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*    uncooked yam; cf. Yor. inya



*    [ ˧ ˥ ], inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Inyahã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a mixed population



*    of Binis and Yorubas, living in



*    the Ondo and Benin provinces;



*    part of the Ikalɛ tribe.



*inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] roasted yam; inyatɔ̃



*    xɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I want roasted yam;



*    cf. inya [ ˩ ˥ ], tɔ̃ 3 [ ˥ ].



*inyatɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also e-) an ixiʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]



*    tree planted before founding a



*    new village or “camp” (v. agɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]), i.e. before building any



*    houses; it represents the owner of



*    the land and is, at the same time,



*    the place where sacrifices to



*    otɔe [ ˩ ˩ ], the ground, are made.



*    Therefore, it is also called



*    aɽu‿otɔe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]: “shrine of the



*    earth”. There is possibly still an



*    ixiʋ̃i as sign of the land-owner in



*    Lagos which is said to have been



*    founded by Bini people. The



*    inyatɔ̃ is held holy as being the



*    oldest and most permanent



*    thing in any town or village in



*    the Bini country.



*inyehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) deafness. (2) ob-



*    stinacy; cf. ny-ehɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*inyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) news; inyɛ magi-ana



*    ʋ-as-owa [ ˩ / ˥ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ] “the news



*    cannot be told after we have



*    arrived (at) home” (said after



*    arrival): something disgraceful



*    has happened on the road; inyɛ



*    n-ɔma ɽ-a na (or, ɔʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ] instead



*    of ɽ-a) [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ] “good news is



*    what one tells (ought to tell)”,



*    said to stop somebody from re-



*    lating bad news. (2) gossip.



*    (3) Biblical: inyɛ n-ɔma [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ]



*    Gospel; cf. Yor. ihĩ [ ˩ ˩ ]; v. na 2



*    [ ˥ ].



*inyɛegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] straining in child-



*    birth; in going to stool; cf. nyɛ



*    [ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].