enibokũ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a white bird, the
Cattle Egret or Buff-backed
Heron, which is considered to
be very “senior”; its praise-
name is enibokũ‿ɔ̃xɔxɔ n-uhɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “Enibokũ, the fowl of
Ifɛ.” They are not common at
Benin City, but many of them
are said to come at the time of
the Ɔba’s igwɛ [ ˩ ˩ ], the sacrifice
to his head, where also one
enibokũ is included (?); thirty or
fifty come to a certain tree near
the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; they are said to
come from Ifɛ.
enitã [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] crayfish (found in
rivers).
enixuxu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] pigeon; it is a sym-
bol of happy marriage; oɽ̃ɔʋ̃-ĩɽ̃ã
ye ʋ-ɔɣ-enixuxu [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ˩ ] their
marriage is like that of the
house-pigeons.
enwa [ ˩ \ ] now (same as ebã [ ˩ \ ]);
redupl.: nwanwa [ ˥ (4-1) ]; enwa‿ũde
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ‿ ˩ ] now are you coming?
enwananwana [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] flash of
lightning, or of the reflected sun
in a mirror; enwananwan-erhɛ̃
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] spark from worked iron
in a smithy (Ɔxw.); cf. nwana-
nwana [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛhohaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ].
enwaniɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] answer; cf. nwaniɛ
[ ˩ ˥ ], inwaniɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
enwaʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a palm-branch with
its side branches on; enwaʋ̃-
ɛ̃ɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (unusual tones)
“palm-branch of ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]”: a
tree Dracaena sp.; its leaves are
like palm-leaves; when cooked
they are used as a medicine
against gonorrhoea; v. exɔe 2 [ ˥ ˩ ].
enwɛ [ ˩ \ ] (1) (mother’s) breast.
(2) milk; enw-ɛmila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] cow-
milk.
enwini [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a drum which is
