Yor. ika [ ˩ ˥ ].
ɛkã [ ˩ ˥ ] bright red or yellow
beads, called agate-beads; round
or cornered.
ɛkete [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] throne (of the Ɔba).
ɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] cunning; deception by
hiding one’s faults (an old word
equivalent to eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ]); occurs in
an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] song.
Ɛkɛhuã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] name of a Bini
village.
ɛki [ ˩ ˩ ] market; ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “the
Ɔba’s market”, the central
market in Benin City; ɛki‿adɔlɔ
[ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “Adɔlɔ’s market”, 12 miles
from Benin City on the Ifɔ̃
Road; ɛki‿enyaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “the
market of Enyaɛ̃”, 7 miles from
Benin City, on the Ehɔ Road;
v. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
ɛkiɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] frog.
Ɛki‿ugbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “farm-mar-
ket (?)”: name of a Bini village,
where Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] is believed
to have transformed himself into
the river bearing the same name.
ɛko [ ˩ \ ] belly; ɛko vɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]
I am satisfied (vɔ̃ [ ˥ ] to be full);
ɔvɔ̃ ʋ̃-ɛ̃ko [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] I am satisfied
(vɔ̃ [ / ] to fill); ɛko xɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it
grieves me; ɛko xia ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ɛko
lɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] my stomach pains
me; ɛko hihiɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I have
diarrhoea; ɛko rhiɛ̃rhiɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
I am pleased; ɛko riaɽa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
I am displeased (negative of the
preceding is more used); ɛko
balɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] it grieves me; ɛko
luɣu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] I have indiges-
tion. ɛko n-ami-ɔ̃ɽ-eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]
“belly where one sees its thing”
viz. discharge; dysentery (ɽ- is
not nasalised). ɛko asa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
“belly of shield”: a spot where
all dangers concentrate, so that
