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Esu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a harmful deity which
    is sent by other gods, mostly by
    Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], to cause trouble;
    it cannot kill a man, but leads
    him into danger, temptation,
    e.g. to break the law, and law-
    suits; it is fed ( “given chop”)
    in order to propitiate it, and an
    image of it is kept in a niche at
    one side of the house- or com-
    pound-gate (v. iba [ ˥ ˩ ]) “in order
    to keep bad things away”; the
    image is of wood, and some
    stones are added in the niche.
    (2) the Devil in the Christian
    sense of the word; cf. Yor.
    eʃu [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
esuɣusuɣu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] owl; general
    term; there are four different
    kinds, which, perhaps, may have
    special names; its cry in the
    backyard means that someone
    in the house will get fever, but
    it is not considered as very
    dangerous. The owl may be a
    messenger of witches, or, a
    “strong charm watching by
    night”, i.e. “a charm that is
    supervised by witchcraft”; men
    also are believed to turn into
    owls.
    
es(u)kuɽ(u) [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], esuku [ ˩ ˩ \ ]
    school; Engl.
    
eta [ ˩ ˥ ] act of talking (also of
    parrots); ɔxuɛ na gu-eta [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
    this parrot can talk ( “knows
    talking”); cf. ta [ ˥ ], ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ete [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.c.o.); v.
    Yor. irɛtɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
etebetebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a very small in-
    sect running on the surface of
    water in rivers; cf. Jekri etebe-
    tebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (?) said to be equal
    in meaning to Bini iɽ̃aʋ̃iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].
    
etebuɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] table; Engl.