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*    him? though iɽ̃ɛ̃ uxa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ]



*    seems also possible. Another



*    form iɽ̃ɔɛ̃ is found e.g. in re-



*    ported speech ɔw-iɽ̃ɔɛ̃ (wɛ [ / ])



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ] he said: he (i.e. himself,



*    sc. e.g. did it; in an answer);



*    cf. iɽ̃ã [ ˥ ˩ ]; v. ɔ [ ˩ ].



*iɽ̃ɛʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] knowledge; cf. ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ / ],



*    xxxxx



*    eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. igweʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], igwabɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*iɽ̃ɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) hair of body. (2) fur of



*    animals; cf. Yor. iɽũ [ ˧ ˧ ].



*iɽ̃uɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] dirt; iɽ̃uɛ̃ bũ gbe ʋ-egb-uɛ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ / ] “dirt is much on your



*    body”: you are very dirty.



*iɽ̃uʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] grass; iɽ̃uʋ̃u sɔ̃ gbe



*    ʋ-ogba na [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] “grass grows



*    much in this fenced spot”.



*isã [ ˩ ˩ ] faeces; is-ãhiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ]



*    “faeces of bird”: a tree, Maba



*    chrysantha; is-ãvã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “faeces



*    of thunder”: an oblong stone



*    (half a foot or a foot long)



*    found in the earth, on rocky



*    soil, or in dead trees struck by



*    lightning (?) (mostly in uloko



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] tree though it has a different



*    origin there); easily breakable;



*    cf. avã [ ˩ ˥ ] “thunderbolt”.



*    N.W.Th. has “long stone-axe”.



*    It is used for “medical” pur-



*    poses; is-õgo [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “faeces of old



*    farm land”: yams growing on



*    abandoned farm because over-



*    looked by the farmer; v. uxuʋ̃u



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*isaba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a style of hair-dressing



*    worn by women during the



*    fourth or fifth month of preg-



*    nancy: consists of many small



*    plaits, each “about as thick as



*    a cigarette”; v. eto [ ˩ ˥ ].



*isagele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “bullet-maker”: a



*    word occurring in a song; the



*    tones are uncertain; cf. sa [ ˥ ] (?),



*    agele [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (?).