eating too much sugar-cane, or
by scratching oneself; v. likpa-
likpa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. Possibly ikpɛ may
refer here to the little heaps of
soil made by worms.
ikp-ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] date; cf. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], ikpɛ
[ ˩ ˩ ]?
ikpɛkete [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] drummers placed
behind the Ɔba while he sits or
stands at an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ].
ikpɛkpɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] cemetery; a curse:
ikpɛkpɛ‿uɽaʋiɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ] may you
sleep on the cemetery! (i.e. “may
you not grow very old”, since
old people who had their own
house and did not live in their
father’s or relative’s house, were
buried at their house).
ikpɛsi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (big) yam-pole; they
are used in the proportion of one
ikpɛsi to three or four ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]
(small yam poles).
ikpĩ [ ˩ ˥ ] boa; ikpĩ n-erha ʋ̃ɛ gbe-ɽɛ
tã gbe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the boa my
father killed to-day (ɛɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ]) is
very long; ikpĩ‿amɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “boa
of water (rain)”: rainbow; cf.
ataikpĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ], iro [ ˥ ˩ ],
osumaɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
ikpĩhiãbɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] finger; ikpĩhiãbɔ
n-ogie [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] “the principal
finger”: thumb; ikpĩhiãbɔ n-
usexae [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] indicator (cf.
s-exae [ ˥ ˩ ] to point with the
indicator)+; ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔw(u)a-
ɽoka [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “finger to which
a ring is forbidden”: indicator;
ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔk-adesɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
middle finger; ikpĩhiãb-oɽoka
[ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ] “ring-finger”: fourth
finger; also ikpĩhiãbɔ n-ɔdia ke
n-exerhe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] “finger that
is near the small one”; ikpĩhiãbɔ
n-exerhe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] small finger:
cf. obɔ, abɔ [ ˩ ˥ ].
