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*    have been eaten by insects



*    (espec. ants); rhɔ‿iherhe n-ɔr-



*    ihɛʋ̃ɛ na kua [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ˩ / ] pick



*    the empty husks which are



*    among these beans, and throw



*    them away! (2) empty gums



*    of infants; ɔʋoxã na y-iherhe wɔ



*    ʋ̃-enwɛ [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ] “this child



*    has taken its gums and pressed



*    my breasts”: i.e. sucked at my



*    breasts.



*ihɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] load; ihɛ xuaa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] the



*    load is (too) heavy for me; ih-aɣ-



*    ẽmiowo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ] “load of mat



*    (aɣɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ]) of meat”: dried meat



*    wrapped in a mat; up to a short



*    time ago, meat was carried in



*    this way to the Ɔba and to chiefs



*    by hunters making a present of



*    part of their kill (v. imuohã



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); this is said to be done



*    still “in the bush” (the nasalisa-



*    tion-mark on the ẽ indicates a



*    nasalised glide only); ih-ɔka [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    a load of corn (maize); cf. hɛ



*    [ / ].



*ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ] (1) a deity whose shrines



*    are believed to have been in-



*    stituted by the deity itself; the



*    ihɛ̃s mostly correspond to rivers



*    and are believed to have been



*    human beings who transformed



*    themselves into those rivers;



*    (contrast: ɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ], any “juju



*    constructed by men”); cf. ohɛ̃



*    [ ˩ \ ]. (2) oath; v. vɛ̃ [ ˥ ]. (3) curse;



*    v. tie [ / ].



*ihɛ̃hũnu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] unanimous de-



*    cision; cf. hɛ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ], unu [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ihɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] (1) beans; aɣam-inya



*    kpalɔ y-ihɛʋ̃ɛ ni-ɽɛ yi (miɛ [ ˥ ])



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ / / / ˥ ] “can we get yam



*    to peel for those beans to-day?”



*    i.e. to eat together with the



*    beans; v. bie [ / ]. (2) kidneys



*    (probably because of their