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*ɛkpɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] leopard; ɛkpɛ̃ n-owa
* [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] “leopard of the house” is
* a title used by chiefs in ad-
* dressing the Ɔba.
*ɛkpiro [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, Chrysophyllum
* africanum, its fruit is edible and
* a kind of otiɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ].
*ɛkpo [ ˥ ˥ ] (1) space; ɛkpo na ʋɛ sɛ
* [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] this space is wide enough;
* ɛkp-iyeke [ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ ] middle space
* between shoulder-blades; ɛkp-
* ɔxɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] hall space between two
* main poles (utɔ̃yotɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]) of
* eru [ ˩ ˥ ]. (2) time; ɛkpo ni
* [ ˥ ˥ / ], ɛkpo riɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (at) that
* time.
*ɛkpo [ ˥ ˩ ] bag; ɛkp-urhu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] air-
* pipe; ɛkp-ahiɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] bladder;
* ɛkp-ekia [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] region of pubic
* hair (male); ɛkp-ofi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “a bag
* of yaws”: a sufferer from yaws;
* “yaws-daddy”; ɛkp-uhe [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
* region of pubic hair (female).
*ɛkpohuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] headache; cf.
* kpe [ / ], uhuʋ̃u [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
*ɛkpoki [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] leather-box; cf. ɛkpo
* [ ˥ ˩ ].
*ɛkponiyɛkɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] a woman with
* child.
*ɛkpowa [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] gecko.
*ɛkpoxurhu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] stomach; cf.
* ɛkpo [ ˥ ˩ ] (?).
*ɛkpɔɣɔe [ ˥ ˩ \ ] a tree, Berlinia
* heudelotiana; the bark is used as
* a medicine, but if not well pre-
* pared it is a deadly poison. It
* was also used in the Ɔba’s ordeal,
* mixed with sasswood (inyi [ ˥ ˩ ]).
* The name also corresponds to
* Berlinia auriculata on the F.D.
* list; ɛkpɔɣɔ-ɛzɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] Macro-
* lobium limba.
*ɛlɛdɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] (also e-) house-pig; not
* known in ancient times; also:
* esi-ebo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “European pig”;
* cf. Yor. ɛlɛdɛ [ ˧ ˥ ˩ ].