surrounding space as far as the
seeds or fruit of the tree fall,
also isi‿erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. Is-iloko
[ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]; v. ɛzi [ ˩ ˩ ].
Isi [ ˩ ˩ ] name of a group of villages
between the Ehɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] and Agbɔ
[ ˩ ˩ ] roads, said to be the place
from which the cult of the god
Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] started.
isiamɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “drawing water”
(also called amɛnasi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]):
rain-making. There are no par-
ticular rain-makers, and it can
be performed by anybody who
knows the leaves of which the
charm is composed and the
procedure of rain-making. If a
village wants rain, it calls for
some expert. Rain-making is
occasionally employed with
malicious purposes, e.g. in order
to spoil the thanksgiving pro-
cession of a new chief, or a
man’s house building; cf. si [ ˥ ],
amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].
isierhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] hauling timber logs
along the track to a river (where
they are left to drift down-
stream); cf. si [ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].
Isĩɛʋ̃ɛ̃ɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) “watchers of
things”: bodyguard of the Ɔba
when he goes to an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ];
they also played the main role
among the oxĩ-ãsɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; they
carry charmed bows, arrows,
and guns; this bodyguard con-
sists of members of a sib of the
same name that has its centre
on the right side of Sakpoba
Road in Benin City; the senior
is chief Ekegbiã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; their morn-
ing greeting is la tɔ sɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. sĩ
ɛɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].
isiguabɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] a game similar to
isɛ n-aʋa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], but the seeds are
