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*    ing pronoun; ɔmi-ɛ̃zɔ n-ukpo-ɣ-



*    ɔʋoxã na [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ / ˩ ] he had



*    (miɛ [ ˥ ]) a law-suit last year,



*    this boy; ɔɣ-a nɔ-ɣ-owa na



*    [ ˥ \ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] whose is it, this house?



*    cf. ɣe [ / ] (?).



*iɣede [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “doctor’s” drum; of



*    narrow circumference, both sides



*    are covered with snake-skin



*    (viper); two of them are tied



*    together; alternately beaten



*    (by hand) below (low tone) and



*    above (high tone). Native



*    “doctors”, with the exception of



*    the Ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ] diviner, have



*    it, and also the priests of Osũ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ], ema 1 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*iɣehe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] molar teeth; cf. iɣo 2



*    [ ˥ ˥ ] (?); v. osuakɔ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*iɣɛ̃ɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a small bell worn on



*    the head by women priests; cf.



*    aɽiɣɛ̃ɣã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*    (i)ɣɛxueʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “touch-me-not”:



*    trigger of a trap; cf. xue [ / ]; v.



*    uɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˥ ].



*iɣibiɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] (pl.) female servants



*    at the Ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (the Ɔba’s harem);



*    cf. ibiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], Ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*iɣimi-axiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “I shall not see



*    mourning”, a tree, Tetrapleura



*    tetraptera; bears three-cornered



*    pods which are used as a medi-



*    cine against cough. A widow



*    mourning for her husband, and



*    also a widower, must hold a



*    pod of this tree, to which a



*    miniature bow and arrow as



*    well as the grass aya [ ˩ ˥ ] (v.



*    ihɔʋ̃egbe, ihɔʋ̃ɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) are tied,



*    wherever she goes, whether in



*    the house or to the backyard



*    (latrine), because these things



*    are taboo for dead people and



*    will prevent her husband’s spirit



*    from approaching her (in dreams



*    or visions) and thus possibly