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enia [ ˩ ˥ ] so; thus; cf. eriɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
enibokũ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a white bird, the
    Cattle Egret or Buff-backed
    Heron, which is considered to
    be very “senior”; its praise-
    name is enibokũ‿ɔ̃xɔxɔ n-uhɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “Enibokũ, the fowl of
    Ifɛ.” They are not common at
    Benin City, but many of them
    are said to come at the time of
    the Ɔba’s igwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ], the sacrifice
    to his head, where also one
    enibokũ is included (?); thirty or
    fifty come to a certain tree near
    the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; they are said to
    come from Ifɛ.
    
enitã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] crayfish (found in
    rivers).
    
enixuxu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pigeon; it is a sym-
    bol of happy marriage; oɽ̃ɔʋ̃-ĩɽ̃ã
    ye ʋ-ɔɣ-enixuxu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ] their
    marriage is like that of the
    house-pigeons.
    
enwa [ ˩ \ ] now (same as ebã [ ˩ \ ]);
    redupl.: nwanwa [ ˥ (4-1) ]; enwa‿ũde
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ] now are you coming?
    
enwananwana [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] flash of
    lightning, or of the reflected sun
    in a mirror; enwananwan-erhɛ̃
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] spark from worked iron
    in a smithy (Ɔxw.); cf. nwana-
    nwana [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛhohaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ].
    
enwaniɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] answer; cf. nwaniɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ], inwaniɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
enwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a palm-branch with
    its side branches on; enwaʋ̃-
    ɛ̃ɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (unusual tones)
    “palm-branch of ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]”: a
    tree Dracaena sp.; its leaves are
    like palm-leaves; when cooked
    they are used as a medicine
    against gonorrhoea; v. exɔe 2 [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
enwɛ [ ˩ \ ] (1) (mother’s) breast.
    (2) milk; enw-ɛmila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] cow-
    milk.
    
enwini [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a drum which is