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    bably does not mean practical
    ownership; he used to bring a
    human sacrifice to the palm
    tree once a year, the sacrifice
    being performed at one palm
    tree at Uhɛ̃ which is supposed to
    stand on the spot where the first
    palm tree grew (or to be the
    same tree?). A praise-name is
    Ezima n-uhɛ̃ n-ɔkp-ema ri‿awɔ
    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “Ezima of Uhɛ̃ who
    has beaten the drum to eat awɔ”
    (= obobo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]).
    
ezɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] a repair, a defective place
    made good; ezɔ na gĩ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] this
    repair leaks; cf. zɔ 2 [ / ].
    
Ezɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a chief, the highest in
    rank after the Ɔba; lives at
    Uzɛbu [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], a quarter of Benin
    City where he seems to enjoy
    sovereign rights to a greater
    extent than any other ruler in
    the Bini country; in former
    times the inhabitants of Uzɛbu
    are even said to have seized men
    from Benin City; he is the head
    of the egi-esã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] sib (cf. ogie
    [ ˩ ˩ ] “ruler” and esã [ ˥ ˩ ]
    “Ishan”), and the Ezɔmɔs are
    said to have been rulers of Ishan
    once upon a time (though not
    the first Ezɔmɔs); his messengers
    are, or were, until a short time
    ago, much respected in some
    parts of the Ishan country. He
    is considered to be the first war-
    chief of the Binis, and as such
    has the most powerful charms.
    Every morning he sits on his
    dais, calling down evil on the
    enemies of Benin. The title is
    hereditary; by Europeans he
    is called Ojɔmɔ. A praise-name
    is Ezɔmɔ N-uti [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. Yor.
    ɔjɔmɔ or ojɔmɔ [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].
    
Ezɔti [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] name of an Ɔba.