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*  and a roof of mats, serving e.g.
* as a market stall; cf. oko 1 [ ˩ ˥ ];
* v. agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], oxogbo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]. (2) name
* of Lagos (Yor. eko [ ˩ / ]); per-
* haps the name is of Bini origin,
* as there is a tradition that Lagos
* was founded as a Bini war-camp.
*ekoko [ ˩ ˩ \ ] cocoa; Engl.
*ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] native spoon con-
* sisting of the cover of a snail’s
* shell; still used by a few old
* people, and in bush-villages; v.
* akeɽekeɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
*eku [ ˩ ˥ ] malice; ekueku [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
* wrong; false; undue; ɔgbe ʋ̃-
* ẽkueku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he flogged me
* without reason; v. iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ].
*eku [ ˩ \ ] semen.
*ekuɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] bellows; ozo gua kp-
* eku-ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] Ojo knows
* very well (how) to work the
* bellows.
*ekuɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] a bird the cry of
* which is said to spell evil, and
* it is believed that a district in
* which it is frequently heard will
* have many deaths; the cry is
* interpreted as kũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “tie it (viz. a corpse)
* strongly!” and the evening- and
* night-cry is: ɛʋo foo [ ˩ ˩ (5-3) ] “the
* country (or village) is finished!”
* After the first cry, a death is
* expected in three or seven days’
* time; if somebody is ill at the
* time of the cry, “the witches
* will expect his death; for it gives
* the witches power”. Therefore,
* the bird is shot if it is possible;
* cf. kũ 1 [ / ].
*ekuku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] cook. Engl.
*ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (European) spoon; cf.
* Port. colher; v. ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ].
*ekuzo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a shrub, Ongokea
* klaineana; cf. eka [ ˥ ˩ ] (?); uzo
* [ ˥ ˩ ] (?).