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*    dipped in water that has been



*    mixed with mud.



*ite [ ˥ / ] (1) continued menstrua-



*    tion. (2) a parrot’s disease



*    hindering the development of its



*    red tail feather (ebaxuɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]).



*itẽgbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] pride (in a bad



*    sense); cf. tɔ̃ 4 [ ˥ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ], mu



*    [ ˥ ]; v. iʋ̃aegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], uhioʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*itehie [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a very small kind of



*    tomato said to taste bitter, and



*    believed to originate from the



*    faeces of the birds asɛsɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] and



*    esikpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]; the shrub is only



*    a few feet high and yields much



*    fruit; v. exwe [ ˥ ˥ ].



*itẽrhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] tree-felling (used by



*    timbermen); cf. tɔ̃ [ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*itɛbitɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (also e-) for ever;



*    Oɣodua keʋ - Osanobu - itɛbitɛ



*    [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˧ ˨ ] “God Almighty



*    and Everlasting” (Akugbe).



*itie [ ˩ ˥ ] “calling”, i.e. saying the



*    ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (divination) solu-



*    tions as contrasted to their



*    analysis and explanation (eria



*    [ ˩ ˥ ], ria [ / ]); cf. tie [ / ].



*itiebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] reading, lit. “book-



*    calling”; cf. tie [ / ], ebe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*itiɛzɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “law-suit-calling”:



*    bringing in a summons; cf. tie



*    xxxxx



*    [ / ], ɛzɔ [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. iɣo [ ˥ ˥ ].



*itile [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] betting; cf. ta [ ˥ ],



*    ile [ ˥ ˩ ].



*itohã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] pity; cf. tohã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*itohia [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] guinea-worm.



*itõkũ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) measuring timber



*    logs with a rope; (2) plural of



*    ɔtõkũ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. tã [ ˥ ], okũ [ ˥ ˩ ].



*itotaya [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] buttocks; cf. tota



*    [ ˥ / ]; v. ikebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*itoto [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a kind of cane; root is



*    used as a medicine, and also as



*    a magic preparation for making



*    “one’s body smooth and fleshy”,



*    esp. for the Ɔba.