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*esia [ ˩ ˥ ] hail; occurs e.g. at the



*    time of every heavy rainfall in



*    the rainy season (orhɔ [ ˩ ˩ ]), and



*    on the whole, three or four times



*    in the year.



*esiasio [ ˩ ˥ (4-1) ] a bird, the Bristlebill;



*    it is said to summon all the



*    birds to the bath in the morning



*    and the evening; the head is



*    used as a love-“medicine” by



*    young men.



*esiga [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] cigarette; idiomatically



*    they are also called ikpĩhiãb-



*    emila [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] “Miller’s finger”



*    (Miller’s was the first European



*    store in Benin City); Engl.



*esikoto [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (also a-), grease (for



*    rubbing oneself).



*esikpoɣo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ] the Bulbul; it has



*    a curved tuft of feathers on its



*    head (ugu-akpata [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]); said to



*    have been appointed king of the



*    birds (but etitibiti [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] be-



*    came king at last).



*eso [ ˩ ˥ ] some; eso r-owa ʋ-iɽ̃ã



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] some of (“among”) them



*    are at home; redupl. eseso [ ˩ \ ˩ ]



*    (with negat. verb) neither; eseso



*    mare [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ \ ] neither (of them)



*    has come; also: n-ɔre‿ir-eseso



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] “who has come is not in



*    either”.



*esosomaye [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] a charm, having



*    the power of predicting, owned



*    by the Ɔba. Some powerful



*    doctors are said to own this



*    charm as well, in which case it is



*    not called esosomaye.



*Esɔ̃ [ ˥ / ] a chief, one of the most



*    important members of the Eɣa^



*    ɛʋo N-oɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].



*Esɔgbã [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a chief; member of the



*    Eɣaɛʋo N-oɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; acts for



*    the Iyasɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] in his absence.



*esɔkisi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] socks; Engl.



*esɔsi [ ˩ \ ˩ ] church; Engl.