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*  called by hunters and warriors
* they keep the skulls of all their
* trophies on his shrine and take
* all their weapons to the shrine
* when they sacrifice. When sacri-
* ficial meat is shared the biggest
* share is given to the man who
* had the greatest success in
* hunting, without regard to
* seniority. A hunter’s shrine is in
* the Ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ]-room of every head
* man of a clan (ɔka ɛgbɛe [ ˩ ˥ ˥ (4-1) ])
* v. ɔkãhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*ɛfe [ ˩ ˩ ] wealth; ɛf-ɛɽe kpɔlɔ gbe
* [ ˩ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] his wealth is great.
*ɛfua [ ˥ ˩ ] whiteness; cf. fuɔfua [ ˩ ˥ ],
* ufua [ ˩ ˥ ].
*ɛgiɛgiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] quickness; used after
* a verb in the meaning of
* “quickly”: ɣad-ɛgiɛgiɛ n-idogi-
* ɔ‿(u)huʋ̃u ɣari-esabu (de [ / ],
* gie [ ˥ ]) [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ] lit.
* “come quickly that I may come
* (and) send you on an errand to
* go to the shop”; ɔnwina‿ɛgiɛgiɛ
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he (always) works quick
* ly; ɛgiɛgiɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] be quick! cf.
* giɛgiɛ [ / ˦ ].
*ɛgiɔ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ] one-stringed native
* musical instrument in the form
* of a bow; put to the mouth and
* played with two sticks.
*ɛgogo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] (1) bell; iɽakp-ɛgogo
* (kpe [ / ]) [ ˩ ˥ / ˥ ˥ ] I am going to
* ring a bell. (2) clock, watch.
* (3) hour; ɔmudia y-ɛgog-ɔkpa
* [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] he waited an hour; ɛgog
* en-ɔtu (enɛ [ \ ˥ ], ɔtu [ ˥ \ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˦ (4-1) ]
* it has struck four o’clock; cf.
* Yor. agogo [ ˧ ˧ ˧ ].
*ɛgũ [ ˥ ˩ ] bathroom of Bini house,
* where the owner’s Osũ [ ˩ ˥ ] is kept.
*Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ] Ɔba’s residence a
* Benin City.
*ɛgwa [ ˥ ˩ ] a creeper, Hippocarpu
* spec. nov.; used for tying yams