“loneliness is reigning (?)”: time
of the fiercest heat, between
two and four o’clock, when
everybody has retired into his
house; this is one of the best
times for thieves. During this
time, the antelope ɛrhuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] may
be met with, coming out to eat
ocro; cf. ʋiɛ [ / ] (?).
iʋiɛkpo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] a snake: short, simi-
lar to a viper and of the same
colour as a viper; jumps; poison-
ous; v. ɛnyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
iʋ̃aegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] self-conceit; cf. ʋ̃a
[ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; v. itẽgbemu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ],
uhioʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ], uzɛʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
iw- [ ˩ ] ten (in the following com-
positions only): iw-eva [ ˩ / ˩ ]
twelve; iw-eɽa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] thirteen;
iw-enɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] fourteen; cf. igbe
[ ˩ ˥ ].
iw- [ ˩ ] household society at the
Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; in (1) Iw-ebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
another society of the three
main societies; it is concerned
with the Ɔba’s dresses; the
senior chiefs are Unwagwɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ]
and Ɛɽibo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; the young people
in it who have not yet any title,
are called ibiɛruɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], as in
Iw-ɛguae. (2) iw-egiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] the
Ɔba’s defensive charmers or evil-
wishers against his private
enemies (“implicators”), a divi-
sion of the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; (3) iw-
ehɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] a division of the
Ɔba’s ewaise [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; they take
care of some of his charms.
(4) Iw-ɛguae [ ˩ \ ˩ ] “society of
the Ɛguae”: one of the three
main household societies; it
contains the personal servants
of the Ɔba; all the emada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]
belong to them; the young
people at the Iw-ɛguae are
