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*Esu [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) a harmful deity which
* is sent by other gods, mostly by
* Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], to cause trouble;
* it cannot kill a man, but leads
* him into danger, temptation,
* e.g. to break the law, and law-
* suits; it is fed ( “given chop”)
* in order to propitiate it, and an
* image of it is kept in a niche at
* one side of the house- or com-
* pound-gate (v. iba [ ˥ ˩ ]) “in order
* to keep bad things away”; the
* image is of wood, and some
* stones are added in the niche.
* (2) the Devil in the Christian
* sense of the word; cf. Yor.
* eʃu [ ˩ ˩ ].
*esuɣusuɣu [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] owl; general
* term; there are four different
* kinds, which, perhaps, may have
* special names; its cry in the
* backyard means that someone
* in the house will get fever, but
* it is not considered as very
* dangerous. The owl may be a
* messenger of witches, or, a
* “strong charm watching by
* night”, i.e. “a charm that is
* supervised by witchcraft”; men
* also are believed to turn into
* owls.
*es(u)kuɽ(u) [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], esuku [ ˩ ˩ \ ]
* school; Engl.
*eta [ ˩ ˥ ] act of talking (also of
* parrots); ɔxuɛ na gu-eta [ ˩ / ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
* this parrot can talk ( “knows
* talking”); cf. ta [ ˥ ], ɔta [ ˩ ˥ ].
*ete [ ˩ ˩ ] a position in the ogwɛga
* [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (o.o.c.o.); v.
* Yor. irɛtɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ].
*etebetebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a very small in-
* sect running on the surface of
* water in rivers; cf. Jekri etebe-
* tebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] (?) said to be equal
* in meaning to Bini iɽ̃aʋ̃iɽ̃ã [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ].
*etebuɽu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] table; Engl.