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*ekwabɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] upper arm; cf. abɔ
* [ ˩ ˥ ], ekwawɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ].
*ekwawɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] thigh; cf. owɛ [ ˩ ˩ ],
* ekwabɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ].
*ekwɛmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (also ekwɔmɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ])
* a fat brown rat. same as ɛbete
* [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; v. esi 1 [ ˩ ˩ ].
*ekpa [ ˩ ˥ ] vomiting; cf. kpa 3 [ ˥ ].
*ekpa [ ˥ ˩ ] hitting; knocking (with
* the fist); boxing (not a sport);
* ekpa-ɽe tu gbe [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “his
* boxing resounds (much)”: he has
* a good way of hitting.
*ekpã [ ˩ ˩ ] a present given to the
* Ɔba in order to notify him of a
* sacrifice going to be performed
* (in which he is going to take
* part); this is done e.g. by the
* followers of the god Ɔxwahɛ
* [ ˩ / ˩ ].
*ekpaɣudo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a tree, Albizzia
* zygia; the leaves are used for
* soup, the wood as firewood.
*ekpakaɽa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a beetle found on
* the raffia palm (ɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]) and
* the oil palm (udĩ [ ˩ ˥ ]); it sucks
* juice out of the cuttings made
* by wine-tappers, or out of the
* stumps of felled palms; v.
* oɽu [ ˥ / ].
*ekpakpahuʋ̃agã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] scorpion.
*ekpakpɛhi [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a long loaf of
* yam-fufu similar to a loaf of
* bread; v. osugba [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
*ekpakpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a tree, Canarium
* schweinfurthii.
*ekpalakpala [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a flat fish,
* possessing many bones and
* rough scales, and therefore not
* appreciated, it has a red and a
* blue stripe on either side; cf.
* xwaɽaxwaɽa [ ˦ ˦ ˦ ˦ ].
*ekpamaku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] corrugated iron
* sheet; ekpamaku n-aya kã owa
* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] corrugated iron that is
* used to “thatch” houses.