marriage, if begun without
knowledge of the relationship of
the partners, must be purified
by a sacrifice to erha [ ˥ ˥ ], the
ancestors. The members of the
ɛgbɛe have a particular morning
greeting (v. la 3 [ ˥ ]), also a
special taboo (v. awua [ ˩ ˩ ]), and
a senior (ɔka‿ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ]) who
must live in Benin City (or have
a representative there); v. uniɛ
[ ˥ ˥ ], ɛwae [ ˩ ˩ ], Umogũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],
Umosũ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], Egi-esã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Ogi-
efa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], Igũ [ ˩ ˥ ], Oyeɽu [ ˥ / ˥ ],
Uhɛ [ ˥ ˩ ], Iso [ ˩ ˩ ], Egi-enwa
[ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], Eyedɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ], Iduʋ̃-ĩʋi‿otɔ
[ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], Iʋi‿eze [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Uɣɔtɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ],
Isĩɛʋ̃ɛɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], Ɔbo [ ˩ ˥ ], Umodu
[ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], Ogiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
Ɛgbɛka [ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] name of an Ɔba.
ɛgbɛle 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] small piece of em-
broidered cloth worn round the
waist by people attending ugie
[ ˩ ˩ ].
ɛgbɛle 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] an idiomatic word
for suicide; v. zɛ 1 [ ˥ ].
ɛgbima [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] house wall put up in
the Jekri way, with bundles of
sticks and canes; may then be
plastered.
ɛgbo [ ˥ ˥ ] (a) forest; thick bush;
(b) distance; inu‿ɛgb-ɔk-eʋ̃a ya
s-ɛdo (ke [ ˥ ], sɛ [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ (4-1) / ˩ ˥ ]
how far (how much distance) is
it from here to Benin? cf. ugbo
[ ˥ ˥ ]; Yor. igbo [ ˧ ˥ ].
ɛgbosi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] unripe palm-nut bunch
(not yet containing any kernels).
ɛɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a man belonging to
the iɣele (pl.) age-group, cf. from
30 to 50 years of age; they
used to serve during wars and do
carriers’ work; they still help in
house building and fell trees on
the farms of the most important
