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*    women’s apartment). ibaaɽu‿



*    ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i (aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ]) [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˧ ˩ ] niches



*    containing the ancestors’ shrines,



*    viz. ibaaɽu‿erha [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] niche of



*    the father’s shrine, and iba-



*    aɽu‿iye [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˦ ˦ ] niche of the



*    mother’s shrine.



*ibaba [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] bracelet worn by



*    princesses; v. uʋi [ ˩ ˥ ].



*ibaema [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] planting small yam-



*    poles (ɛɣɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]); cf. ba 2 [ / ],



*    ema [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ibaigbã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “sticking (in) a



*    thorn”: act of proclaiming a



*    woman as the Ɔba’s wife, or,



*    a boy as ɔmada [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]. For-



*    merly, the people of the Ɔba’s



*    household could proclaim any



*    attractive woman (even though



*    married) to be an oloi [ ˥ ˥ ] in the



*    Ɔba’s harem. By the words of



*    this proclamation she was fixed



*    to the spot where she stood or



*    went; then, a cloth was brought



*    from her home, and she was led



*    to the Ɛguae [ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. ba 2 [ / ],



*    igbã [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ibako [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] hunting game in



*    surrounded areas of the forest;



*    v. ukpɛku [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].



*ibalegbe 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] quick temper;



*    rage; cf. balɔ 1 [ ˩ ˥ ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ]; v.



*    owowo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ibalegbe 2 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (sgl. ɔ-) age-group



*    among Ɔxwhɛ members corre-



*    sponding to iɽoɣae [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf.



*    ibalegbe 1 [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].



*ibaɽo, ibaaɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (great) suffer-



*    ing (Prayer book, p. 69); cf. ba 3



*    [ / ], aɽo [ ˩ ˩ ].



*ibata [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] shoe; boot; ibat-amɛ



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] rain-boot; ibat-obɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]



*    glove (lit. “hand-shoe”); worn



*    by Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ]-masqueraders; cf.



*    Yor. bata [ ˩ ˩ ]; Port. bota.



*ibi [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) charcoal. (2) soot: