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*    sufficient that I may take him”,



*    viz. with me, on a certain enter-



*    prise. (2) wisdom (in judging a



*    palaver); iwɛɽo seems mainly to



*    refer to the sense of justice.



*    (3) (pl.) wise, sensible people;



*    cf. wo [ ˥ ].



*iwowo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] thin planks used in



*    building the walls of a shack;



*    v. owa [ ˩ ˥ ].



*iwu 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] tribal marks; men have



*    seven iwu, not including the



*    face-marks on the forehead, v.



*    ixaɽo [ ˥ \ ˩ ], viz. iwu ades-ɛwɛe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ \ ] “marks of the middle



*    of the chest” (one on each



*    side?); iw-ugbefɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] “rib-



*    marks” (one on each side):



*    a long mark stretching from



*    under the shoulder along the



*    ribs to the loins; more side-



*    wards than oʋ-iwu [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; iwu



*    iyeke [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “back-marks” (one



*    on each side); starts from the



*    beginning of the upper arm, and



*    goes along the back to the thigh;



*    v. oʋ-iwu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (v. oʋi [ ˩ ˥ ]) (one)



*    mark along the left side of the



*    body; abɛrhɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] mark on the



*    abdomen. Women are said to



*    have all these marks doubled, so



*    that they have fourteen marks



*    altogether; at Usɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] only



*    the women are said to have the



*    same marks as the men. Here,



*    as well, the marks on the fore-



*    head (urɛbo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) are not in-



*    cluded; v. ur-ɛɣele [ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˩ ] (not



*    tribal marks!).



*iwu 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] progeny of the first



*    generation: child, children; also:



*    ɔm-iwu [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; v. eyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], ihiɛ̃hiɛ̃



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], sakpaɽ̃ɛ̃ɣodĩ [ ˥ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ], ɣabi-



*    ɔna [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].



*iwuyɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] nice appearance;



*    iwuyɛʋ̃ɛ ɽ̃uɛ̃ yɛ ʋ̃ɛ gbe [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ / ˦ ˧ ˨ ]