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*ɛɽe 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] and [ ˥ ˩ ] 3rd pers. sgl. as
* object and possessive pronoun;
* it has, besides, the forms: ɛe,
* ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɛ̃; ɔɽe, ɔe, ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɔɛ̃.
*ɛɽeɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] flute.
*ɛɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to-day; ɛɽɛ na ɔre [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ \ ]
* to-day he came.
*Ɛɽibo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the second senior chief
* in the Iwebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-society.
*Ɛɽiyo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a chief, head of the
* Umodu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]-sib at Usɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ].
*ɛɽo [ ˥ ˥ ] part of trap: that part of
* a rope (when used in a trap)
* which entraps the victim.
*ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] watchfulness; occurs in
* sĩ [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] and yi [ ˥ ] ɛɽo
* [ ˥ ˩ ] “to watch, to observe”.
*Ɛɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] title of a chief, member
* of the Uzama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. isĩeʋ̃iɛɽo
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*ɛɽoɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a smail four-cornered
* bell; it is found on several
* shrines of gods, e.g. on those of
* Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], but
* also on the ancestral shrine.
*ɛɽoxĩ [ ˥ / ˩ ] chameleon. There is a
* tradition that the chameleon
* was present when the earth was
* created; therefore it walks care-
* fully in order not to break it;
* ɔmaɛ n-ɛɽoxĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] lit. “the
* chameleon-age”, describes that
* age when man can only walk a
* few paces without stopping for
* breath.
*ɛɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] female of ɛrhuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]-
* antelope.
*ɛɽuʋɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] river-tortoise, same as
* elukeluke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; in stories it is
* the female of egwi [ ˩ ˥ ].
*ɛɽ̃ĩ [ ˩ ˩ ] a small kind of squirrel
* with bulging eyes.
*ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) world of the dead and
* the unborn; Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] and the
* other gods reside there as well as
* the ɛhis [ ˩ ˩ ] and the dead people.