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ɛ [ / ] 3rd pers. sgl. in negative
    imperfect.
    
ɛ̃ [ ˦ ] yes (as reply to a question).
    
ɛbe [ ˩ \ ] (1) danger. (2) harm.
    
ɛbete [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] a very fat, brown bush-
    rat, living mostly in dust-heaps
    near the town; same as ekwɛmɔ
    [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ]; also called esi-oha [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ]
    “bush-hog”. It is sacrificed to
    Ɔɽ̃ɔ̃mila [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ], together with fish.
    
ɛbɛ̃ 1 [ ˩ ˩ ] a ceremonial sword worn
    by chiefs; it does not show as
    high a rank as the ada [ ˥ ˥ ]; cf.
    gb-ɛbɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ].
    
ɛbɛ̃ 2 [ ˩ ˩ ] a tree, found near water,
    Mitragyna macrophylla; planks
    are used to build ceilings.
    
Ɛbi n-uɽoɣo [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] a praise-name
    of the war-chief Edogũ [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ]; v.
    Abigɛ̃gɛ̃ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˥ ].
    
ɛbo [ ˥ ˩ ] a kind of sedge growing on
    river banks; the leaves have
    saw-like edges; used by women
    to make a kind of mat (atɛrhu
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]) and bags.
    
ɛbo [ ˩ \ ] any charm of powdery
    substance with which people
    wash themselves (kpe [ ˥ ]) or rub
    their foreheads or chests. The
    substance is fried and ground
    when being prepared. Mostly of
    noxious character, but also for
    preventing diseases and bad
    luck; ɛb-ɛrhia [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] “spoiling
    charm”: harmful charm; ɛb-
    iloʋe [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] charm enabling a man
    to have intercourse with a
    woman without her knowledge;
    ɛb-ɔziʋiɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ˩ ] charm used by
    thieves; it makes the place
    where they are going to steal
    deserted; v. asua [ ˩ ˥ ], eɽ̃uã [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
Ɛbomisi [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] name of a Bini deity
    (an ihɛ̃ [ ˩ \ ]) who transformed
    himself into a hill after Ɔxwahɛ
    [ ˩ / ˩ ] had become a river.