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*    prickly heat; swelling caused by



*    eating too much sugar-cane, or



*    by scratching oneself; v. likpa-



*    likpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. Possibly ikpɛ may



*    refer here to the little heaps of



*    soil made by worms.



*ikp-ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] date; cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], ikpɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ]?



*ikpɛkete [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] drummers placed



*    behind the Ɔba while he sits or



*    stands at an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ikpɛkpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] cemetery; a curse:



*    ikpɛkpɛ‿uɽaʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] may you



*    sleep on the cemetery! (i.e. “may



*    you not grow very old”, since



*    old people who had their own



*    house and did not live in their



*    father’s or relative’s house, were



*    buried at their house).



*ikpɛsi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (big) yam-pole; they



*    are used in the proportion of one



*    ikpɛsi to three or four ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    (small yam poles).



*ikpĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] boa; ikpĩ n-erha ʋ̃ɛ gbe-ɽɛ



*    tã gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the boa my



*    father killed to-day (ɛɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]) is



*    very long; ikpĩ‿amɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “boa



*    of water (rain)”: rainbow; cf.



*    ataikpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], iro [ ˥ ˩ ],



*    osumaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ikpĩhiãbɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] finger; ikpĩhiãbɔ



*    n-ogie [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the principal



*    finger”: thumb; ikpĩhiãbɔ n-



*    usexae [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] indicator (cf.



*    s-exae [ ˥ ˩ ] to point with the



*    indicator)+; ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔw(u)a-



*    ɽoka [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “finger to which



*    a ring is forbidden”: indicator;



*    ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔk-adesɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    middle finger; ikpĩhiãb-oɽoka



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “ring-finger”: fourth



*    finger; also ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔdia ke



*    n-exerhe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] “finger that



*    is near the small one”; ikpĩhiãbɔ



*    n-exerhe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] small finger;



*    cf. obɔ, abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].