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*    charm composed of things be-



*    lieved to be taboo to them called



*    eʋ̃i n-aya b-isusu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “things



*    that are used to push the isusu,”



*    i.e. to drive them away; it is tied



*    to a stick outside the village,



*    v. bi [ ˥ ]; a curse: isusu‿ɔɽ-ala



*    ɽuɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] lit. “trouble



*    (or, evil spirits) (it is that) may



*    enter you much!” (or, possibly:



*    your body); v. ukpokpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ];



*    gbe 1 [ ˥ ].



*itã [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) proverb. (2) story



*    (mainly exemplifying a pro-



*    verb). (3) meaning or moral



*    contained in a proverb: itã-ɽ̃ɛ̃



*    [ ˥ / ˩ ] “its meaning”. (4) history



*    (with an application for life);



*    with a moral; cf. Yor. itã [ ˩ ˩ ];



*    v. iʋe [ ˩ ˩ ], fi [ ˥ ].



*itã [ ˩ ˩ ] feather-ordeal; was mainly



*    used to detect adultery, but also



*    for theft; a feather was stuck



*    into the defendant’s tongue,



*    and when it was difficult to pull



*    it out again, i.e. when there was



*    a pause, the woman was guilty;



*    idiom.: itã ya gba [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “the



*    ordeal (-feather) is stuck”: used



*    when there is a slight confusion,



*    and, consequently, a pause, e.g.



*    in writing a letter, or in talking,



*    when the ideas present them-



*    selves too quickly to be ex-



*    pressed in due order.



*itaba [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] tobacco; cf. Port.



*    tabaco; v. egbɔɣɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ].



*Itakpa [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the Nupe people; cf.



*    Yor. takpa [ ˥ ˩ ].



*itaxuɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] material formerly used



*    as uke [ ˩ ˥ ], the pad used in hair-



*    dressing; it is obtained from the



*    plantain-bark; used also as a



*    kind of sponge for “rubbing”



*    (dɔlɔ [ ˩ ˥ ]) walls and floors of



*    houses; for that purpose it is