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*iʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] loneliness; iʋiɛro [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    “loneliness is reigning (?)”: time



*    of the fiercest heat, between



*    two and four o’clock, when



*    everybody has retired into his



*    house; this is one of the best



*    times for thieves. During this



*    time, the antelope ɛrhuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] may



*    be met with, coming out to eat



*    ocro; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ] (?).



*iʋiɛkpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a snake: short, simi-



*    lar to a viper and of the same



*    colour as a viper; jumps; poison-



*    ous; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*iʋ̃aegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] self-conceit; cf. ʋ̃a



*    [ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. itẽgbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],



*    uhioʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ], uzɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].



*iw- [ ˩ ] ten (in the following com-



*    positions only): iw-eva [ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    twelve; iw-eɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] thirteen;



*    iw-enɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] fourteen; cf. igbe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ].



*iw- [ ˩ ] household society at the



*    Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; in (1) Iw-ebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    another society of the three



*    main societies; it is concerned



*    with the Ɔba’s dresses; the



*    senior chiefs are Unwagwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    and Ɛɽibo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; the young people



*    in it who have not yet any title,



*    are called ibiɛruɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], as in



*    Iw-ɛguae. (2) iw-egiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the



*    Ɔba’s defensive charmers or evil-



*    wishers against his private



*    enemies (“implicators”), a divi-



*    sion of the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; (3) iw-



*    ehɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a division of the



*    Ɔba’s ewaise [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; they take



*    care of some of his charms.



*    (4) Iw-ɛguae [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “society of



*    the Ɛguae”: one of the three



*    main household societies; it



*    contains the personal servants



*    of the Ɔba; all the emada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]



*    belong to them; the young



*    people at the Iw-ɛguae are