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*    cf. gwɛ [ ˥ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. igwabɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], iɽ̃ɛʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*i+gwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] knee; igwɛ tɔlɔ ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (my) knee is itching



*    ( “me” in Bini); ɔy-ɔɽ-igwɛ (yi



*    [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] it brought him to his



*    knees (e.g. said of an offence for



*    which the wrongdoer must beg



*    forgiveness on his knees). igu-



*    abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “knee of arm”: elbow.



*    igw-ɛwe [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “goat’s knee”:



*    a shrub; its leaves are used



*    (N.W.Th.) to smooth newly



*    made clay-pots; cf. ɛwe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*igwɛ 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] the time when the



*    annual sacrifices to the head



*    (uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) are made; between



*    September and November (there



*    is no special word for the



*    Ɔba’s igwɛ); ɛɣɛ n-agbɔ̃ hia



*    ya ɽ-uhuʋ̃-ɔ̃ɣ-ukpo eɽ-ati-ɛɽ-igwɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “the time every-



*    body (all the world) takes to



*    sacrifice (ɽu [ ˥ ]) to the head



*    annually (ɔɣ-ukpo [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]) it is



*    what is called igwɛ”; cf. gwɛ [ / ].



*igwɔmɔre [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] first servants of



*    a newly crowned Ɔba; the



*    servants he had as Edaikɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˥ ]



*    were formerly banished from



*    the country or killed in the



*    supposition that they would not



*    respect him sufficiently as king,



*    having seen him as a boy or



*    young man; cf. ɔmɔ [+ ˩ ˥ ], re 2 [ ˥ ].



*igba [ ˥ ˩ ] time; in connection with



*    numerals only, and with the



*    particular meaning of “time”



*    found in this connection; igba-



*    va [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] twice; igba-ha [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    thrice; igba-nɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] four times;



*    igba-sɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] five times; igba-gbe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] ten times; igba‿ugie [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    twenty times; igba-y-isɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    hundred times; ilu-gba [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] how



*    often? cf. Yor. igba [ ˩ ˩ ].