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*    a traditional story explaining



*    this rule. Round the ikũs, ɔgwas



*    and uɣuɣas [ ˥ \ ˩ ] are grouped



*    which open into the ikũs. Rich



*    people have an ikũ n-aɽu ogũ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˨ ] ikũ of the Ogũ-shrine (a



*    narrow one between the first and



*    the second ikũ). Poorer people



*    have their Ogũ-shrine opposite



*    the mother’s shrine, and the



*    “arm” (Obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) above Ogũ. For



*    Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ], v. ɔgwa [ ˩ ˥ ] and ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ].



*    Uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], the head, is wor-



*    shipped either in a niche (iba



*    [ ˥ ˥ ]) in one’s sleeping-room, or



*    (by. chiefs) at a special shrine



*    near the house-owner’s private



*    rooms. This is then called ikũ



*    n-aɽ-uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ]; v. ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    iba [ ˥ ˥ ].



*ikũegbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “tying body



*    (oneself) and taking”: contrition



*    (Akugbe); cf. kũ 1 [ / ].



*ikuɛ̃kuɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] wrinkles; aɽu‿ɔɽe



*    bũn-ikuɛ̃kuɛ̃ (bũnɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    his face is wrinkled (lit. “broken



*    (in) wrinkles”).



*ikpakpa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] skin (a thicker one



*    than ibobo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]); ikpakp-egbe



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] skin (of body); ikpakp-



*    erhã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] bark (of tree); ikpakp-



*    ɔɣɛdɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] plantain-peel; ikp-



*    akp-ehɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] scales of fish.



*ikpakpalɔ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] a wild bean,



*    edible.



*ikpata [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) evil spirits living



*    on (or near) the roads believed



*    to be able to “seize” one’s wife



*    or children by means of a fatal



*    disease or an accident; sacrifices



*    are given to them at uprooted



*    trees where they are supposed



*    to live: the sacrifice is put in a



*    bag, together with a viper’s



*    skin, and suspended from a root



*    of the tree. (2) way-layers.