as a market stall; cf. oko 1 [ ˩ ˥ ];
v. agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], oxogbo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]. (2) name
of Lagos (Yor. eko [ ˩ / ]); per-
haps the name is of Bini origin,
as there is a tradition that Lagos
was founded as a Bini war-camp.
ekoko [ ˩ ˩ \ ] cocoa; Engl.
ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] native spoon con-
sisting of the cover of a snail’s
shell; still used by a few old
people, and in bush-villages; v.
akeɽekeɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
eku [ ˩ ˥ ] malice; ekueku [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
wrong; false; undue; ɔgbe ʋ̃-
ẽkueku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he flogged me
without reason; v. iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ].
eku [ ˩ \ ] semen.
ekuɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] bellows; ozo gua kp-
eku-ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] Ojo knows
very well (how) to work the
bellows.
ekuɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] a bird the cry of
which is said to spell evil, and
it is believed that a district in
which it is frequently heard will
have many deaths; the cry is
interpreted as kũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “tie it (viz. a corpse)
strongly!” and the evening- and
night-cry is: ɛʋo foo [ ˩ ˩ (5-3) ] “the
country (or village) is finished!”
After the first cry, a death is
expected in three or seven days’
time; if somebody is ill at the
time of the cry, “the witches
will expect his death; for it gives
the witches power”. Therefore,
the bird is shot if it is possible;
cf. kũ 1 [ / ].
ekuku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] cook. Engl.
ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (European) spoon; cf.
Port. colher; v. ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ].
ekuzo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a shrub, Ongokea
klaineana; cf. eka [ ˥ ˩ ] (?); uzo
[ ˥ ˩ ] (?).
