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*irhu [ ˥ ˩ ] shade; v. gbe [ ˥ ].



*irhuãegbe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (also e-) disciple;



*    cf. rhuã [ / ], egbe [ ˩ ˥ ].



*irhũrhũ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] mildew; mould; v.



*    si [ ˥ ].



*irhuʋ̃irhũ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] nakedness.



*iɽaxwɛ [ ˥ \ ˩ ] the day after to-



*    morrow. (in native calculation



*    “within three days”, viz. to-



*    day, to-morrow, and the day



*    after to-morrow); “next to-



*    morrow”; iɽaxwɛ‿uzɔla ne xerhe



*    [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˦ ] “within three days



*    Saturday”: Thursday. This ex-



*    pression was said to be used by



*    old people who do not know the



*    European week.



*iɽehe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a white button such as



*    is used for shirts, worn formerly



*    as waist-beads by little girls.



*iɽeɽe [ ˥ \ ˩ ] arm-pit; eʋ̃i mu ʋ̃-iɽeɽe



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ (3-1) ˩ ] “something has caught



*    my arm-pit”: i.e. I have a boil



*    in the arm-pit.



*iɽewe [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the fruit of ɔgɔ [ ˩ ˩ ],



*    used as fish-poison; it is broken



*    and thrown into the river; the



*    fisherman in his canoe then drags



*    the water with a net. A fence



*    is made in the water as well



*    because the dying fish try to



*    escape; the system of fishing



*    with the help of iɽewe is called



*    hɔ‿ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], lit. “to wash the



*    river”; uf-ĩɽewe nɛ ɽa (fiã [ ˥ ]),



*    ko, n-aɣaya hɔ‿ɛzɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]



*    have you already cut (or broken)



*    iɽewe, friend, so that we may



*    take it to “wash the river”?



*iɽo [ ˥ ˥ ] main road (Ɔxwhɛ songs



*    1); cf. uɽo [ ˥ ˥ ]; v. arale [ ˥ / ˩ ].



*iɽo [ ˩ ˩ ] (1) thinking, thought;



*    idiom.: izɛ siʋ̃i‿ɔ̃ hĩ re [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ / (4-1) ˥ ]



*    I have for some time (zɛ [ ˥ ])



*    tried to save you from it (v. be-



*    low); umakue, iɽo ɽuɛ [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ˩ / ]