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*ehɔ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) ear; v. daʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*    (2) edge; ehɔ-ɽe [ ˩ / ˩ ] its edge

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*    (of a table, cloth, etc.); cf. the

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*    use of Yor. eti [ ˧ ˥ ].

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*ehɔ 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) an annual sacrificial

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*    festival to the ancestors; iɽ̃ã

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*    ɣaɽu‿ehɔ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] they are per-

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*    forming the ehɔ-festival (or:

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*    ri‿ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]); v. orhu 2 [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*    (2) (with a god’s name as a

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*    following genitive): an annual

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*    festival of a god, e.g. eh-olokũ

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] festival of Olokũ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; eh-

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*    osũ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] festival of Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ].

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*    The latter takes place about

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*    April; the ewaisɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ], the

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*    priest’s assistants, beat drums

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*    (iɣede [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) and dance, and while

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*    dancing they perform magical

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*    tricks; these are said to be

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*    taking a tortoise out of their

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*    abdomen, vomiting scorpions,

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*    stabbing themselves with knives

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*    without injury, and sowing

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*    plants which grow up immedi-

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*    ately. The priest himself is said

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*    to turn into a leopard, elephant,

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*    chimpanzee, an oil-palm, etc.,

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*    transforming himself into a cow

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*    being the most difficult degree.

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*Ehɔ [ ˩ ˩ ] a village on the boundary

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*    between Bini and Ishan country;

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*    “Ehor”.

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*Ehɔ̃dɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] title of a chief who

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*    supervises (and helps in) the

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*    butchering of animals for the

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*    Ɔba, and slaughters at all the

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*    Ɔba’s sacrifices; he is given

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*    parts of the slaughtered animals;

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*    a praise-name is: Ehɔ̃dɔ n-

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*    ɔriaɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “Ehɔ̃dɔ the

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*    meat-eater”

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*ehɔɣae [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a term derived from the

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*    ogwɛga [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-position ɔh-ɔɣae

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*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (v. ɔha [ ˩ ˥ ]); this position is

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*    believed to indicate enmity from

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