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*Ijehe [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] name of a village:
* “Jesse”; its population consists
* of Sobo people; the name is not
* of Bini origin.
*ika 1 [ ˥ ˥ ] a small-sized variety of
* ivi-urhu [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] (coral necklace for
* chefs); the thread on which it
* is strung up is ik-ẽni [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (an
* elephant’s tail-hair), nowadays,
* red copper wire.
*ika 2 [ ˥ ˥ ] spur of a cock.
*ikã [ ˥ ˩ ] (1) a creeper, Eremospatha
* macrocarpa ( “cane”); used for
* bow-strings and for tying things.
* (2) bow-string. (3) ik-ẽni [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
* whip of elephant’s tail the hair
* of which is used as thread for
* coral necklaces and anklets; cf.
* Yor. ikã [ ˧ ˩ ].
*ikadɛlɛ [ ˥ ˩ \ ˩ ] forked pole; e.g. in
* ikadɛl-enɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “the four poles”,
* a praise-name of the ediɔ̃ n-enɛ
* [ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], the village elders.
*ikaerhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “notching” trees (a
* timbermen’s expression); cf. kae
* [ / ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].
*ikaɣa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also ekaɣa) (1) bridle.
* (2) said to be used to denote as
* well “gag”; v. uxu [ ˩ ˥ ].
*ikaũ [ ˩ ˥ ] lighter sort of potash
* (saltpetre); cf. Hausa kanwa
* [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. odo [ ˥ ˩ ].
*ike [ ˩ ˩ ] log; ik-erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] log
* (of wood).
*ikebe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] buttocks; v. itotaya
* [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
*ikefeɽi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] heathen; pagan (re-
* cent word used by Christians;
* ɔɽuɛbɔ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] is better); cf. Yor.
* keferi [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; Hausa kafiri [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ].
*ikewu [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] three stones serving
* as pot rest (each one is called
* ikewu).
*ikɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) “day-counter”:
* a word occurring in a song, v.
* iɽuɛdɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]; cf. ka 4 [ ˥ ], ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].