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*    mother (pl.). iy-odede [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    grandmother (paternal and ma-



*    ternal); iye ʋ̃-odede [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] my



*    grandmother; iy-erha [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “fa-



*    ther’s mother”, or iye n-ɔbi-erha



*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “mother who has borne



*    the father”: paternal grand-



*    mother; iy-iye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] or iye n-ɔb-



*    iye [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] maternal grand-



*    mother. iy-aʋ̃-ɔ̃ʋ̃a [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a man’s



*    mother-in-law; also iy-ɔʋoxã ʋ̃ɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] my mother-in-law. iy-



*    ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “mother of the Ɔba”:



*    the Queen-mother who resides



*    at Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (cf. orhu [ ˩ ˥ ]).



*    iy-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “mother of the



*    house”: the woman who is in



*    charge of a household, i.e. either



*    the house-owner’s mother or, if



*    she is dead, his senior wife.



*    iye n-agbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] lit. “mother of



*    this world”: mistress; lover.



*    iy-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] (also oded-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) “mother of the dead, or,



*    of the juju”: title of the senior



*    man (?) in the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] society;



*    v. ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. Idiom.: mu-ɔmɔ



*    y-egb-iy-ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] lit. “to take



*    a child to its mother’s body”



*    (i.e. on her lap): to end a matter



*    (by putting things where they be-



*    long); cf. iyeye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], eyeye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*iyeke [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) back (of body).



*    (2) back (of something, of part



*    of body); behind; iyek-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    back of the hand; iyek-owɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]



*    upper side of the foot; iyek-owa



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] back of the house; back-



*    yard (latrine); behind the house;



*    iyek-ogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] male servants’



*    quarter in the compound; iyek-



*    ikpoba [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of the



*    neighbourhood behind the river



*    Ikpoba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. iyek-iyeke [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ],



*    [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] backwards; iyek-iyeke‿



*    ɔla ɣe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “backwards he