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*Ijehe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] name of a village:



*    “Jesse”; its population consists



*    of Sobo people; the name is not



*    of Bini origin.



*ika 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] a small-sized variety of



*    ivi-urhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (coral necklace for



*    chefs); the thread on which it



*    is strung up is ik-ẽni [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (an



*    elephant’s tail-hair), nowadays,



*    red copper wire.



*ika 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] spur of a cock.



*ikã [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a creeper, Eremospatha



*    macrocarpa ( “cane”); used for



*    bow-strings and for tying things.



*    (2) bow-string. (3) ik-ẽni [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    whip of elephant’s tail the hair



*    of which is used as thread for



*    coral necklaces and anklets; cf.



*    Yor. ikã [ ˧ ˩ ].



*ikadɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] forked pole; e.g. in



*    ikadɛl-enɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “the four poles”,



*    a praise-name of the ediɔ̃ n-enɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], the village elders.



*ikaerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “notching” trees (a



*    timbermen’s expression); cf. kae



*    [ / ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ikaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also ekaɣa) (1) bridle.



*    (2) said to be used to denote as



*    well “gag”; v. uxu [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ikaũ [ ˩ ˥ ] lighter sort of potash



*    (saltpetre); cf. Hausa kanwa



*    [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. odo [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ike [ ˩ ˩ ] log; ik-erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] log



*    (of wood).



*ikebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] buttocks; v. itotaya



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ikefeɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] heathen; pagan (re-



*    cent word used by Christians;



*    ɔɽuɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] is better); cf. Yor.



*    keferi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; Hausa kafiri [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].



*ikewu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] three stones serving



*    as pot rest (each one is called



*    ikewu).



*ikɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) “day-counter”:



*    a word occurring in a song, v.



*    iɽuɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. ka 4 [ ˥ ], ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].