of no account”: it does not do
me any harm; cf. igbesa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop; factory; same
as ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; Engl.
esagiɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] blood; same as ɛrhaɛ̃
[ ˩ \ ].
esago [ ˩ \ ˩ ] demijohn; cf. Yor.
ʃago [ ˥ ˧ ].
esakpaede [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (1) a men’s drum;
the iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] age-group dance
to this drum; it is small and
round, covered with skin on
both ends (but not narrow in the
middle). (2) name of the dance.
esalebo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a plant; the seeds
are strung up and put round a
calabash, serving as a rattle; v.
ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a disease: small sores,
mostly on hands and feet; re-
sembles smallpox, but bigger in
size; probably tertiary syphilis.
Esama [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a chief who performs
the ama [ ˩ ˥ ]-ceremony (relating
to the Ɔba’s children).
esaɽa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] saw; it seems to occur
with the prefixes a- and ɔ- as
well; cf. Port. sierra.
esaʋ̃a [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] any carved bone or
ivory; cf. igbesaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ese [ ˩ ˩ ] any sacrifice ordered by
an oracle; “predicted sacrifice”;
es-ɔsi‿ɛe y-ɔɽ-egbe [ ˩ / ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “it
is a predicted sacrifice that has
drawn it to his body”: i.e. that
has caused the trouble; is often
said as explanation of a disaster,
bad luck, etc. that has befallen
a man; idiom.: imu‿es-ɔgiɛ n-
ɔgiɛ (na [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ˩ / ] “I took
the predicted sacrifice of Ɔgiɛ
and gave it to Ɔgiɛ (a name)”:
I left it alone; v. zɔ 2 [ / ], aɽugbo
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
eseku [ ˩ / ˥ ] a dwarf-like being,
