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    “all this what you are doing is
    of no account”: it does not do
    me any harm; cf. igbesa [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
esabu [ ˩ \ ˩ ] shop; factory; same
    as ow-ɛki [ ˩ \ ˩ ]; Engl.
    
esagiɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ˥ ] blood; same as ɛrhaɛ̃
    [ ˩ \ ].
    
esago [ ˩ \ ˩ ] demijohn; cf. Yor.
    ʃago [ ˥ ˧ ].
    
esakpaede [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] (1) a men’s drum;
    the iɣele [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] age-group dance
    to this drum; it is small and
    round, covered with skin on
    both ends (but not narrow in the
    middle). (2) name of the dance.
    
esalebo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] a plant; the seeds
    are strung up and put round a
    calabash, serving as a rattle; v.
    ukusɛ [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ].
    
esalɔ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] a disease: small sores,
    mostly on hands and feet; re-
    sembles smallpox, but bigger in
    size; probably tertiary syphilis.
    
Esama [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] a chief who performs
    the ama [ ˩ ˥ ]-ceremony (relating
    to the Ɔba’s children).
    
esaɽa [ ˩ \ ˩ ] saw; it seems to occur
    with the prefixes a- and ɔ- as
    well; cf. Port. sierra.
    
esaʋ̃a [ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] any carved bone or
    ivory; cf. igbesaʋ̃a [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ese [ ˩ ˩ ] any sacrifice ordered by
    an oracle; “predicted sacrifice”;
    es-ɔsi‿ɛe y-ɔɽ-egbe [ ˩ / ˥ / ˩ ˩ ˥ ] “it
    is a predicted sacrifice that has
    drawn it to his body”: i.e. that
    has caused the trouble; is often
    said as explanation of a disaster,
    bad luck, etc. that has befallen
    a man; idiom.: imu‿es-ɔgiɛ n-
    ɔgiɛ (na [ ˥ ]) [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ / ˩ / ] “I took
    the predicted sacrifice of Ɔgiɛ
    and gave it to Ɔgiɛ (a name)”:
    I left it alone; v. zɔ 2 [ / ], aɽugbo
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
eseku [ ˩ / ˥ ] a dwarf-like being,