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*    rising tone [ (3-5) ], which is more



*    polite). (2) paganism.



*iɽuɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “day-makers”: a



*    “gang” of the Ɔba’s fixing the



*    date of any event that has hap-



*    pened. (The word occurs in a



*    song, v. ikɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].) cf. ɽu [ ˥ ],



*    ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*iɽuɛeʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “learning things”:



*    (1) knowledge. (2) lesson; d-



*    iɽuɛeʋ̃i n-uwa ɽu ʋ-ow-ebe-ɽɛ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] what lesson have



*    you done at school to-day? cf.



*    ɽuɛ [ / ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ].



*iɽuɛriɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) youngest age-



*    grade in the Ibiwe [ ˩ \ ˩ ] society,



*    the household society super-



*    vising the Ɔba’s harem (ɛriɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ]); cf. ɽu [ ˥ ], ɛriɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*iɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˩ ] (disjunctive) pronoun of



*    the 3rd pers. pl.; iɽ̃ã ʋ-ɔɽe [ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ]



*    “they and he”: he and he, both



*    of them, but the latter is also:



*    iɽ̃ã-veva [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], iɽ̃ã n-eva [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    those two.



*iɽ̃ãmɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] eaves of a house; cf.



*    amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*iɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] a black house ant, a



*    little bigger than ɛhihi [ ˩ \ ˩ ];



*    one kind of iɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ (not so dark)



*    lives on the underside of leaves,



*    like ilaxwɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; iɽ̃aʋ̃-ebo [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    “European iɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ”: a yellow ant



*    found in sugar; v. ɔhɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*iɽ̃aʋ̃iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] a kind of water-plant



*    drifting on the surface of creeks



*    or ponds; together with ihũhũ



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], it forms the “sudd” of the



*    creek region.



*iɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (also short: ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɽ̃ɔ̃, ɽ̃ɔɛ̃, ɽ̃ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃)



*    disjunctive pronoun of the 3rd



*    pers. sgl.; iɽ̃ɛ̃ ʋ-ɔɽe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˥ ] “he



*    and he”: both of them (v. iɽ̃ã



*    [ ˥ ˩ ]); ɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ] is used in front of back



*    vowels, e.g. in ɽ̃ɔ̃‿ũxa [ ˩ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ] do



*    you speak of him? do you mean