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*    causing her illness. The “not” in



*    the name is perhaps a euphem-



*    ism due to the fear of pronouncing



*    a sentence with a sinister mean-



*    ing; cf. miɛ [ ˥ ], axiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*iɣiʋiɛko [ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “I do not sleep on



*    the stomach”; another name



*    for ulɛko [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], a medicine



*    securing easy delivery; the child



*    is supposed to be asleep on its



*    stomach in the womb when



*    there are difficulties in the



*    delivery; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ], ɛko [ ˩ \ ].



*iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] money. iɣ-ehaya [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]



*    rent; also iɣ-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “house-



*    money”, and iɣo n-ahae y-



*    owa n-adi‿a [ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] money



*    paid for the house where one



*    lives. iɣ-ekweku [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] money



*    received unduly, i.e. by black-



*    mail or false pretences. iɣ-



*    emɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ] loan; also iɣo



*    n-amɔmɔɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] money that



*    has been lent; v. ɔdɛkuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*    iɣ-eʋ-aɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] money given to



*    enable servants to buy food



*    for themselves, “chop-money”.



*    iɣ-ibowa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] cost of house-



*    building; also iɣ-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (v.



*    above). iɣ-irhioxuo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] sum



*    paid to wife’s family when



*    marrying; “dowry”; also iɣo



*    n-aya rhi-oxuo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “money



*    used to take a wife” (an older



*    and more usual way of saying



*    it); v. ugaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]. iɣ-isu [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    interest (on a loan). iɣ-itiɛzɔ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] summons-fee; also iɣo



*    n-aya ti-ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “money



*    used to call a law-suit” (an older



*    and more usual way of saying



*    it). iɣ-otu [ ˥ \ ˩ ] membership-



*    fee (of a club or society).



*    iɣ-uhuʋ̃u [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “head-money”:



*    tax taken from each head of



*    the population; also iɣo n-aya