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    escape is impossible; okuo ɣizɛ-
    baba, iɽ̃ã keɣilɛ fi ɛko‿asa
    [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ / / ˥ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] “when the war
    had been raging (‘hard’) for
    some time, they (then) ran into
    a place from which there was
    no escape”.
    
ɛkokodu [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] heart (idiom. for
    ɔkãdĩ [ ˩ / ˥ ]).
    
ɛkose [ ˩ \ ˩ ] (1) a spirit roaming
    about in the bush which causes
    bad luck and lack of will-power.
    Everybody has a personal ɛkose.
    The ɛkose is given sacrifices con-
    sisting of a small basket (agbã
    [ ˩ ˥ ]) full of small anthills
    (ulelefe [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ]). (2) a man’s
    worst enemy, e.g. in a, ɛkos-ɛɽ-
    uxĩ ɽa [ ˥ ˩ ˥ / ˩ \ ˩ ] oh, are you
    his enemy?
    
ɛkɔ [ ˩ ˥ ] Yoruba word for Bini
    akasã [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ]; now in general use,
    but with a special meaning, de-
    noting the food when prepared
    quickly for children or sick
    people; cf. Yor. ɛkɔ [ ˩ ˧ ].
    
ɛkũ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) waist. (2) ɛkũ‿oxuo
    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˩ ] women’s big cloth. (3) base
    of a tree.
    
Ɛkuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ] (1) the town of Akure
    in Ondo-province; the Akure-
    people. (2) a general name for
    the Yoruba people; Yoruba [ ˥ ˩ / ]
    is also used.
    
ɛkwe [ ˩ ˥ ] palm-branches, woven
    together to serve as ridge (okpo
    [ ˩ ˥ ]) of the roof.
    
ɛkpede [ ˩ ˥ ˥ ] cross-bow.
    
ɛkp- [ ˥ ] huge, big; e.g. in ɛkp-ɛho
    [ ˥ ˥ ˦ ] a loud bass voice; ɛkp-iku
    [ ˥ \ ˩ ] layers of dry leaves.
    
ɛkpeɽɛ [ ˩ \ ˩ ] amusical instrument,
    apparently a horn, producing
    high sounds; ɛkpeɽ-ɔxwɛ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ ˩ ]
    a blue-black bird, the size of a
    pigeon; N.W.Th.: glossy starling.