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*    you have not agreed, it is your



*    business (scil. if anything hap-



*    pens to you), or, it is your



*    fault, or, let it go however it



*    will; iɽo dã n-ɔr-uɛ-xɔe ɛma



*    [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ‿ / ˩ / / ‿ ˩ ] the evil thought



*    that is in your mind (exɔe [ ˥ ˩ ])



*    is not good. (2) hope; cf. ɽo [ / ].



*iɽoɣae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (sgl. e-) an age-group



*    (otu [ ˩ ˩ ]) consisting of young



*    boys and men of the age of



*    15―30 years; in a small village



*    the age may be even higher



*    because the change over from



*    iɽoɣae to iɣele does not take



*    place often; their communal



*    work includes sweeping open



*    spaces, cleaning grass, carry-



*    ing mud for the iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ];



*    formerly also when a Native



*    Administration road was built,



*    treading mud with the iɣele,



*    helping in house-building, e.g.



*    by fetching water, and occasion-



*    ally clearing big plots of farm-



*    land for the most senior ediɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. otu [ ˩ ˩ ].



*iɽola [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] track cut through the



*    bush on which short logs similar



*    to railway sleepers are laid, used



*    for hauling logs from the forest



*    to the next river: “corduroy



*    track” (a timber expression);



*    cf. Engl. “roller”.



*iɽoɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] burial; cf. ɽe [ / ],



*    oɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*iɽuekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] collecting mud (in-



*    cludes mixing mud) for house



*    building; cf. ɽu [ ˥ ], ekɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*iɽuɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) sacrificing to a juju;



*    ma mu‿egb-iɽuɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] we are



*    getting ready to sacrifice to (our)



*    juju! (used e.g. as an excuse for



*    failure to attend to a visitor).



*    (The last syllable, bɔ, is usually



*    lengthened and spoken on a