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isaɣa [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] another name for
    efɛ̃rhĩnyɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] (tapioca; sago).
    
isãhɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] key; rh-isãhɛ̃ gũ ʋ̃ɛ ya
    ki-ɛkpɛtĩ [ / \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] give me the
    key to open the box! cf. Port.
    chave.
    
isamɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] baptism; cf. sa [ ˥ ],
    amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
isawɛwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] the groundnut,
    Arachis hypogoea.
    
ise [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) pointed sticks used as
    nails in house building: they are
    passed through the roof-thatch
    which is laid like a saddle over
    okpo [ ˩ ˥ ], the ridge beam: they
    go under the beam and through
    the opposite side of the thatch,
    the ends are then tied together
    over the thatch in order to
    prevent the ise from slipping
    out. (2) stabbing pains in chest
    and back, e.g. due to pleurisy;
    cf. se [ ˥ ].
    
isele 1 [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) shilling. (2) silver;
    cf. Engl. “shilling”.
    
isele 2 [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a dance, of Jekri
    origin.
    
isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) formula of confirmation
    used at the end of a prayer or
    blessing. (2) amen.
    
isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) seeds of otiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] and
    several other trees, including
    ekasa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], strung on a thread
    and worn round the foot as
    rattles (by the masqueraders of
    the Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] and Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]
    societies). Any rattle is called
    isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ], except the one made of
    uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] leaves, which is called
    ɛgwɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ], (2) seeds woven in a
    net round a calabash, the whole
    being the rattle ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (uko,
    isɛ). The noise is made by this
    net; there are no seeds inside the
    calabash. isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “seed-
    guessing”: a game in which a