sini n-aya dɔl-ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
“machine for repairing clothes”:
sewing-machine.
ematɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] iron; cf. ɔtɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (?);
v. ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ].
emɛ [ ˩ \ ] monkey; v. atugiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],
alazi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ], axarho [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], ɛxoxo
[ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], ogĩ [ ˩ ˥ ], ɔsa [ ˩ ˩ ], uhiɽi
[ ˥ \ ˩ ].
emɛhɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) bands, or crowds,
of women acclaiming the Ɔba
when he is marching through
the town during the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]
called isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; they ex-
claim iyare! [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “safe arrival”,
or “welcome home”. (2) emɛhɛ
n-uɽubi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] carriers of the
Ɔba; they must never be seen by
the Ɔba without a load on their
heads, therefore, when he is
near, they either put the nearest
thing on their heads, or, they
lean their heads against a house-
wall, as if about to lift the
house, asking help of passers-by:
mu mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “lift it for me”
(Uɽubi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] is a quarter of
Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], near Benin City);
cf. mu [ ˥ ] (?), ihɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).
emiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] illness; complaint;
may be made specific by a noun
indicating a part of the body,
e.g. in emiaʋ̃-obɔ lɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
lit. “an illness of the hand is
paining me”; a special disease
is emiaʋ̃-ũhobo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] lit. “Sobo-
disease”: probably ascites; v.
uhuʋ̃ova [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
emilɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a special kind of red
yam the fruit of which hangs
from a rope; cf. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].
emiowo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] meat; same as aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
emobo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a dress of the Ɔba’s;
not the most elaborate one.
