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*imuegberiotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “taking body



*    to the ground”: humbleness



*    (Akugbe); cf. mu [ ˥ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    rie [ / ], otɔ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*imueʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] eating feast arranged



*    by the big chiefs in turn for



*    the Iw-ɛguae [ ˩ \ ˩ ] and all the



*    people working at the Ɛguae.



*    The Ɔba sends as his share ten



*    bundles of yam and twenty



*    antelope legs; cf. mu 1 [ ˥ ], eʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ \ ].



*imuɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] mosquito; an insulting



*    expression: uɽu owɛ ʋ-ow-imuɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] “you have (lit. “make”)



*    feet like (the feet) those of a



*    mosquito”.



*im(u)ohã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] giving presents to



*    the Ɔba: every Bini man may



*    present the Ɔba with fruits of



*    his labour; hĩ oha [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; v. fi



*    [ ˥ ].



*Inɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] a chief; member of the



*    Ib-iwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] society and one of



*    the Eɣaɛʋo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*inia [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) root; ini-erhã [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    root of a tree; ini-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    “root of river”: a stone (carved?)



*    shaped similar to a root that is



*    used by the Yorubas in pre-



*    paring a “medicine”; ini-okuta



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] “root of stone” is pro-



*    bably similar to the preceding.



*    (2) vein.



*inɔta [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] question; cf. nɔ [ / ],



*    ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ].



*inwaniɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “answering



*    words”: answer; cf. nwaniɛ [ ˩ ˥ ],



*    enwaniɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*inwaniɔmɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] acknowledgment



*    of an infant-betrothal by the



*    father-in-law (including a sacri-



*    fice to erha [ ˥ ˥ ]).



*inwina [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] work; cf. nwina [ ˩ ˥ ].



*inya [ ˩ ˥ ] yam (when taken out of



*    the ground); iny-ɔ̃gbɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] raw,