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*ikpawɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] floor of house; cf.



*    owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ikpayɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “marauders”, fol-



*    lowers of chiefs on their errands



*    for the Ɔba (in former days),



*    pillaging the villages visited.



*    Idiom.: ikpay-ɔɽe gbe ʋ-akɔ̃ si



*    ʋ-ihue [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] “his marau-



*    ders have struck like teeth (and)



*    drawn like nose”, i.e. they have



*    seized many things and carried



*    them off.



*Ikpe [ ˥ ˩ ] name of a Bini village,



*    seat of an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] shrine.



*ikpekpeɽu [ ˩ ˥ \ ˩ ] an edible kind of



*    mushroom found on ogwe [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    fallen trees.



*ikpema [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (sgl. ɔ-) band of



*    drummers; a “gang” of the



*    Ɔba’s; cf. kpe 1 [ / ], ema [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ikpẽma [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] act of “digging”



*    yams; cf. kpɛ̃ [ ˥ ], ema [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ikpexie [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a white bean similar



*    to eɽe [ ˥ ˩ ].



*ikpezikɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl., sgl. ɔ-) a band



*    of the Ɔba’s: horn- and calabash-



*    trumpet blowers; some big chiefs



*    have them as well; they are not



*    identical with the ikporhu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    or ikpakɔ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. kpe 1 [ / ],



*    ezikɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*ikpɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ] red yam (sub-species: oli-



*    mɛhi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; uhoboriabe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]);



*    v. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ikpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) seed; grain; ikp-exae



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “grains of sand”: a eu-



*    phemism for smallpox (eʋ̃ifi



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]); ikp-ogi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] or [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] fruit



*    of a certain creeper (ogi [ ˩ ˩ ]);



*    it is in the shape of a ball and



*    contains grains that are used in



*    making eʋariɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], native



*    butter, and in unwɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    (soup). The grains that have been



*    ground and cooked are wrapped



*    in leaves. There are two sorts of