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*ixo [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) blood-letting: a piece



*    of cotton which has been soaked



*    in oil is lit inside a special kind



*    of calabash (called uko n-aya



*    mu‿ĩxo [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] “calabash used



*    for blood-letting”), and a cut is



*    made from which the blood is



*    to be drawn (mainly in the



*    thigh), the calabash is tightly



*    pressed on this cut, and when



*    the light goes out, it sticks to



*    the spot and draws the blood.



*    Used as a remedy for reducing



*    swellings and muscle-pains. (2)



*    a mark on the forehead that for-



*    merly was a sign of a free-born



*    man; also ix-aɽo [ ˥ \ ˩ ] (tone!);



*    only few people have it now-



*    adays; it is still a little more



*    frequent among Binis from



*    Akure and Ishan people.



*ixu [ ˩ \ ] (country-made) farmer’s



*    matchet; billhook; any matchet



*    may be called ixu when used in



*    farming.



*Ixuɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] names of two Bini



*    villages, seats of Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ]



*    shrines; there is Ixuɛ̃ n-iɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]



*    and Ixũ-oʋi‿ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˩ ] lit.



*    “Ixuɛ̃ of the doctor’s child”.



*ixuiwu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] hatred: ixuiwu bũ-ɛ̃



*    gbe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “hatred is too much



*    (with) you”: you are too full of



*    hatred.



*iy- [ ˩ ] score; twenty (in connec-



*    tion with following numerals



*    only); iy-eva [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “two score”:



*    forty; iy-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] three score:



*    sixty; iy-enɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] four score:



*    eighty; iy-isɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] five score: a



*    hundred; iy-iy-eha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “three



*    score times three score”: 3600



*    (St Mark 4, 20).



*iya [ ˥ ˩ ] an exclamation of annoy-



*    ance used by boys, e.g. when



*    attacked by a younger brother,