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*    thrown from the inside bend of



*    the elbow to the palm of the



*    hand; counting follows the rules



*    for isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] and isɛ n-aʋa



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; cf. igwɛ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Is-iloko [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] “base of the Iroko



*    tree”: name of a village on the



*    Onwena (Oguɔ̃na [ ˩ \ ˩ ]) river;



*    terminus of a road; “Siluko”; cf.



*    isi 2 [ ˩ ˥ ], iloko [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].



*isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “drawing war”: an



*    ugie at which Ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ], the god



*    of war, is worshipped. It in-



*    cludes a procession of warriors,



*    headed by the Ɔba, through the



*    streets of Benin City, and the



*    ceremony called amufi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; it



*    is no longer performed now; cf.



*    si [ ˥ ], okuo [ ˩ \ ].



*isixwiã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a gang of women



*    supplying the threads on which



*    uma n-agwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (small iron



*    charms worn by everybody



*    abstaining from new yam during



*    agwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ]) are strung: worn by



*    the Ɔba and his household.



*iso 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] sky; iso n-orhɔ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    “sky of the wet season”: used as



*    a term of comparison for some-



*    thing white (perhaps the clouds



*    are the tertium comparationis);



*    ɔfua ʋ-iso n-orhɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ˩ ] it is



*    white like the sky of the wet



*    season. The term is also used as



*    a praise-name of the present Ɔba:



*    Akɛ̃zua n-iso n-orhɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    Akenzua II, who inherited the



*    praise-name together with his



*    name; cf. irhiso [ ˥ / ˩ ].



*iso 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] a deep muscle-abscess;



*    affects elderly and old people



*    only.



*Iso [ ˩ ˩ ] name of a sib; v. ɛgbɛe



*    [ ˩ \ ].



*isoko [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) neighbourhood; isok-



*    ɛdo‿unam-ugbo ɽa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] do