imperfect.
ɛ̃ [ ˦ ] yes (as reply to a question).
ɛbe [ ˩ \ ] (1) danger. (2) harm.
ɛbete [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a very fat, brown bush-
rat, living mostly in dust-heaps
near the town; same as ekwɛmɔ
[ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; also called esi-oha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
“bush-hog”. It is sacrificed to
Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], together with fish.
ɛbɛ̃ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] a ceremonial sword worn
by chiefs; it does not show as
high a rank as the ada [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf.
gb-ɛbɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ].
ɛbɛ̃ 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, found near water,
Mitragyna macrophylla; planks
are used to build ceilings.
Ɛbi n-uɽoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a praise-name
of the war-chief Edogũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; v.
Abigɛ̃gɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
ɛbo [ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of sedge growing on
river banks; the leaves have
saw-like edges; used by women
to make a kind of mat (atɛrhu
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) and bags.
ɛbo [ ˩ \ ] any charm of powdery
substance with which people
wash themselves (kpe [ ˥ ]) or rub
their foreheads or chests. The
substance is fried and ground
when being prepared. Mostly of
noxious character, but also for
preventing diseases and bad
luck; ɛb-ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “spoiling
charm”: harmful charm; ɛb-
iloʋe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] charm enabling a man
to have intercourse with a
woman without her knowledge;
ɛb-ɔziʋiɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] charm used by
thieves; it makes the place
where they are going to steal
deserted; v. asua [ ˩ ˥ ], eɽ̃uã [ ˩ ˥ ].
Ɛbomisi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] name of a Bini deity
(an ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]) who transformed
himself into a hill after Ɔxwahɛ
[ ˩ / ˩ ] had become a river.
