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*isaɣa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] another name for



*    efɛ̃rhĩnyɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] (tapioca; sago).



*isãhɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] key; rh-isãhɛ̃ gũ ʋ̃ɛ ya



*    ki-ɛkpɛtĩ [ / \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] give me the



*    key to open the box! cf. Port.



*    chave.



*isamɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] baptism; cf. sa [ ˥ ],



*    amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*isawɛwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] the groundnut,



*    Arachis hypogoea.



*ise [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) pointed sticks used as



*    nails in house building: they are



*    passed through the roof-thatch



*    which is laid like a saddle over



*    okpo [ ˩ ˥ ], the ridge beam: they



*    go under the beam and through



*    the opposite side of the thatch,



*    the ends are then tied together



*    over the thatch in order to



*    prevent the ise from slipping



*    out. (2) stabbing pains in chest



*    and back, e.g. due to pleurisy;



*    cf. se [ ˥ ].



*isele 1 [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) shilling. (2) silver;



*    cf. Engl. “shilling”.



*isele 2 [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a dance, of Jekri



*    origin.



*isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) formula of confirmation



*    used at the end of a prayer or



*    blessing. (2) amen.



*isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) seeds of otiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] and



*    several other trees, including



*    ekasa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], strung on a thread



*    and worn round the foot as



*    rattles (by the masqueraders of



*    the Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] and Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]



*    societies). Any rattle is called



*    isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ], except the one made of



*    uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] leaves, which is called



*    ɛgwɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ], (2) seeds woven in a



*    net round a calabash, the whole



*    being the rattle ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (uko,



*    isɛ). The noise is made by this



*    net; there are no seeds inside the



*    calabash. isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “seed-



*    guessing”: a game in which a