mother (pl.). iy-odede [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] grandmother (paternal and ma- ternal); iye ʋ̃-odede [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] my grandmother; iy-erha [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “fa- ther’s mother”, or iye n-ɔbi-erha [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “mother who has borne the father”: paternal grand- mother; iy-iye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] or iye n-ɔb- iye [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] maternal grand- mother. iy-aʋ̃-ɔ̃ʋ̃a [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a man’s mother-in-law; also iy-ɔʋoxã ʋ̃ɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] my mother-in-law. iy- ɔba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “mother of the Ɔba”: the Queen-mother who resides at Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (cf. orhu [ ˩ ˥ ]). iy-owa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “mother of the house”: the woman who is in charge of a household, i.e. either the house-owner’s mother or, if she is dead, his senior wife. iye n-agbɔ̃ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] lit. “mother of this world”: mistress; lover. iy-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] (also oded-ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) “mother of the dead, or, of the juju”: title of the senior man (?) in the Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] society; v. ekeze [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. Idiom.: mu-ɔmɔ y-egb-iy-ɛe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ \ ] lit. “to take a child to its mother’s body” (i.e. on her lap): to end a matter (by putting things where they be- long); cf. iyeye [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ], eyeye [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]. iyeke [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (1) back (of body). (2) back (of something, of part of body); behind; iyek-obɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] back of the hand; iyek-owɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] upper side of the foot; iyek-owa [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] back of the house; back- yard (latrine); behind the house; iyek-ogbe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] male servants’ quarter in the compound; iyek- ikpoba [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] name of the neighbourhood behind the river Ikpoba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. iyek-iyeke [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ / ], [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ / ] backwards; iyek-iyeke‿ ɔla ɣe [ ˩ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ] “backwards he |