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ɛɽe 2 [ ˩ ˥ ] and [ ˥ ˩ ] 3rd pers. sgl. as
    object and possessive pronoun;
    it has, besides, the forms: ɛe,
    ɛ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɛ̃; ɔɽe, ɔe, ɔ̃ɽ̃ɛ̃, ɔɛ̃.
    
ɛɽeɽe [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] flute.
    
ɛɽɛ [ ˥ ˩ ] to-day; ɛɽɛ na ɔre [ ˥ / ˩ ˥ \ ]
    to-day he came.
    
Ɛɽibo [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ] the second senior chief
    in the Iwebo [ ˩ \ ˩ ]-society.
    
Ɛɽiyo [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ] a chief, head of the
    Umodu [ ˥ ˥ ˩ ]-sib at Usɛ̃ [ ˥ ˥ ].
    
ɛɽo [ ˥ ˥ ] part of trap: that part of
    a rope (when used in a trap)
    which entraps the victim.
    
ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] watchfulness; occurs in
    sĩ [ ˥ ] ɛɽo [ ˥ ˩ ] and yi [ ˥ ] ɛɽo
    [ ˥ ˩ ] “to watch, to observe”.
    
Ɛɽo [ ˩ ˥ ] title of a chief, member
    of the Uzama [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ]; cf. isĩeʋ̃iɛɽo
    [ ˩ ˩ ˩ ˩ ].
    
ɛɽoɽo [ ˥ ˥ ˥ ] a smail four-cornered
    bell; it is found on several
    shrines of gods, e.g. on those of
    Ɔvia [ ˩ ˥ ] and Ɔxwahɛ [ ˩ / ˩ ], but
    also on the ancestral shrine.
    
ɛɽoxĩ [ ˥ / ˩ ] chameleon. There is a
    tradition that the chameleon
    was present when the earth was
    created; therefore it walks care-
    fully in order not to break it;
    ɔmaɛ n-ɛɽoxĩ [ ˩ ˩ ˥ / ˩ ] lit. “the
    chameleon-age”, describes that
    age when man can only walk a
    few paces without stopping for
    breath.
    
ɛɽu [ ˩ ˩ ] female of ɛrhuɛ [ ˩ ˥ ]-
    antelope.
    
ɛɽuʋɔ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] river-tortoise, same as
    elukeluke [ ˩ ˩ ˥ ˩ ˥ ]; in stories it is
    the female of egwi [ ˩ ˥ ].
    
ɛɽ̃ĩ [ ˩ ˩ ] a small kind of squirrel
    with bulging eyes.
    
ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] (1) world of the dead and
    the unborn; Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] and the
    other gods reside there as well as
    the ɛhis [ ˩ ˩ ] and the dead people.