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*emosima [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a kind of tortoise
* said to have been charmed by
* Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] and put in the bush
* surrounding his shrines. They
* are sacred and must not be
* caught and are even given food
* (v. eɣo [ ˩ ˩ ]). It is believed that
* in farm fires they remain unhurt
* because they are under a charm.
*emotã [ ˩ \ ˩ ] an uɽuhe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] tree
* standing on ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] in
* Benin City which is the seat of
* a god (?) that is worshipped.
* Ɔba makes sacrifices to it,
* and any burial must pass under
* it. Cowries and chalk are then
* thrown to it as a sign of notice
* to the tree or the power mani-
* fested by it.
*emɔmɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] loan; cf. mɔmɔ [ ˩ ˥ ],
* iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ].
*emɔwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] one variety of white
* yam; cf. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].
*emuɛ [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) ashes. (2) grey: ɔfua
* ʋ-emuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] it is grey (lit.
* “white”) like ashes; v. edɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
*emunɛmunɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] fire-fly.
*enɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] four; ma enɛ nɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] we
* were four of us. enɛ(i)r-ɔʋ-ugie
* [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ] lit. “four are not in
* twenty”: sixteen; enɛ(i)r-ɔʋ-iy-
* eva [ ˩ ˥ \ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] “four are not in
* forty”: thirty-six; redupl. enenɛ
* [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] all the four; enenɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ]
* four by four; in groups of four.
*eni [ ˩ ˥ ] elephant; elephant tusks
* are kept on the Ɔba’s erha
* [ ˥ ˥ ]-shrine (v. also akɔ̃hɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],
* oko [ ˥ ˩ ]); eni amɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] hippo-
* potamus (oɽoboto [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] is more
* in use); v. udiã [ ˩ ˥ ], ebe [ ˩ ˥ ].
*eni [ ˩ ˩ ] name; eni ɽ̃uɛ̃ ʋo [ ˩ ˩ / / ]
* what is your name? ʋ-ati-eni ɽ̃uɛ̃
* [ / ˩ ˩ ˩ / ] “what do they call
* your name?” is more usual; cf.
* iheni [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].