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*    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.o.c.c.); cf.



*    Yor. ika [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɛkã [ ˩ ˥ ] bright red or yellow



*    beads, called agate-beads; round



*    or cornered.



*ɛkete [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] throne (of the Ɔba).



*ɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] cunning; deception by



*    hiding one’s faults (an old word



*    equivalent to eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ]); occurs in



*    an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] song.



*Ɛkɛhuã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] name of a Bini



*    village.



*ɛki [ ˩ ˩ ] market; ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “the



*    Ɔba’s market”, the central



*    market in Benin City; ɛki‿adɔlɔ



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “Adɔlɔ’s market”, 12 miles



*    from Benin City on the Ifɔ̃



*    Road; ɛki‿enyaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “the



*    market of Enyaɛ̃”, 7 miles from



*    Benin City, on the Ehɔ Road;



*    v. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ɛkiɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] frog.



*Ɛki‿ugbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “farm-mar-



*    ket (?)”: name of a Bini village,



*    where Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] is believed



*    to have transformed himself into



*    the river bearing the same name.



*ɛko [ ˩ \ ] belly; ɛko vɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]



*    I am satisfied (vɔ̃ [ ˥ ] to be full);



*    ɔvɔ̃ ʋ̃-ɛ̃ko [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] I am satisfied



*    (vɔ̃ [ / ] to fill); ɛko xɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it



*    grieves me; ɛko xia ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ɛko



*    lɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] my stomach pains



*    me; ɛko hihiɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I have



*    diarrhoea; ɛko rhiɛ̃rhiɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    I am pleased; ɛko riaɽa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]



*    I am displeased (negative of the



*    preceding is more used); ɛko



*    balɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] it grieves me; ɛko



*    luɣu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] I have indiges-



*    tion. ɛko n-ami-ɔ̃ɽ-eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]



*    “belly where one sees its thing”



*    viz. discharge; dysentery (ɽ- is



*    not nasalised). ɛko asa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]



*    “belly of shield”: a spot where



*    all dangers concentrate, so that