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    and a roof of mats, serving e.g.
    as a market stall; cf. oko 1 [ ˩ ˥ ];
    v. agɔ [ ˩ ˥ ], oxogbo 1 [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]. (2) name
    of Lagos (Yor. eko [ ˩ / ]); per-
    haps the name is of Bini origin,
    as there is a tradition that Lagos
    was founded as a Bini war-camp.
    
ekoko [ ˩ ˩ \ ] cocoa; Engl.
    
ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ] native spoon con-
    sisting of the cover of a snail’s
    shell; still used by a few old
    people, and in bush-villages; v.
    akeɽekeɽe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ˩ ], ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ].
    
eku [ ˩ ˥ ] malice; ekueku [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    wrong; false; undue; ɔgbe ʋ̃-
    ẽkueku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] he flogged me
    without reason; v. iɣo 1 [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
eku [ ˩ \ ] semen.
    
ekuɛ [ ˥ ˥ ] bellows; ozo gua kp-
    eku-ɛsɛse [ ˩ ˥ / / ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] Ojo knows
    very well (how) to work the
    bellows.
    
ekuɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ [ ˩ / ˩ ] a bird the cry of
    which is said to spell evil, and
    it is believed that a district in
    which it is frequently heard will
    have many deaths; the cry is
    interpreted as kũ‿ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃ kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃kɛ̃
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “tie it (viz. a corpse)
    strongly!” and the evening- and
    night-cry is: ɛʋo foo [ ˩ ˩ (5-3) ] “the
    country (or village) is finished!”
    After the first cry, a death is
    expected in three or seven days’
    time; if somebody is ill at the
    time of the cry, “the witches
    will expect his death; for it gives
    the witches power”. Therefore,
    the bird is shot if it is possible;
    cf. kũ 1 [ / ].
    
ekuku [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] cook. Engl.
    
ekuyɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] (European) spoon; cf.
    Port. colher; v. ekokohiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ / ].
    
ekuzo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a shrub, Ongokea
    klaineana; cf. eka [ ˥ ˩ ] (?); uzo
    [ ˥ ˩ ] (?).