efɛ̃rhĩnyɛ [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] (tapioca; sago).
isãhɛ̃ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] key; rh-isãhɛ̃ gũ ʋ̃ɛ ya
ki-ɛkpɛtĩ [ / \ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] give me the
key to open the box! cf. Port.
chave.
isamɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] baptism; cf. sa [ ˥ ],
amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
isawɛwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] the groundnut,
Arachis hypogoea.
ise [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) pointed sticks used as
nails in house building: they are
passed through the roof-thatch
which is laid like a saddle over
okpo [ ˩ ˥ ], the ridge beam: they
go under the beam and through
the opposite side of the thatch,
the ends are then tied together
over the thatch in order to
prevent the ise from slipping
out. (2) stabbing pains in chest
and back, e.g. due to pleurisy;
cf. se [ ˥ ].
isele 1 [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) shilling. (2) silver;
cf. Engl. “shilling”.
isele 2 [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a dance, of Jekri
origin.
isɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) formula of confirmation
used at the end of a prayer or
blessing. (2) amen.
isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) seeds of otiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] and
several other trees, including
ekasa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], strung on a thread
and worn round the foot as
rattles (by the masqueraders of
the Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] and Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]
societies). Any rattle is called
isɛ [ ˥ ˩ ], except the one made of
uɽua [ ˩ ˩ ] leaves, which is called
ɛgwɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ], (2) seeds woven in a
net round a calabash, the whole
being the rattle ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (uko,
isɛ). The noise is made by this
net; there are no seeds inside the
calabash. isɛ n-ata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “seed-
guessing”: a game in which a
