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*ekparhurhu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] a small wasp
* that has its nest on creepers.
*ekpekukpeku [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a shrub the
* fruit of which is used as a poison
* for rats; it is reputed to drive
* them mad; but if the onlooker
* laughs, the “power of the medi-
* cine” is supposed to weaken so
* that the rat will not die; also
* called: ekpekukpeku n-ɔgb-ofɛ̃
* [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “ekpekukpeku which
* kills rats”.
*ekpɛkpɛyɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] duck; cf. Yor.
* kpɛkpɛyɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ].
*Ekpo [ ˩ ˩ ] a masquerade-society of
* young boys, imitating the Ɔvia
* [ ˩ ˥ ]-society; no mirrors and
* cloths, as in Ɔvia, are used for
* the masquerade-dress, but only
* palm-branches and ropes; the
* senior is called oh-ɛ̃kpo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
* “priest of ekpo”; their purpose
* was stated to be mainly “cheer-
* ing up the quarter”, but they
* have a juju as well (in form of
* a stick) which has a certain
* power; thus e.g. barren women
* may sacrifice a cock to it, and
* offences against it are also ex-
* piated by the sacrifice of a cock;
* members of the society some-
* times bar a road by means of a
* rope in order to obtain a small
* toll from passers-by. Where
* there is an Ɔvia-society, young
* men leave the Ekpo at the age
* of fifteen, but where there is
* none, as e.g. at Urho N-igbe
* [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], they are said to remain in
* it until they are 35 or 40 years
* of age; v. Akobiɛ [ ˥ / \ ].
*ekpokpo [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] bullet.
*ekpɔʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] thanksgiving: especi-
* ally a procession round the town
* passing all the chiefs’ gates,
* made by a newly-made chief;