(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
