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*    man hides some seeds in his



*    hands and asks somebody else



*    to guess the number. The



*    answers may be: ɔkpã [ ˥ ˥ ] “an



*    odd number”, izu [ ˩ ˩ ] “an even



*    number”, ɔyɔ [ ˥ ˥ ] “more than



*    seven”, or ihoi [ ˩ ˩ ] “empty”.



*    Grains must be paid for wrong



*    answers according to fixed rules.



*    Other terms used in the game



*    are oʋi‿akãʋ̃udu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] and ogie



*    n-ɛʋ̃ɔ‿ũɽoɣo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]. isɛ n-aʋa



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “seed-throwing”: a game



*    played with seeds that are



*    thrown up from the palm of the



*    hand, caught with the back of



*    the hand first, and finally, caught



*    again with the palm. If one or



*    more seeds drop during this



*    performance, the opponent gets



*    the lot, if nothing drops, the



*    opponent must “pay”. It is



*    played by the players in turn.



*isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] five; isɛ̃ nya‿ugie [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ] 25;



*    isɛ̃ nya‿ɔgbã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] 35; cf. usɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*isɛgwɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] gravelly soil.



*isɛɣɛgwɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˥ ] a kind of ikpogi



*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; the fruit is dark green;



*    not a climbing plant; v. ogi [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Isɛkiɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], also Isɛki [ ˩ ˩ \ ] the



*    Jekri people; v. Iwɛɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*isɛkpokĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (sgl. ɔ-) a working



*    “gang” of the Ɔba’s: leather



*    workers, lit. “sewers of leather



*    boxes”; they work for private



*    individuals as well; cf. se [ ˥ ],



*    ɛkpokĩ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*isi 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) a village, town, or



*    country where one does not live,



*    e.g. isi ɛʋo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] the other



*    villages abroad; isi ɛʋo okpia



*    na ke re [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ / / ˥ ˦ ] “this man



*    has come from another village”,



*    i.e. is not a native of this viliage.



*    (2) rest- or sleeping-quarters of a



*    traveller.