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ehɔ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) ear; v. daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    (2) edge; ehɔ-ɽe [ ˩ / ˩ ] its edge
    (of a table, cloth, etc.); cf. the
    use of Yor. eti [ ˧ ˥ ].
    
ehɔ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) an annual sacrificial
    festival to the ancestors; iɽ̃ã
    ɣaɽu‿ehɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] they are per-
    forming the ehɔ-festival (or:
    ri‿ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]); v. orhu 2 [ ˩ ˥ ].
    (2) (with a god’s name as a
    following genitive): an annual
    festival of a god, e.g. eh-olokũ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] festival of Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; eh-
    osũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] festival of Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    The latter takes place about
    April; the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], the
    priest’s assistants, beat drums
    (iɣede [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) and dance, and while
    dancing they perform magical
    tricks; these are said to be
    taking a tortoise out of their
    abdomen, vomiting scorpions,
    stabbing themselves with knives
    without injury, and sowing
    plants which grow up immedi-
    ately. The priest himself is said
    to turn into a leopard, elephant,
    chimpanzee, an oil-palm, etc.,
    transforming himself into a cow
    being the most difficult degree.
    
Ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] a village on the boundary
    between Bini and Ishan country;
    “Ehor”.
    
Ehɔ̃dɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] title of a chief who
    supervises (and helps in) the
    butchering of animals for the
    Ɔba, and slaughters at all the
    Ɔba’s sacrifices; he is given
    parts of the slaughtered animals;
    a praise-name is: Ehɔ̃dɔ n-
    ɔriaɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “Ehɔ̃dɔ the
    meat-eater”
    
ehɔɣae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a term derived from the
    ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-position ɔh-ɔɣae
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (v. ɔha [ ˩ ˥ ]); this position is
    believed to indicate enmity from