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*  “all this what you are doing is
* of no account”: it does not do
* me any harm; cf. igbesa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop; factory; same
* as ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; Engl.
*esagiɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] blood; same as ɛrhaɛ̃
* [ ˩ \ ].
*esago [ ˩ \ ˩ ] demijohn; cf. Yor.
* ʃago [ ˥ ˧ ].
*esakpaede [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (1) a men’s drum;
* the iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] age-group dance
* to this drum; it is small and
* round, covered with skin on
* both ends (but not narrow in the
* middle). (2) name of the dance.
*esalebo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a plant; the seeds
* are strung up and put round a
* calabash, serving as a rattle; v.
* ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
*esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a disease: small sores,
* mostly on hands and feet; re-
* sembles smallpox, but bigger in
* size; probably tertiary syphilis.
*Esama [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a chief who performs
* the ama [ ˩ ˥ ]-ceremony (relating
* to the Ɔba’s children).
*esaɽa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] saw; it seems to occur
* with the prefixes a- and ɔ- as
* well; cf. Port. sierra.
*esaʋ̃a [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] any carved bone or
* ivory; cf. igbesaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*ese [ ˩ ˩ ] any sacrifice ordered by
* an oracle; “predicted sacrifice”;
* es-ɔsi‿ɛe y-ɔɽ-egbe [ ˩ / ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “it
* is a predicted sacrifice that has
* drawn it to his body”: i.e. that
* has caused the trouble; is often
* said as explanation of a disaster,
* bad luck, etc. that has befallen
* a man; idiom.: imu‿es-ɔgiɛ n-
* ɔgiɛ (na [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ˩ / ] “I took
* the predicted sacrifice of Ɔgiɛ
* and gave it to Ɔgiɛ (a name)”:
* I left it alone; v. zɔ 2 [ / ], aɽugbo
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*eseku [ ˩ / ˥ ] a dwarf-like being,