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*isi 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] base of a tree, i.e. the



*    surrounding space as far as the



*    seeds or fruit of the tree fall,



*    also isi‿erhã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; cf. Is-iloko



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]; v. ɛzi [ ˩ ˩ ].



*Isi [ ˩ ˩ ] name of a group of villages



*    between the Ehɔ [ ˥ ˩ ] and Agbɔ



*    [ ˩ ˩ ] roads, said to be the place



*    from which the cult of the god



*    Akɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] started.



*isiamɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] “drawing water”



*    (also called amɛnasi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]):



*    rain-making. There are no par-



*    ticular rain-makers, and it can



*    be performed by anybody who



*    knows the leaves of which the



*    charm is composed and the



*    procedure of rain-making. If a



*    village wants rain, it calls for



*    some expert. Rain-making is



*    occasionally employed with



*    malicious purposes, e.g. in order



*    to spoil the thanksgiving pro-



*    cession of a new chief, or a



*    man’s house building; cf. si [ ˥ ],



*    amɛ [ ˩ ˩ ].



*isierhã [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] hauling timber logs



*    along the track to a river (where



*    they are left to drift down-



*    stream); cf. si [ ˥ ], erhã [ ˩ ˥ ].



*Isĩɛʋ̃ɛ̃ɽo [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] (pl.) “watchers of



*    things”: bodyguard of the Ɔba



*    when he goes to an ugie [ ˩ ˩ ];



*    they also played the main role



*    among the oxĩ-ãsɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]; they



*    carry charmed bows, arrows,



*    and guns; this bodyguard con-



*    sists of members of a sib of the



*    same name that has its centre



*    on the right side of Sakpoba



*    Road in Benin City; the senior



*    is chief Ekegbiã [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; their morn-



*    ing greeting is la tɔ sɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. sĩ



*    ɛɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ], eʋ̃i [ ˩ \ ]; v. ɛgbɛe [ ˩ \ ].



*isiguabɔ [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ˧ ] a game similar to



*    isɛ n-aʋa [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], but the seeds are