Page-037-R

*emosima [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of tortoise

inline

*    said to have been charmed by

inline

*    Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] and put in the bush

inline

*    surrounding his shrines. They

inline

*    are sacred and must not be

inline

*    caught and are even given food

inline

*    (v. eɣo [ ˩ ˩ ]). It is believed that

inline

*    in farm fires they remain unhurt

inline

*    because they are under a charm.

inline

*emotã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] an uɽuhe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] tree

inline

*    standing on ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] in

inline

*    Benin City which is the seat of

inline

*    a god (?) that is worshipped.

inline

*    Ɔba makes sacrifices to it,

inline

*    and any burial must pass under

inline

*    it. Cowries and chalk are then

inline

*    thrown to it as a sign of notice

inline

*    to the tree or the power mani-

inline

*    fested by it.

inline

*emɔmɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] loan; cf. mɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ],

inline

*    iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ].

inline

*emɔwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] one variety of white

inline

*    yam; cf. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].

inline

*emuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) ashes. (2) grey: ɔfua

inline

*    ʋ-emuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] it is grey (lit.

inline

*    “white”) like ashes; v. edɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].

inline

*emunɛmunɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] fire-fly.

inline

*enɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] four; ma enɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] we

inline

*    were four of us. enɛ(i)r-ɔʋ-ugie

inline

*    [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ] lit. “four are not in

inline

*    twenty”: sixteen; enɛ(i)r-ɔʋ-iy-

inline

*    eva [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “four are not in

inline

*    forty”: thirty-six; redupl. enenɛ

inline

*    [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] all the four; enenɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]

inline

*    four by four; in groups of four.

inline

*eni [ ˩ ˥ ] elephant; elephant tusks

inline

*    are kept on the Ɔba’s erha

inline

*    [ ˥ ˥ ]-shrine (v. also akɔ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],

inline

*    oko [ ˥ ˩ ]); eni amɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] hippo-

inline

*    potamus (oɽoboto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] is more

inline

*    in use); v. udiã [ ˩ ˥ ], ebe [ ˩ ˥ ].

inline

*eni [ ˩ ˩ ] name; eni ɽ̃uɛ̃ ʋo [ ˩ ˩ / / ]

inline

*    what is your name? ʋ-ati-eni ɽ̃uɛ̃

inline

*    [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “what do they call

inline

*    your name?” is more usual; cf.

inline

*    iheni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].

inline