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    [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-divination (c.o.c.c.); cf.
    Yor. ika [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ɛkã [ ˩ ˥ ] bright red or yellow
    beads, called agate-beads; round
    or cornered.
    
ɛkete [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] throne (of the Ɔba).
    
ɛkɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] cunning; deception by
    hiding one’s faults (an old word
    equivalent to eɽo [ ˩ ˥ ]); occurs in
    an Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] song.
    
Ɛkɛhuã [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] name of a Bini
    village.
    
ɛki [ ˩ ˩ ] market; ɛki‿ɔba [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] “the
    Ɔba’s market”, the central
    market in Benin City; ɛki‿adɔlɔ
    [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] “Adɔlɔ’s market”, 12 miles
    from Benin City on the Ifɔ̃
    Road; ɛki‿enyaɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] “the
    market of Enyaɛ̃”, 7 miles from
    Benin City, on the Ehɔ Road;
    v. ɛdɛ [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ɛkiɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] frog.
    
Ɛki‿ugbo [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] lit. “farm-mar-
    ket (?)”: name of a Bini village,
    where Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ] is believed
    to have transformed himself into
    the river bearing the same name.
    
ɛko [ ˩ \ ] belly; ɛko vɔ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˧ ]
    I am satisfied (vɔ̃ [ ˥ ] to be full);
    ɔvɔ̃ ʋ̃-ɛ̃ko [ ˩ ˥ ˩ \ ] I am satisfied
    (vɔ̃ [ / ] to fill); ɛko xɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ] it
    grieves me; ɛko xia ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ], ɛko
    lɔɣɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] my stomach pains
    me; ɛko hihiɛ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] I have
    diarrhoea; ɛko rhiɛ̃rhiɛ̃ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    I am pleased; ɛko riaɽa ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]
    I am displeased (negative of the
    preceding is more used); ɛko
    balɔ ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] it grieves me; ɛko
    luɣu ʋ̃ɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ˦ ] I have indiges-
    tion. ɛko n-ami-ɔ̃ɽ-eʋ̃i [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ \ ]
    “belly where one sees its thing”
    viz. discharge; dysentery (ɽ- is
    not nasalised). ɛko asa [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ]
    “belly of shield”: a spot where
    all dangers concentrate, so that