu‿ɛgbo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]



*    “dove of the forest”; it is bigger