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emasini [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] machine, e.g. ema-
    sini n-aya dɔl-ukpɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]
    “machine for repairing clothes”:
    sewing-machine.
    
ematɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] iron; cf. ɔtɔ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ] (?);
    v. ogũ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
emɛ [ ˩ \ ] monkey; v. atugiɛ̃ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ],
    alazi [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ], axarho [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], ɛxoxo
    [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], ogĩ [ ˩ ˥ ], ɔsa [ ˩ ˩ ], uhiɽi
    [ ˥ \ ˩ ].
    
emɛhɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] (1) bands, or crowds,
    of women acclaiming the Ɔba
    when he is marching through
    the town during the ugie [ ˩ ˩ ]
    called isiokuo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; they ex-
    claim iyare! [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “safe arrival”,
    or “welcome home”. (2) emɛhɛ
    n-uɽubi [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] carriers of the
    Ɔba; they must never be seen by
    the Ɔba without a load on their
    heads, therefore, when he is
    near, they either put the nearest
    thing on their heads, or, they
    lean their heads against a house-
    wall, as if about to lift the
    house, asking help of passers-by:
    mu mɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] “lift it for me”
    (Uɽubi [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] is a quarter of
    Uselu [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ], near Benin City);
    cf. mu [ ˥ ] (?), ihɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (?).
    
emiaʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] illness; complaint;
    may be made specific by a noun
    indicating a part of the body,
    e.g. in emiaʋ̃-obɔ lɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    lit. “an illness of the hand is
    paining me”; a special disease
    is emiaʋ̃-ũhobo [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ] lit. “Sobo-
    disease”: probably ascites; v.
    uhuʋ̃ova [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
    
emilɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a special kind of red
    yam the fruit of which hangs
    from a rope; cf. ema 2 [ ˩ ˩ ].
    
emiowo [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] meat; same as aɽ̃aʋ̃ɛ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ].
    
emobo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] a dress of the Ɔba’s;
    not the most elaborate one.