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*iha [ ˩ ˩ ] oracle; cf. Yor. ifa [ ˧ ˥ ].



*ihã [ ˩ ˩ ] the wrong way of doing



*    something, e.g. ɔs-am-ihã [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]



*    he scooped water turning the



*    opening of the calabash down-



*    stream (lit. “he scooped water



*    of the wrong way”)+; this water,



*    according to custom, is not



*    drunk, but only used as an



*    ingredient of a medicine against



*    barrenness; ɔgba-ɽ-ihã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he



*    tied it in the wrong way (e.g.



*    when making a bundle of yams);



*    ɔbu‿ɛɽ-ihã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] he decided



*    it (a law suit) wrongly.



*Ihama [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a chief (hereditary



*    title); member of the Uzama



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; senior of the Ihogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ],



*    one section of the Umogũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    (Ɔba’s) family; he attends to the



*    Ɔba’s ancestral shrines (of the



*    paternal side); he also repre-



*    sents Ihogbe at the burial of an



*    Ɔba; v. okoɽo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*ihãna [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (1) simple sacrifice



*    made to one’s father as sub-



*    stitute for ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] (big annual



*    feast of sacrificing to one’s



*    father); is a sign of poverty,



*    or else done in the interregnum



*    between the death of an Ɔba and



*    the coronation of his successor.



*    (2) formula said when taking the



*    first mouthful of food when



*    sacrificed to one’s father; v.



*    ɔlema [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ihe [ ˥ ˩ ] place, spot (used in con-



*    nection with numerals only);



*    ih-eva [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ih-eha [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ih-enɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ih-isɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ih-ehã [ ˥ / ˩ ]



*    at two, three places, etc.; ih-eso



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] some part; cf. ehe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*iheni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] act of giving a name



*    (to a child); cf. he [ / ], eni [ ˩ ˩ ].



*iherhe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) bean- or corn-



*    husks the contents of which