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*    ha(a)-s-uhuʋ̃u (ha osa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ])



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “money taken to pay



*    debt of head”. iɣ-uhuʋ̃-ɛ̃ki



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] “money of head (start)



*    of market”: trading capital.



*    iɣo n-afĩ-ɔ̃ʋ̃a ɽe [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ / ˩ ] “money



*    which one cuts a man off”: fine.



*    iɣo n-ɔba [ ˥ ˩ ˩ / ] “red money”:



*    (a) gold, (b) alloy. iɣo n-ɔfua



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “white money”: silver;



*    cf. Ibo ego [ ˥ ˦ ]; Yor. owo [ ˧ ˥ ],



*    ukp-oɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], iɣobioye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].



*iɣo 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] milk-teeth; v. zɛ [ ˥ ],



*    iɣehe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).



*iɣo [ ˩ ˩ ] horn.



*iɣo [ ˩ \ ] (1) flight of a bird; igb-



*    oɣohɔ̃ y-iɣo n-owi-ɛɽɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ]



*    I shot an eagle in flight this



*    morning (to-day). (2) selling



*    goods, going around in the streets



*    or the market, with the atɛtɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] on the head (or hold-



*    ing it); hawking; (contrast: atɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]); Amazĩoya, domu‿ize n-ɔfua



*    na ɣari-ɣo mɛ [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “Amazĩoya (a woman’s name),



*    come and take these crayfish to



*    go hawking for me!”



*iɣobioye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] idiom.: (great) ex-



*    penses (Akugbe); iɣobioye‿uwalo



*    y-ɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ \ ] “a lot of money



*    (it is that) you have wasted on



*    it” (lo [ / ]; wa [ \ ] indicates



*    surprise); cf. iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ].



*iɣoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) smoke. (2) iɣoɣ-iso



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “smoke of the sky”: cloud;



*    iɣoɣ-iso lɛ yo lɛ re [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˥ / ˥ ] “the



*    clouds are running to and fro”:



*    the clouds are moving over the



*    sky.



*Iɣɔ̃miɣɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] an Igara man, pos-



*    sibly also used for an Igbira



*    man; another variant is Eɣ^



*    ɔ̃miɣɔ̃; cf. Iɣã [ ˩ \ ].



*ihã [ ˩ ˥ ] pit into which vicitims of



*    sacrifices were thrown.